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Dogs peeing on car tyres

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whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 10:09

Put on AIBU for traffic-
need some advice-
how do I word a message to put on road WhatsApp group?
basically- we have 2 cars- one on drive one outside our hedge on road
daily approx 2-3 times a day- someone is letting their dog pee on the car tyres.
firstly- disgusting. Why??? Just why??? Secondly there are bushes, verges and trees all along the road!
I am sick of cleaning it constantly now.
we have a child with severe contact anaphylactic allergies- we don’t even use that car unless it’s myself or hubby using it alone.
I don’t know who it is that’s doing it.
so wanted to compose a message to put on the road WhatsApp group that doesn’t come across as a doormat or being bitchy either.
appreciate any replies x

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FiveShelties · 20/04/2023 11:26

Have you tried swapping your cars around, putting the one on the drive out onto the road and moving the road on onto the drive?

The dog may have a thing about silver cars, or foreign cars, or hatchbacks etc🐕

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:27

@Starfishing7 👍🏻 Will do this, thanks

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whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:28

@SunshineGeorgie yes, clearly, lol thanks for the replies though

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NameChangingIsMySuperPower · 20/04/2023 11:28

AndrexPuppy · 20/04/2023 10:30

It’s a weird thing to worry about, tbh.

However, once one dog pees on the tyre, it becomes attractive to other dogs to pee on it. It’s a form of communication for dogs, they all like to leave little messages for each other. There’s not a lot you can do about dogs peeing on the type of a car parked on the roadside.

This! It's probably multiple dogs, especially if it's 2 to 3 times a day. Wonder if there is some sort of spray that you could use that would deter the dogs??

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:31

@Maslina3 sorry to hear that, it is corrosive, all these people laughing- wouldn’t find it funny if it was happening to them.
like I had stated- one offs- ok fine fair enough- shouldn’t happen but ok- but the daily 2-3 times a day- wth

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shintyminty · 20/04/2023 11:31

You shouldn't be parking on the pavement at all, not even just two tyres.

Starhead69 · 20/04/2023 11:31

It’s disgusting. You were all a lot more outraged when that lady posted a couple of weeks ago about her 6 year old peeing. Why is dog pee more acceptable? They shouldn’t be doing it on people’s property

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:33

@Derbee only if you’ll join me

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whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:34

@jazzandh seriously- thank you x

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Seas164 · 20/04/2023 11:34

So many questions.... so many.

Mostly about how the dog pee on the tyres is going to come into contact with your child, about how you feel when you drive over a recently deceased badger with the recently washed tyres of your second car, why you feel that the dog owners
a) are in the whatsapp group, and
b) are somehow involved in orchestrating the many times a day wheel pee fest just to spite you,

Also why you're taking it so very personally and feel that it's something that needs to be dealt with, instead of seeing it as a very very normal part of life, and the dog owners are just walking their dogs, thinking about how they need to buy some corn plasters today, and what that bloke at work meant when he said that thing in that meeting and did they forget to turn the oven off when they left the house. Not you, or your unusally clean car wheels.

Every time you go out of the house you are in contact with multiple bodily fluids, both animal and human, and you can do absolutely nothing about it.

You know that park bench you like to sit on while you watch your kids play at the park..... covered in piss. It's literally everywhere. Every shop doorway, all over the handle of your shopping trolley in Sainsburys, not to mention the hands of the barista that just went for a pee and didnt wash his hands before he made your latte. You can't scrub all that. Relax, don't send the message to the WhatsApp group. Unless you're going to put the screenshots in here, in which case do it, do it now.

clpsmum · 20/04/2023 11:35

whateveryousay · 20/04/2023 10:11

That is ridiculous. Presumably your kids don’t lick the car tyres?? What if you drive over some wee?!

This. Choose a different hill!

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:35

@xogossipgirlxo oh yes good question!

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Seas164 · 20/04/2023 11:35

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:31

@Maslina3 sorry to hear that, it is corrosive, all these people laughing- wouldn’t find it funny if it was happening to them.
like I had stated- one offs- ok fine fair enough- shouldn’t happen but ok- but the daily 2-3 times a day- wth

I think that you're not understanding something, in that it's not just your car that is being pissed on. This IS happeneing to lots of people, in fact right now, there are many dogs pissing on many car tyres up and down the land and yet not many people are getting upset about it.

Backtoreality1 · 20/04/2023 11:35

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:19

@Backtoreality1 any suggestions? And where could I get some from? Thanks

usually from garden centres....its mostly used to deter cats, but I know my dog doesn't like the smell so would likely avoid

shintyminty · 20/04/2023 11:35

@whyareallthegoodonesgone please can you stop parking with two wheels on the pavement. It blocks the way for those in wheelchairs and buggies and forces them on to the road, and makes it much more difficult for people with mobility issues.

clpsmum · 20/04/2023 11:35

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 10:17

It could very well be someone not from the road- but there are quite a few on the road that do dogs walks 3/4 times a day- and I know it’s been peed on by a dog as I’ve come back from doing the school run to walk past other car to see the pee on the tyre and road/pavement- but this is happening a few times a day every day

If it were Mu dog and you sent me a message I'd laugh at you for being so ridiculous tbh

SmallAngryPenguinWoman · 20/04/2023 11:36

SunshineGeorgie · 20/04/2023 10:52

Oooh drip drip drip

.... of wee?? 🤣🤣

OP, if it's always the same tyres can't you park the other direction so those tyres are on the road side rather than the path side?

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:38

@shintyminty as they are manoeuvring their cars in and out all day- so I make sure to leave extra room for them to do all that they need to

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Spanielsarepainless · 20/04/2023 11:39

Round here it's drunken teenagers and the yobs in the local football team.

FishChipsMushyPeas · 20/04/2023 11:40

If you are really concerned you will need to try putting something on the tyres that puts dogs off from peeing, they will just be responding to the fact that others have done it.

BMW6 · 20/04/2023 11:40

Perhaps if you got your DH to piss on your tyres it would put off the dogs?

If you don't have a DH or a bloke who could oblige you maybe piss into an empty spray bottle yourself?

whyareallthegoodonesgone · 20/04/2023 11:41

@SoupDragon i leave enough room for a double buggy to pass by comfortably- and only park the tyres on the pavement- only when the neighbours across have extra cars- to give them that little extra room to manoeuvre

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CurlewKate · 20/04/2023 11:41

Presumably your tyres go though worse stuff on a day to day basis?

VapeVamp12 · 20/04/2023 11:42

You're constantly cleaning them? Why? It's a bit of wee, there are definitely worse things on your tyres.

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