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Checking dog didn’t mess - reasonable?

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Creamcarpetandwhitewalls · 09/09/2024 20:35

I was at my relatives house this afternoon and we were stood in her kitchen.

She lives in a house that doesn’t have a garden at the front, but it has some grass and that grass goes down the side of the house (which is hers). It’s a nice house and she plants flowers etc, she likes to take care of it. but there are no walls, fences or gates allowed at the front or side.

As we were chatting, a lady walking a dog stopped outside the window on the pavement. She didn’t see us and she was letting her dog all over the grass.

My relative was livid. She went outside and pointedly checked where the dog was to make sure it wasn’t pooping and the lady looked up and walked away with it.

Relative came back inside and that was it. I get that this isn’t my business, but I didn’t really want relative doing this as I worry about who you get into confrontation with these days, but relative was never going to let the ‘cheeky buggar’ leave without it being noted that she was letting the dog use a garden as a toilet,

Who is being unreasonable?

I’ve done a diagram of house garden area and pavement. I promise lady has a pet dog and not a pet spider.

Checking dog didn’t mess - reasonable?
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AmandaHoldensLips · 09/09/2024 21:02

That's THE BEST DIAGRAM ever. Fact.

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Creamcarpetandwhitewalls · 09/09/2024 21:00

Oh and obvious the grass is not public.

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😂 😂 😂

That’s probably the path to the street 😳

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roseymoira · 09/09/2024 20:56

I don't get why dog owners think it's acceptable to use someone else's lawn as a toilet. Why not take the dog out to piss and shit on their own lawn

Creamcarpetandwhitewalls · 09/09/2024 20:53

pintofsnakebite · 09/09/2024 20:49

Dog owner here.

If it is a lead length onto the grass that close to the pavement, I would let me dog wee on it, or poo.

I would try not to and would certainly pick it up but, in an emergency, I think it's better for them to go on grass than the pavement where people will then walk in it.

Luckily he normally saves his poos for the bridleway undergrowth or field.

If she has such a short strip and is that worried about it, a more formal barrier (shrubs, stones etc) might be better.

Her argument is that she has to walk along it to mow and then pick up the grass, which I get.

She also planning a boundary of lavender shrubs, buts she’s propagating them herself, so going about it the long way. I’ll help her plant them when they are ready to go in.

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pintofsnakebite · 09/09/2024 20:49

Dog owner here.

If it is a lead length onto the grass that close to the pavement, I would let me dog wee on it, or poo.

I would try not to and would certainly pick it up but, in an emergency, I think it's better for them to go on grass than the pavement where people will then walk in it.

Luckily he normally saves his poos for the bridleway undergrowth or field.

If she has such a short strip and is that worried about it, a more formal barrier (shrubs, stones etc) might be better.

BeMintBee · 09/09/2024 20:48

I don’t let my dog pee or crap on strips of grass outside people’s houses. It’s fine for your relative to check.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 09/09/2024 20:48

Nah that’s totally a spider. I’d go check out a sick spider-on-a-leash too.

Creamcarpetandwhitewalls · 09/09/2024 20:45

smashburgers · 09/09/2024 20:44

The person who let the dog run over someone else's lawn was unreasonable.

The person who checked for dog shit wasn't.

The person who though the lawn owner should roll over and accept a random dog crapping on her lawn was also unreasonable.

It’s not that I thought she should roll over and allow it. It’s more that I worry for who you might confront and whether it’s worth it.

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smashburgers · 09/09/2024 20:44

The person who let the dog run over someone else's lawn was unreasonable.

The person who checked for dog shit wasn't.

The person who though the lawn owner should roll over and accept a random dog crapping on her lawn was also unreasonable.

Kitkatfiend31 · 09/09/2024 20:43

The dog owner is unreasonable. It's not their grass to let their dog on.

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