To think you shouldn't let dogs wee against houses?

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Next door have acquired a dog. They let it out the front off the lead to do it's business.

The houses have a canopy over the front door that looks a bit like the picture below. The dog is coming under my canopy and cocking it's leg against the bricks at the bottom of the support. The bricks and paving often have wee stains on and it smells of stale wee around my front door. I know it's their dog as my doorbell captures it.

I've asked them not to let the dog wee there but they just shrug and say they can't stop it, it's just a bit wee or the rain will wash it away. It doesn't as it's under the shelter.

What can I put there to stop the dog weeing there?

I'm sick of cleaning the bricks and paving. I gave it a good scrub yesterday evening and I felt like screaming this morning when my camera reel showed the dog weeing there again.

It's also annoying as my own dog is now desperate to wee there too. I have to keep him on a very short lead and watch him like a hawk while I'm locking/unlocking the front door otherwise he'll cock his leg there too. He's never wee'd on the house before and usually goes on the grass.

A notice on the wooden post with 'STOP LETTING YOUR DOG PISS HERE!' should do the trick.

I would just piss on their door!

Really they need to stop there dog coming on to your property completely. How about a super soaker?

Put a liberal sprinkling of pepper around every day, he will eventually stop. White pepper seems to be more pungent than black.

They need to out their dog on a lead and stop it going there. Speak to them again.

Bleach on the bricks

Could you clean it with something that dogs dislike like jeyes fluid and it will get used to going elsewhere.

Maybe tell neighbour you are using a product to remove stench of urine and it advises pets are kept away.

something about animal urine seems to attract damp and cause problems so you definitely need to stop it.

Automatic sprinklers?

Aww, that's not on, especially when you've obviously worked hard to make the front of your house look so nice.
YANBU.

Can you get bear traps on Amazon ?

The pepper is a good idea. I know that if I'm doing home-cooking and using any kind of pepper, my dogs won't come near and start sneezing.
I have 2 dogs and neither are allowed to do this - we share a drive with our neighbour and I've trained my dogs that they're not even allowed to walk onto next door's property, even though NDN have said they don't mind. It's a respect thing.

Once my male dog peed up someone's wall and I knocked on and apologised and went straight back and cleaned their wall with disinfectant.

Dog owners who don't take responsibility really do annoy me.

Is the dog off a lead? Do you have a garden or land in front that it's crossing or are you straight onto the pavement?

Use urine neutraliser on the brickwork all around the area. Then spray loads of lemon juice around it.

We had similar, and once one dog urinates there, they all come along for a sniff and wee. We bought some dog repellent spray and it stopped instantly.

Blitz the area with a load of Odor Kill, that should help stop your dog wanting to go there as its designed to get rid of urine odours in kennels etc (comes in some lovely fragrances... we're on pear drops at the minute though as DP likes that. I'll order myself next time!!)...

But tell your neighbours you've used Jeyes, and remind them they must not let their dog touch it as its very toxic to dogs!!

Next time they tell you they can't help it, suggest they invest in a dog lead.

Jeyes did not deter my dogs at all when I was trying to get them to go elsewhere in my garden.

Biological soap like Daz can help break down the enzymes to remove the scent, do it daily for a while. But other than that can you find a way to temporarily block the area off? He'll have a scent mark there now so will keep returning.

Or can you (bonkers I know) set a sprinkler or something up to deter him? Or a sonic thing like they have for cats/foxes? It isn't his fault but he now just thinks it's his toilet.

Or maybe a fib and tell them you've got a rodent issue and that they need to keep him away as there's poison down? Not sure if that's believeable but if someone told me they had I wouldn't let them near the area (though I wouldn't let them pee on your house either)

Electric fencing 😜

We're on a street that's popular with dog walkers and constantly have dogs weeing up our garden wall, and this morning on our car!

It's grim, but I can't let it get to me so much. However it drives DH to madness. He's called a few dog walkers out on it, which worries me as they dgaf

I'm looking into plants that dogs hate, might put some pots out. I've also read they dislike citrus. So maybe adding citrus oil to your cleaning solution or burning an outdoor citronella candle would work.

As much as it's not the dogs fault it is the urine and lack of a considerate owner causing the problem therefore I'd either put down a Jeyes fluid or a disinfectant, some are not pet friendly so I'd just mention in passing to the neighbour that as the smell lingers you've had to use a strong product to disinfect and remove his dogs urine and instructions advise that pets shouldn't go on whilst still wet.

If you're able to I'd mix a milder mix throughout the day and chuck it on the area to keep it wet in the hope you're neighbour keeps his dog away.

Why do they let it off the lead on the front? Is it all enclosed?

Agree with you wholeheartedly, the corner of our street has worn away at the bottom because of the constant wee plus it stinks in hot weather as do the steps to the beach, any corner on the beach and every bin between here and the beach. I jump across all the stinky wee stains, yuck. But it's fine I must hate dogs... final straw was up my plant pot outside front door and bay window 😬

Might get the dog repellent recommended... Jeyes didn't work for me

Tell them you saw a rat and you will be putting rat poison in your front garden and around your door.

We have 2 dogs, they aren't allowed to go/pee in people's gardens, wheely bins etc. we aren't allowed to fence our front gardens,there's an elderly person goes by in the evening, extension lead,let's her dog come and pee in our garden. Often use and the neighbours get dogs poo ing on the front garden as well. DH did have a sign made,it's nice and polite and appears to have done the trick..