'I was sick of neighbour letting dog poo in my garden so I got brutal revenge'

A man has been praised for his 'messy' retaliation against a neighbour who allowed his dog to defecate in the middle of his garden. He shared his experience of moving into a "relaxed little neighbourhood" where everything was perfect, except for his next-door neighbour, Rick, who seemed to have no regard for societal norms.

In a Reddit post, he described Rick as: "The kind of guy who owns two grills but no shirt, drinks Coors Light in the driveway at 10am, and thinks property lines are just a 'suggestion'. He said: "Rick had a large golden retriever named Duke, who was friendly but had a peculiar habit of leaving his droppings right in the centre of his lawn every single day."

Initially assuming it was an oversight, he approached Rick about the issue only to be met with an indifferent response.

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He recounted: "I walked over, super polite, and asked if he could maybe keep Duke on a leash or at least scoop the poop when it happened. However, Rick rudely retorted: "It's all natural bro, you don't own the Earth".

To stop this from recurring, he mended his fence, set up motion-activated sprinklers and even tried using citrus deterrents. However, none of these measures worked. So the resident decided to ramp things up a notch.

He said: "I started collecting Duke's turds in a Home Depot bucket. Lined it with a trash bag, used a scoop, added a little water for... aesthetic reasons. After about two weeks, I had something that looked like a cursed soup.

"One Saturday morning, while Rick was out, I took that bucket and painted the border of his yard.

"Sprinkled it like fairy dust right along his deck and around his precious fire pit area. He came out later that day, sniffed the air, and literally went, 'What the hell is that smell?'

"I was sitting on my porch drinking coffee like, 'Smells like nature, bro.' But wait, it gets better. We have a neighbourhood Facebook group.

"I started posting 'Lost Dog Poop' updates every time Duke hit my yard. Then I started putting up tiny little 'Do Not Poop Here' signs made out of popsicle sticks and toothpicks, complete with glitter and googly eyes, all over the lawn. I made them in weird passive-aggressive haiku. "

This cheeky revenge didn't sit well with his neighbour, as the resident added: "Rick was not amused. He actually stormed over one day and yelled, 'Are you trying to make me look bad?!' I just blinked and said, 'Buddy, I don't need to try'. "

Following this confrontation, the entire neighbourhood turned against Rick. And judging by the comments on Reddit, people thought the petty revenge was well deserved too.

One commenter praised: "Oh, you are so good!" Meanwhile, another chimed in with: "Had this problem as well. Kudos for the poo soup you left for him and getting your neighbours on board".