Dog s**tting in garden

[Londonwriter]

We’re lucky enough to have a (narrow) 50ft garden during lockdown.

My DH has been allowing our dog to s*t in the garden. Everytime my three-year-old DS goes to play in the garden, which is currently his main outdoor recreation as the playground is closed, there is at least one or two cold, dry c*ps hidden in the grass.

My DH says that he feels sorry for the dog because, although we are using our one ‘exercise’ trip each day to walk the dog, the dog can’t manage. He says he doesn’t know the dog is c***g in the garden because he often wants to go in the dark.

I’m sick and tired of it. He’s pooing twice a day (on each trip out) and then, it appears, in addition, he c*d six times in the garden over the Easter weekend. I’m worried that my DS gets sick from the garden being a dog toilet. When my DH isn’t working from home, the dog manages perfectly fine on a short run in the morning, a brief walk around 4pm and a further brief walk around midnight.

I told my DH to try to get the dog to c**p in one place only, but apparently this is not feasible given he’s working full-time and we have a colicky baby.

AIBU? DH thinks I’m a hygiene Nazi and it’s fine provided the c**p is picked up.

You can’t expect the dog to ration his shits to suit you. This is hilarious!

I have a toddler and a dog too. I clear the dog shit up everyday.

Also what are you feeding your dog that making him shit 6x a day? Feed a better quality food or something that suits his digestion better!

Please stop with the bleach OP.

For the sake of your dog.

I hope you manage to train your husband.

A kid two doors away from me was blinded by dog poo from their own dog when I was growing up. It happened in the garden.

Worm your dog. It’s parasites that cause this that can be eliminated with routine worming. Therefore totally in your control.

Hang on. About 50% upwards have said bleaching your grass is bonkers!!!!!

Yet my post is one you pick out

Bleaching thy r garden is not good. Even a small patch. For your dog or your child. Regardless.

Honestly, sounds like your dog is popping a lot. Twice in the walk and then more in the garden. Either reduce the food or buy a higher quality food and don't feed it crap inbetween if you are.

This has made me smile this thread. Thanks peeps !

Seriously?
You are being beyond ridiculous!
Just pick up the dog poo....end of issue.
It’s a dog. He’s not going it on purpose to p* you off.
You & you DH are responsible for BOTH your DS & the dog.
Whizz round the garden before you let your little one out, pick up any poo. Then supervise your child & dog, as any normal, responsible parent would, whilst they play.
Such a non-issue.

Yes it’s normal, stop bleaching your garden

Our dog occasionally poos in the garden. I go out first thing in the morning and check the area he goes in (as it is helpfully always the same area) and pick up anything there. During the day the dog is not out there without us so if I see him go I pick it up.

Are you working FT too?

I poo pick in the garden first thing in the morning. It's no big deal.

And we can swear on mumsnet. Crap, shit - the whole lot.

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Agree.
I can’t see the problem if you do it daily and keep on top of it.

and on your excercise outings, do you just leave your dog's poo lying there for someone else to step in/clean up?

Clean up after your dog wherever it dumps INCLUDING in your own garden. We have always done this for the past 40 years (and five dogs).
Bag it and bin it.

You shouldn't have a small child playing where a dog shits, picked up or not there will still be shit on the grass. Fence off a area for shit at least. Yuk.

YABU and totally hysterical. Two dogs in this household and a 4yo. The dogs poo in the garden, the 4yo still has his sight. Just pick it up. Its not difficult. Tbf, our dogs do only toilet in one area, it's kind of fenced off and laid with astroturf for easy cleaning - it's pretty easy to train a dog to toilet in one area. They also point when they're out on their hour exercise outside. And FFS, stop bleaching the grass - you'll end up poisoning the dog and you child.

Sounds the dog is pooing a lot! What are you feeding him?

Im not convinced that you should own a dog tbh, how on earth do you know the difference that it wants a poo or wee before you take it for a walk?

Ffs, shit in the garden is part and parcel of owning a dog!

All my dogs have had a least 3 craps a day, and very rarely more than 2 walks, so I just go and pick it up.

Bleaching the garden is just mental, it could burn his paws and, possibly, make him very ill if he licks them (which is very likely if they get sore).

There really should be some sort of mandatory test before people are allowed to get a dog.

Your bleaching the grass.
Oh my god. No wonder our wildlife is utterly fucked

Bleaching the grass? You are insane. Please rehome your dog so he can shit whenever he needs to just like you do. Or worm your dog and pick up the poo. And try not to think about the rats, birds, worms and other animals that regularly do smaller shits in your garden.

"Your DH clearly doesn't want to pick up dog poo in the garden and he's leaving it up to you to sort. Hence the letting him out and walking away."

I agree.

Surely whoever lets the dog out watches it or goes out with it & picks up any poo?

Our dog has only ever pooed in the garden when ill & rarely wees in it either.

Not sure why Op should be picking up poo when it's the husband letting the dog out & he can either go out with it or watch to see where it poos & then pick up straight away.

I suppose it's because he doesn't want to so he doesn't!

Our dog poos in the garden and on his walk. Whatever suits him.

Either myself or my husband picks it up before the kids go out in the garden.

What is your dog eating to poo 5/6 times a day. Personally my dog only poo's on its 2 walks a day. It will only go in the garden if unwell and I would know. I'm assuming you know DH is definitely doing his walk ? Are you home together ?

If you've changed its food or feeding it loads of scraps or the kids ? Not feeding it the kids, but are the kids feeding it treats or snacks or something?

What is your dog eating to poo 5/6 times a day

Same as ours, I guess. She has two meals a day and a few treats. She’s always gone more than twice a day.

Sorry do t get why you do t go out before your kid does and pick up the dog shit - use a poo bag it’s not rocket science

Like many others have suggested, could you fence off part of the garden? We lived in an old cottage when the children were tiny (3 under 5 years) and it had a long thin garden. We put a fence across the garden with a gate in it so that the dogs had a free run of one part and were only allowed in the other part when they were with us. It made life much easier dealing with clearing up the doggy poo and also we were pretty much certain that the mainly dog free part was safe for the children. But I do think that clearing up after the dog is something that you need to do more frequently, particularly when you are using the garden more and have a small child.