[BayleighL]

We have generally had good luck with neighbors, but I noted your comment on the person possible being a stoner. We did have a neighbor about 30 years ago who had been home on disability and was on pain medications. After he was better, he still didn't want to go back to work as he was close to retirement. The problem was, in order to justify continued disability leave payments he had to still require medical care. He still filled the prescriptions and TOOK the pills. He had a real change in personality and became a real problem. He didn't have enough to do and his wife wanted him out of the house, so the neighbors became his target. With drug influence it's pretty tricky. We moved and one time when we went back to visit we found out his wife left him and he came out as we were visiting in our old neighborhood and apologized to my husband for his behavior.


We also had a neighbor whose job was to clean up their horse-size dog poop. He'd fling it over the fence into the back of our property. We filled a bucket a couple of times and returned it to his yard. But the solution was a letter explaining this was not acceptable. I was positive his wife did not know his technique and we could almost hear the conversation when she found out. We had a chuckle imagining the conversation and the poop stopped flying over the fence.


Poop was easier to deal with than drug induced behavior/personality changes. I would avoid any retaliation type behaviors because if and when you will likely seek assistance, you need to be above reproach. I would seek assistance from the HOA first and talk to a community officer at the Police Dept for advice and see what they can offer. If his dog is aggressive, you might also get some relief from your local animal control service.