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For the first time since moving to my neighbourhood five years ago I heard my neighbours fighting. As I walked my dog up our street I could hear shrieks and screams coming from a house just a few doors down from mine. All couples have disagreements, some more vocal than others but this didn't sound like a simple disagreement. This was flat out screaming, wailing and shouting. Which leads to the question "When should you get involved"? I considered knocking on their door and checking to see that things were not getting out of hand but there's always the fear of appearing to be a neighbourhood busy-body or confronting a knife-wielding mad-man. I had a short chat with another neighbour shortly after and asked him if he had heard the…

My good buddy Benjamin and I went for our usual morning walk last week and came across a new neighbour. We usually walk up our road, cut into a back path and take a shortcut through the woods. Benjamin paused as we entered the woods as is his morning ritual, and did what dogs do in the morning during walks through the woods. I tend to evaluate his poops and make a decision to scoop or bury based on location, soil conditions and the availability of a good stick to dig a large hole to ensure anyone wandering through won't suffer the indignity of stepping in his droppings. The location was off the path, the soil conditions were perfect (soft and easy to dig) and I located the perfect digging…