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To ask dog walkers to be considerate

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hestialou · 15/04/2015 08:33

I have a garden to the side of house and people seem to think it is fine to allow their dogs to do their business in it, i asked one dog owner to not allow his dog on garden his response -but I'll clean it up, fine but why cant they clean it up off their own gardens or even clean up off pavement....why allow dog to go in someone elses garden in first place?

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SirChenjin · 15/04/2015 11:48

Not different at all

I have a garden to the side of house

So, unless the dog owners have checked the land registry they won't know that she didn't own the land until recently - they will just have assumed that it's OK for their dog to shit there. Even though that land is to the side of a house.

InSpaceNooneCanHearYouScream · 15/04/2015 11:49

I always drag my dogs off grass that might belong to someone, and onto the pavement or what is clearly council owned grass verge, and hopefully most dog owners do. Dog shit is utterly vile though, specially when sloppy and smeared all over the show Shock.
Mind you I don't especially like teenagers gobbling and snotting everywhere, footballer style, either.
cashewnutty you have my sympathy

nickersinaknot · 15/04/2015 11:50

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SirChenjin · 15/04/2015 11:59

No-one sounds 'frothy' or that they need to calm down Hmm

Hopefully a small fence or hedge will remind the less clever amongst the local dog owners that the piece of land beside your house might actually not be the local dog toilet

tabulahrasa · 15/04/2015 11:59

"My point is he knows I told him it is our garden and he still carried on!"

The problem for the dog owner is that once the dog has decided it needs to go, there's really not much they can do about it other than wait for it to finish and pick it up.

Well there's the drag it away and hope it stops option...but that usually results in a trail that's harder to pick up.

My dog is trained to go in a specific part of my garden, but he still wants to go on walks as well - that's usually well away from residential areas, but, that's because I don't have to walk far to get somewhere that's not residential...

Dr0pThePirate · 15/04/2015 12:04

nicker I am frothy about this you're right but I'm not embarrassed to be. I'd actually describe myself as angry. I had to clean dog shit of my sons shoes twice at the weekend. Once because he stepped in it on the way to the shop, second time because we went for a walk in the woods.

Not happy Angry

I know you'll say "but the people here clean up after their dog". Yes everyone says that. But it's still all over the place here. The point is people don't clean up after their dogs. They just say they do.

Ludoole · 15/04/2015 12:07

My gardens on a corner and has a low-ish wall. I have caught a person, yes a person Angry in my trees having a shit!!! Ive also had a copulating couple... They actually climbed over my wall to get the privacy of the trees... Id rather have dog shit!!
I do sympathise with you though.

nickersinaknot · 15/04/2015 12:08

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SirChenjin · 15/04/2015 12:09

But surely even the owners who claim their dog's got to go where a dog's got to go wouldn't just assume that a piece of grass next to a house is a suitable dog toilet? Surely it's not that hard to stop and think that it must belong to the house owner, given the fact that it's right next to the house?

SirChenjin · 15/04/2015 12:12

But yes, I agree that the fence will make it a bit clearer - although as Ludoole's post explains, some people just don't give a shit, regardless of whether there's a fence/wall/whatever

Arsenic · 15/04/2015 12:17

Dr0p do you have a dog? Have you ever?

The dog poos, you pick the poo up. 99% of the time it really is that easy, honestly.

AmateurSeamstress · 15/04/2015 12:19

Dogs shit daily outside my house. The pavements have a wide grass verge, and many the local dogs seem to have picked the bit right outside ours as a communal toilet. It isn't nice but yes I do think it's fair game - I don't think I can go and harangue them for letting their dogs poo on that particular patch of grass rather than 3 doors down.

It is different for OP because she owns the land, but I've had dogs and owners step over the low wall into what is plainly our front garden, hence my reservations about a sign being enough.

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tabulahrasa · 15/04/2015 12:19

"But surely even the owners who claim their dog's got to go where a dog's got to go wouldn't just assume that a piece of grass next to a house is a suitable dog toilet? Surely it's not that hard to stop and think that it must belong to the house owner, given the fact that it's right next to the house?"

No, but...by that point you're in a no win situation.

You either let the dog go on grass, knowing that it is probably somebody's garden, but that it'll clear up more effectively on grass, pull the dog on to the pavement where it will definitely smear and someone will have to stand in it or try and pull the dog further away which will most likely result in a trail of poo across the grass, pavement and gutter.

Dr0pThePirate · 15/04/2015 12:22

Arenic yes I had a dog when I was a kid

the dog poos, you pick the poo up. 99% of the time it really is that easy, honestly Don't tell me! tell the people with dogs here. They're the ones who don't understand this.

Why am I the one with the problem because I don't like dog shit or dogs shitting in other peoples gardens? Sad

SirChenjin · 15/04/2015 12:25

Or you don't go anywhere near that bit of grass?

I'm not convinced it clears up more effectively on grass - dog shit has a habit of sticking to grass . Far less chance of smearing on pavements, where people don't tend to garden or sit - or even better, take it to the gutter and then pick it up. If it's been trained to go to the OP's grass then it can be retrained with a bit of will.

Arsenic · 15/04/2015 12:28

I must be reading you all wrong Dr0p.

Anyway OP said that the chap was picking up. Non pick-up isn't the problem is it? It's initial pooing that is riling OP.

Arsenic · 15/04/2015 12:30

I'm so Confused by all this talk of dogs pooing in gutters. I have never heard of this. Doesn't it cause accidents? It doesn't sound very discreet. Is this for dogs who never see grass?

SirChenjin · 15/04/2015 12:31

Understandable really - who wants strangers dogs shitting in their gardens in the first place, even if they are picking it up (and leaving all manner of boak)

SirChenjin · 15/04/2015 12:34

I'm not advocating letting your dog poo in a gutter on a busy dual carriageway - but if you're in a residential area, you're worried about smearing a pavement Confused and the only alternative is someone's garden then it's perfectly possible to engage brain, check there is no traffic, let your dog poo, pick up, go on your way.

Arsenic · 15/04/2015 12:37

Understandable really

Of course SirCh, just trying to work out exactly what the issue is Smile

Arsenic · 15/04/2015 12:38

I think my dog must have an unusual tummy. A lot of this isn't making sense to me. I'm going to bow out and go and broker her a contract as actimel spokesdog.

tabulahrasa · 15/04/2015 12:39

"it's perfectly possible to engage brain, check there is no traffic, let your dog poo, pick up, go on your way."

Only if you know beforehand that the dog is likely to go to the toilet on that precise bit of grass.

Usually the first cue is them actually going...

Someone routinely taking their dog to someone else's garden to go to the toilet is obviously a different issue.

nickersinaknot · 15/04/2015 12:39

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Dr0pThePirate · 15/04/2015 12:40

Arsenic what's rilling the OP, me and a couple of others is the fact that's it's in her garden.

The problem some people have is that the man might not know it's her garden so he shouldn't be blamed entirely.

I think anyone who lets their dogs shit wherever with impunity is a dick. Clean up or no clean up.

People have pointed out to me that they can't help where their dogs go. Fine, I can't argue with that. I've never tried to stop a shitting dog. However it's still think it's wrong to to treat anywhere as "fair game". As other have said (me too) picking up doesn't aways mean not leaving poo behind. Effort should be made to make sure your dog doesn't go outside other peoples homes. Few people here agree with me on this.

JacquesHammer · 15/04/2015 12:43

You either let the dog go on grass, knowing that it is probably somebody's garden

Or therefore as you know its probably somebody's garden you don't allow your dog on there in the first place......