Tenant refuses to clean after her dog :(

[Carol H.]

I bought a house and rent out a few rooms. One of my roommate/tenant always let her dog poops in the backyard without cleaning after. After I tried to communicate with her, she only agrees to get a monthly scooper service, which is totally unacceptable to me. She is a troublesome tenant and I would like to kick her out if possible, however this is the only first month of her 9 months lease.

In the lease we signed, it does says "It is the tenant's responsibility to clean up and dispose of pet excrement anywhere on the property and on adjacent sidewalks, streets, alleys and neighbors' properties."  However, she is arguing it does not say she has to pick it up every day. :( 

Any advice to deal with this situation without lengthy eviction process? I totally want to kick her out, but I just don't want to go through the painful process.

[Thomas S.]

You make the rules, you inforce the rules. If she is not following your rules it is because you are not enforcing them. Tell her she is to pick up after the dog as soon as it hits the ground or you will serve notice to evict. You will then need to serve notice because there is no way she is going to believe you will follow through. 

You need to get rid of this tenant as you are probably not landlord savey enough to control her.

You could also pour bacon grease on the poop when she is watching and tell her you are teaching her dog to pick up after itself. I have found that to work extremely well after the dog starts eating it's own poop.