Should residents be able to 'police' sections of their street?

Is this mainly about her attitude rather than the piece of grass then?

Personally, as it’s only for a limited period of time and for future neighbourly relations, I’d avoid that piece of grass,

You mean the good old days when you'd see dog shit turn white on the paths because no one picked it up? Those polite dogs?

I'm no spring chicken, but I don't remember dogs being taught to pee in the gutter at all .

I think the smell of dog piss on concrete guttering would be way worse than on grass.

I absolutely love to hear that there are still valiant women trying to maintain a pleasant environment for everyone, planting flowers and taking good care.
Ive Been to areas that used to be beautiful and are now bleak and neglected. Nobody benefits from lack of effort in communities.

I used to have this scenario in my previous house. We had a stretch of council-owned strip of grass in front of our garden where dog owners would let their dogs toilet. Of course nothing we could do, but we did plant some bushes on our side for privacy. Most would pick-up, but not all and I had to keep on reminding my kids to never walk on that grass as they could step in poo. Also if the bins were out, some dog owners would let their dogs wee on the bins which was pretty disgusting. The dog wees did turn the grass brown and it did look awful. We were so near a park and I could never understand the type of owner who would let their dog toilet right outside someone's house. Lack of dog training perhaps.

Verges that are toileted repeatedly absolutely can stink of piss! Of course a concentration of urine has potential to smell.

Yes, please un-injure yourself OP. At least it's only temporary, and you're not long term lazy like wheelchair and cane users.🙄

Yanbu, people are insane. I'm really confused by those saying to let them piss in gutters, do they really want animals standing in the roads causing accidents or do they the pee that stands on concrete around it will smell better than in grass?!

I’m with your neighbour. A nice patch of grass that children play on shouldn’t be used as a dogs’ toilet.

It won't stink of piss though. Have you ever gone into a park or an outdoors space and thought 'Christ, it stinks of dog piss!'?
I don't believe you would have. Do you also therefore smell the fox piss too? Not poo.. piss.

don't you have bins in your immediate outdoor space? They would smell more than a dog wee.

I think you're trying to be difficult as your reasoning is very flaky.

Shall we start to let me pee everywhere as well

Carry on using the verge, but take water to pour over the wee spot, a 2 or 4 pint milk carton would be easy to fill and carry , and I’d suggest you’d be obvious about it.
wee can smell, and burn the grass, and it feels this could be a possible conciliatory action?

I saw on Spain you have to water down your dog wee. It's actually a great idea

This thread is bonkers. People are really so offended about dog pee?

It’s not the neighbours grass so it’s none of her business.

This is a big drip feed, so perhaps you're just goading us!

So your original description of the scenario was misleading. And as for the very neat poos…..

It does. Turns it brown. I thought that was not the case with male dog wee. I've only ever had males and have never had brown patches.

Because she's trying to make it a garden area, not a dog toilet area.

There is a patch of public land right next to my house.
Used for dog wees by many pooches.
Probably mice, rats, hedgehogs, stray cats, birds etc use it too.
It rains every now and again, so doesn't stink.
It belongs to absolutely EVERYONE who pays taxes, so I would never dream of running outside and shouting at people to tell them off.

I think when people make an effort to make the street look nice it's upsetting for them to see dogs pissing on it. For the sake of neighbourly-ness I would acknowledge and avoid that bit of grass. Plenty of other grass and walls for the dog to make its mark.

Not necessarily. Everyone around here is happy to barge it when someone ignores their dog poo. Urine, not so much.
As a result we don't have a lot of dog shit around. Still too much.

How do you ensure that your dog only pees there? First thing in the morning, first access to grass. Does it in fact poo there as well? If not, where does it poo? Somewhere else? In which case surely it could pee there too. Or in the gutter? In which case the same applies.

Is the woman really complaining about dog owners allowing their animals to poo on the grass and then failing to pick it up. We have this where we live and I regularly observe dog owners (or their kids who are walking the dogs) having a quick look round before scurrying off without removing the offending matter.

Just gross.

You and your dog have just as much right to use a patch of council-owned land as your neighbour and her kids. Just because she has chosen to 'maintain' it, that doesn't mean it belongs to her and it doesn't mean she can tell other people, including dog walkers, not to use it.

People are being absurd to whine about a dog weeing on the ground. That patch of ground will get pissed on constantly by foxes, cats, hedgehogs and rats all night. Animals and birds piss and shit on your own lawns all the time without you even knowing it, and on every other green space your child has ever touched.