Sentence 1: My neighbor's dog had been shitting all over my yard. 
 Sentence 3: My neighbor was apologetic and chained his dog up to a post 
 Sentence 4:  The dog never shit in my yard again 
 Sentence 5:  Instead, it barks and howls all day long 
 Option 1: I went to my neighbor and told him to chain his dog up. 
 Option 2: I grew frustrated and started moving it all onto their porch each day.