to expect dog owner to pick up their flmg dog turds!!

I think most cat owners try their best to keep their cats in their garden / yard. I know I do. He has a box full of soil to poo in. But I can't promise he doesn't occasionally venture out of my back yard... and yes that might mean that he poops in someone else's garden. I expect that if he did, he'd bury his faeces, like he does when he's in our yard. But no, I'm not going to buy him an electric shock collar ffs because that's cruel.
Why not just cover up the children's play area and then you avoid cats crapping in it completely?

And "something happening to their cat" - unfortunately the law isn't very strong against animal abusers but you may want to know that there is a chance that if you injure or kill someone's cat you could be liable for criminal damage at the very least.

Why not just cover up the children's play area? Or have a word with the cats' owners and try to come to a peaceful solution?

i hate those cat scarers, they really hurt my ears, i must be super sensitive, i have heard that they cant be heard by small children too because they can hear at higher frequencies. Lion poo is the answer, go to the local zoo and ask for some, it works apparently, well would you stick around long enough if you saw that and didnt want to bump into the producer! Apparently you used to be able to do that but now they wont, just a thought. I cant stand it when people dont pick up their poo, so why is it ok then that when my daughter is walking on the beach i think its unreasonable to have to contend with fish carcasses dumped by the local resturant trade.

Keep mis reading the title as something to do with "filming dog turds".

Okay, trying not to get my hackles up but when you say hot water, how hot?

Cold water's one thing, and I suppose an ultrasonic cat deterrent is expensive, but are you talking about scalding the poor animal?

love the massive machine gun idea

Oooh, hate this too
My ds's infant school's entrance is on a gitty (ginnel, alley, YKWIM) which always has fresh dog poo on in the morning, it's always the same colour and consistency (Mustard yellow and sloppy if you want to know! The worst!) which makes me think it's the same dog/owner. It's absolutely disgusting! Would be great to know who it is, would go straight to the police. Dh was even considering hanging around there for a few hours in the morning it got so bad at one point!
We had to campaign at our school to the council to have signs put up, and if there is dog poo now the school rings them up and they send men to jet wash it away (although this is after some poor person has probably stepped in it on the morning school run) Would cost them less to install a camera I'm sure!
ALSO... I live on a row of terraces and a dog comes to poo on my lawn too! Dh had a word with owner who apologised but it still happens (not funny with a garden loving 17 month old) so I bagged it yesterday [retch] and left it on their doorstep Fingers crossed that is it!
Ooh I've gone on too haven't I? OP definitely touched a nerve!

Cats will be attracted to your little patch as it is freshly dug.

My granddad used to put orange peel and toy plastic snakes down in his garden to keep cats away. No idea if it works though!

Massive machine gun?

totally agree about the cat poo. I've got a bare patch of earth in the garden where the kids can dig about, but some cat has recently started using it as their toilet and had to stop ds playing in coz the all the poo - disgusting. how do you stop cats doing ths??

don't start me on the owners of the cats who crap
ALL OVER
my garden!

Apparently if you have a cat the others won't crap in your garden.

That's great for the cat owners then! Shame about the domestic bird population!!

on a positive note though...at least we dont live in France...always seems worse for it over there!!

As a dog-owner I get really mad by the selfish behaviour of the minority. But it is not just dog-owners who are selfish as to the toilet habits of their pets - what about all the cats who come and crap in my garden ! It is private space where one should be free of unwanted poo.

Our local green area is known as Poo Park!

I won't even start because dog owners who don't pick up their dog shit infuriate me!!!

I simply have no concept that anyone with an iq capable of feeding a dog could be moronic/selfish/lazy enough to think that letting your own animal take an almighty shite where the rest of the community have to walk is acceptable. Who are these people? What is wrong with them? Really what goes on in their minds?

I think dogs belong in the country where they have room to live and run around. I feel a bit sorry for city dogs. I love dogs just not the owners that cover our towns and shoes with shit!

what is it with dog owners who once their dog has started the act of pooing feel the need to drag them pooing along the street thus spreading blobs all over the bloody path! usually outside of the school!!

Thehairybabysmum I can't help it, 'cos - well - once you've got a plastic bag around a dog turd, you can't just put it back and say, "hang on, this is a different dog's turd!"

Well you could, but I think you'd get some pretty nasty looks!!