Checking dog didn’t mess - reasonable?

I think if it’s her front garden it’s not ok for someone’s dog to be on there.
I also think B for your diagram because the effort is brilliant but dogs only have four legs xo

“They should be shitting in their own gardens.“
EXACTLY .

You would literally let your dog poo on someone else’s grass? Seriously? 😧

Pet spider! 😂😂😂

@CarpetSlipper I sympathise - we are also not allowed fences!

I have a similar garden - not allowed to have a fence.

It’s completely unacceptable to even walk on let alone let a dog shit/piss on it. It’s a private garden.

So many dog owners are completely clueless. If they can train the dog not to shit/piss all over the house, they can train it not to shit on public footpaths/gardens. They should be shitting in their own gardens.

Your relative was entirely reasonable! Might be a bit biased though as this is a pet hate of mine. We have a neighbour who walks his dog late in the evening and several times I have come home and he is letting his dog crap on our front lawn. The first time, when he saw my look of utter disgust he said 'It's okay, I'll pick it up'. He did pick it up but I don't want dogs shitting in my garden at all! He explained that his dog prefers to shit on grass rather than the hard pavement. I was lost for words but wish I had thought of a polite way of saying that I don't care about his dog's shitting preferences and that if it is so important perhaps it could use their lawn instead.

My husband thinks I am complaining about nothing. But surely it's not acceptable to let your dog poop on other people's front lawn? Words will be had (politely but firmly) next time it happens. I haven't plucked up the courage to say much yet but my face must make my feelings clear as he dashed off the second and third times it happened.

I agree OP, I definitely wouldn't want to get into a confrontation with someone who has a big pet spider.

I was trying to decide if the spider would pass for a dog when a penis caught my eye! Is that the dog owner?!

I have similar bit of grass and I'm sick of having to check it for dog shit every time I get the mower out! Disgusting when it's obviously someone's property and people let their animals piss and shit on it. Well done to your relative for saying something

We have a woman locally who lets dogs poo on any persons lawn. She does pick it up, but she doesn’t seem to think it’s a problem that the lawn belongs to someone.
Madness.

I don't actually think I do. I'm trying to think of our normal walk and there aren't any. He does wee on the odd shrub, and the public grass verge.

What I was trying to say is that you can't always choose when your dog needs to go, or be confident about how 'solid' it is going to be so I would rather let the dog poo on the edge of lawn and pick it up than let him go on the pavement and leave a residue that people would walk in. This is only a rare occurrence.

Recommend your friend plants a hedge of berberis.

Love the spider drawing!

How thoroughly disgusting @pintofsnakebite .

I really don't understand how it's socially acceptable to let animals shit on other peoples property, even if you do say you pick it up.

I think it is absolutely disgusting that people let their dogs use others peoples garden as I toilet. I have confronted them.

Love the diagram! Not sure if I like penis or the spider best.

Shocked the dog owner admits to allowing their dog onto someones garden. My neighbour had huge issues with similar set up and put prickly bushes in now as her grandchildren play on the lawn.

YABU. You can't worry about people's reactions all the time.

That's nothing,
This guy lets his dog urinate outside my front door ( and shits all over the neighbours lawns without cleaning it) but the council don't care that he is letting his dog purposely walk past our front and piss everywhere "cos it's on a lead"

We're in a tiny village and walkers use our quiet road as part of a circular route - which means if one dog pees on the edge of the lawn (or against the bin on collection days), then every single dog thereafter wants to add their scent to the message pile. 🤷‍♀️

I have two dogs myself and walk in the road to avoid my dogs peeing on the neighbours lawn or shrubs, it's a bit disrespectful of other people's property.

Having said that - I do not have strong feelings about the pees that are directed onto our lawn. I'm not sitting near it, most dogs have already had 40 pees already so what comes out is barely more than a few drops, and meh...in the grand scheme of life's shit show, it is a minor thing.

I particularly enjoy when the peeing dog suddenly squats and lays a turd on the lawn. I am greatly amused by the owners utter horror and humiliation. 🤣 They always pick it up, what does it matter? I'm not eating my dinner off it.

Sorry, to answer your question - there is a fine line between asserting yourself firmly, and making an enemy by being a dick about something inconsequential. If it bothers her, she should be clear about it, but it doesn't have to be all out war. People are strange.