here hon, quick tale of dogs and neighbors to cheeer you.
I have neighbors here that would let out their two labs in the pre-dawn light every morning - they'd promptly come into my yard and shit up close to my house. Got tired of it one morning, when out there with nothing but jeans on, snatched a shovel, scooped up the poop and pounded on their front door. Lady answered. "THis is your dog's shit, I'm tired of them shitting in my yard. Where do you want it?!" She didn't say anything so I dumped it right there on the porch. Her husband called later, "what an asshole, I should call the cops". "So, you're saying you want me to bring more shit over?" A few years later I got in a bent with them about the dogs and told them I was going to start carrying a claw hammer and I would beat their dogs to death if they came in my yard and harassed me. They put up a fence.