Hi ,
We live in the city of Chicago, in a house on a quiet residential street. As such, we're responsible for maintaining not only our yard but also our parkway—you know, the area between the sidewalk and the street. I'll admit we have not invested a lot in this public area; we simply added mulch around the trees. Still, I like the area to be
kept clean and I certainly don't want dog owners and walkers leaving their dogs' poop behind. Rude!
Still, it happens. So aside from putting up expensive border fencing, I've tried various appeals. First, I appealed to their sense of right and wrong (with a little law and order thrown in). I bought small black and white signs that say:
IT'S THE LAW. PICK UP AFTER YOUR DOG. Over the last few years, 3 out of 4 have been stolen. And the signs have not stopped some dog owners from leaving s from leaving their dogs' "gifts" behind. Ugh!
Recently, I chose to send a
stronger message, hoping a bit of threat and shame might work better. I invested in new larger color signs with language I believed would be more of a deterrent: NOTICE: ALL ACTIVITIES MONITORED BY VIDEO CAMERA.
I bought 4 signs
but only put up 2 (knowing full well I'd need replacements). And in the past couple of months, no dog poops, yay! But on a recent morning, I noticed one of the signs was already missing. I wanted to make good on my warning, so I used the footage from our front door videocamera to search for the culprit.
Eventually, I found him!
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Hugs,
