Right at the very beginning of the camera monitoring phase, when it was still being tested, we see Rooster carefully slink onto the property with a little green plant container. Continually bobbing his head chicken fashion he sidles up to the house, quickly stoops, rises and then flies off the property like a chicken with his feathers between his legs, dropping the green plant container on the walk as he makes his flight.
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| Some Fresh Feces |
Curious, we checked and found a large mass of reasonably fresh dog feces placed carefully under the deck. Right where Rooster stooped down. Unfortunately you can’t see his hand actions when he stoops. Just him.
Can we prove that Rooster placed dog feces in a green plant container, dumped them under our deck and ran away. No. But we saved the green plant container - it’ll have his fingerprints on it and it may have some trace of dog feces as well. Combined with the video evidence it is damning. But damning enough to get him kicked out?
Who knows for certain at this point?
And why bring up this even many weeks after the fact?
Because yesterday we found the fairly fresh feces of a dog on our property. Coincidentally, Rooster has access to a dog. Strangely though the camera shows no one trespassing onto the property. Not even a dog. And there is no way that any one could have tossed it there unless they walked onto Rooster’s property and tossed the feces over the propertyline and onto property. Which seems highly unlikely.
But still there is no proof that Rooster flung the feces where we found it placed. It could have been Rhode Island Red. Or one of their kids. But we saved the feces. Why save the feces? A couple weeks ago we read an article http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/can-dog-owners-be-evicted-for-not-supplying-dog-poop-samples-1.3061949 in the CBC about a condo management board who plans to trace dog feces to owners through a DNA test of the feces. So they can kick them him out for not cleaning up after their dogs. The testing is done through the company PooPrints http://www.pooprintscanada.com/
Now, any one of these events by themselves, if presented to Fernbrook Resort Management, might not be enough to cause Rooster to lose any sleep. However, if you were to start combining all these proofs – the trespassing, the littering, trace the feces to the dogs he has access to, showing a persistent pattern of bullying and a sum total of harassment (and I’m sure that there is still more to come) – that might get him removed from Fernbrook Resort.
Because if Fernbrook Resort refused to remove Rooster that might open them to a legal claim, say for loss of enjoyment. Rooster of course could be subject to a civil suit, which would cost him money. And, if Rooster does not own his property, the landlord could be subject to a suit as well. Actually, contacting Rooster’s landlord first might actually be the best root. Update him or her first and give the landlord a chance to issue the boot and stop the hassles once and for all. Thereby avoid the expensive legal options.
Cock-a-doodle-time to pack your bags?
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