Posted on 06/03/2015 10:10:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
John Robinson, of North Park, said he’s tired of neighborhood pets leaving waste in his yard and is hoping the candy will prevent dog owners from walking pets near his property
A man in San Diego’s North Park community has dumped chocolate chips in his yard in an effort to deter dogs, but the act is upsetting neighbors. Frustrated with neighborhood dogs leaving waste on his lawn and dog owners not picking up after their pets, a man known as "John" recently scattered several pounds of chocolate chips in the grass in front of his home on Lincoln Avenue and in a nearby easement. Suspects Sought in Attempted ATM Theft John said it was an experiment – and that it worked. Over the last several days pet owners have been steering clear of his property, with some neighbors afraid the candy will make their animals sick. Some concerned residents have called San Diego County Animal Control and the San Diego Police Department to complain, saying this is threatening the lives of their pets. Unbelievable Animals: Python Swallows BBQ Tongs[NATL] Unbelievable Animal Stories Sarah Fisher is one of those worried residents, and she’s warning others in North Park not to walk near John’s home. “[Residents] are scared of what he might do,” Fisher told NBC 7. “If he is doing this – which is like an animal genocide – pretty much, he's putting it out for animals to ingest and get sick.”
Through social media and a neighborhood phone app, Fisher has been alerting local pet owners of the chocolate chips left in John's yard. Fisher has a two-year-old golden doodle named Lucy that she walks with regularly. She is now avoiding John’s property but fears unsuspecting animals will stumble upon the candy and get sick.
John agreed to an interview Tuesday with NBC 7, if his face wasn’t shown on camera. He said irresponsible dog owners are constantly not picking up after their pets and leaving piles of waste in his yard.
He said he has left signs in front of his home – including a note written on a yoga mat that suggests an animal could be electrocuted if it urinates on his tires.
However, those signs don’t seem to work, John said, so he came up with the chocolate chips idea.
“They can walk on the other side of the street,” he said. “I am tired of it. People disrespect my yard; I'm tired of the stuff.
John insists chocolate won't harm the animals. Still, there is a large school of thought that says it can be toxic to dogs and can lead to illness and even death, depending on what kind of chocolate it is and how much a dog ingests.
John said he plans to mow the grass in the next few days to get rid of the remaining chocolate morsels. However, his neighbors want something done about the situation immediately.
San Diego County Animal Control Deputy Director Dan DeSousa said animal services investigators were notified of this incident by North Park residents on Monday.
He said the investigation is ongoing, and no further details would be released at this time. On Wednesday John said someone had broken the mirror on his car in what he believes is retaliation against him putting the chocolate chips in his yard.
It’s a shame he cannot do punish the dog owners ... the dogs are not at fault.
I understand his frustration however.
At least he wasn't dumping antifreeze. That would've been really nasty.
BioChem Warfare bump.
They shouldn’t go on his yard anyway so why are they getting upset?
dump chocolate chips here means bringing in rats and mice from the woods thus the snakes then come.
Some dog owners may not even know about the issue of chocolate.
My guess is that few people in California have grass left in their lawns, so the dogs like to use the grass.
It might be more effective if the dog owners called the water police on him.
Genocide? Really? Like there will be Rwanda on his front lawn? Really?
I can understand - I don’t have a dog but live on a corner, with a community mailbox - you can’t imagine the amount of dog poo we have to clean up. We live in a HOA neighborhood that has rules about picking up after your dogs, and keeping them on a leash. Obviously that means “other” people, not my neighbors. ;^)
I wonder how he got that name.
Perhaps the Ex-Lax would be less toxic for the pooches, and more of a messy aggravation for the owners?
I like it. I kind of adopted some very mean cats. I feed them, sometimes. They keep the vermin away - and the dogs have learned the hard way that being on a leash is a good way for one of the cats I feed [sometimes] to shred their faces.
This guy sounds like a nut and a potentially dangerous one at that.
Oh well tuff S#!t.... they know its wrong to allow your dog to crap on some lawn.
Those that are complaining are the ones who are most irresponsible by not picking up after their dogs. What they’re saying is they have a right to let their dogs dump on his lawn, thereby killing the grass.
how about chocolate exlax
They probably know its his property.
Yeah. I’ve joked about dealing with unrestrained dogs by putting dog biscuits on the street, but the dumb owners won’t eat them.
Too many dog owners are complete jerks and the only thing they care about is when there actions cause THEM a problem. I have a similar situation on my street but luckily it is only one offender. He has been identified to all the neighbors and asked politely to clean up after his dogs. Somehow I doubt the problem is over.
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