Living next to other people means learning that not everyone treats shared space with the same care.

One homeowner watched as their inconsiderate neighbor let her dog ruin her carefully tended garden.

But instead of arguing, she decided to take a much more non-confrontational approach to making them stop.

Keep reading for the full story!

I didn’t fight with my neighbor. Mud did

There was a woman living next to my house. She had a big dog. Every morning she used to let the dog loose near my side of the fence.

This dog pretty much wrecked havoc on her precious garden.

Slowly, my plants started getting damaged. Soil everywhere. Some flowers completely gone.

At first, I thought maybe street dogs or kids. But one day I saw it clearly. Her dog was digging near my plants while she was standing there, on phone.

When the homeowner tried to confront her, she was extremely dismissive.

I told her once, very politely.

She said, “Dogs do these things,” and laughed a little. After that, nothing changed.

The homeowner tried to mitigate the damage, but it still didn’t solve the problem.

I fixed the plants again. Put small fence. Still, whenever her dog came out, somehow it ended up damaging my side.

She never stopped it.

So I stopped saying anything.

The homeowner then took a much simpler solution.

Instead, I started watering my plants very early in the morning. Extra water. The ground near the fence stayed muddy for hours.

After few days, her dog came again. This time it slipped in the mud and got fully dirty.

She had to clean it, wash the floor, everything.

This happened more than once.

Finally, the neighbor finds a different route to walk her dog.

After that, she stopped bringing the dog near my side. My plants are fine now.

I never said anything again. She also never laughed again.

All it took was a little mud to finally bring this neighbor back to reality!

What did Reddit think?

The real problem here clearly wasn’t the dog.

Perhaps they should make a saying out of this.

This commenter advises this homeowner on how to take this revenge to the next level.

Never laughing again? Now that’s serious.

Turns out accountability sticks better when it leaves stains!

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