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

[YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan]

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.

Sulfuric acid should do the trick.

@YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan Jeyes is actually really toxic for dogs/cats etc it has to be put on and left to dry before it's safe.

Bleach will NOT deter, it breaks down into ammonia, and smells much like piss and actually attracts dogs back to the same spot.

No it's not shared land. The dog is trespassing, although I appreciate the dog does not know this!

They paved right up to our drive, so there's no earth to put a fence up.

OH has been looking at plant pots online tonight to see if we can build a fence with pots!

I've cleaned again and sprinkled pepper around to see if that works.

I can recommend citronella. I have a pump action water gun ready primed with a couple of drops of citronella essential oil in it, A couple of weeks ago I did manage to spray from a distance the cat who has been leaving deposits in my garden and it has not been back.

No it's not shared land. The dog is trespassing, although I appreciate the dog does not know this!

Cheeky git.

If you're driveway is wide enough to allow for pots/troughs to be put on it I'd do this too and make some kind of barrier.
No idea what part of the world you're in but decent nice looking plastic ones don't have to cost a fortune.

I'd even try to look for some ideas on using large pots/troughs, spacing them out, half filling with cement to hold wooden battens as uprights and fit either lengths of wire horizontal to make one long framework or trellis and use climbing plants trained outwards, espalier like, or a creeping vine.

Kind of like a living wall, that way your neighbour/dog won't be able to squeeze through..

Must add though its a bit off of your neighbour to even think it's exceptable to walk onto your land let alone let their dog were on your doorstep.

God some dog owners are just utter twats aren't they?! I would NEVER let my dog do that in a million years.
Could you be outside around the time they usually let him out one day and chase him off?
Failing that maybe some freestanding fencing panels along the drive? (Expensive though) Or even some cheap/second hand baby gates around your porch for a few days to block it off until he finds another spot. Although he'd probably just pee on those.

I would speak to them again and tell them to put the dog on a lead and have some basic consideration for other people. Honestly it's just appalling behaviour on their part.

Tell your neighbours you’ve had to put rat poison down and to be careful about letting their dog roam around.

Bleach (Sodium hypochlorite) does not break down to Ammonia ( Nitrogen & hydrogen NH3) , however the ammonia in the urine can react with the bleach to form Chlorine gas.

I personally have found that washing a pee’d on bin with bleach solution does prevent more dogs peeing in it and leaves my own dogs disinterested. But I only use it outdoors.

That's awful. I read recently that pissing dogs were actually killing trees in some parks (can't remember where).

I notice in Europe some dog owners carry a bottle of water with them and after the dog has pissed up against a wall or whatever they squoosh the bottle. Maybe there is soap in it I don't know. It's better than nothing but it's still horrible having dogs lifting their legs everywhere and owners just letting them.

Dilute Jeyes fluid is not toxic for dogs at the appropriate dilution. It's recommended for cleaning kennels. Not so good for cats though.

People let their dogs piss all up the corner of the wall around my house, which then runs onto my drive. I go out and smother the corner of the walls in dettol disinfectant and the strong smell alone seems to keep them away.

It’s poisonous to dogs, so not allowed

You can use what you want to clean your own house. It’s private property.
Could let them know you are using products that may not be safe for animals so they can stop their dog trespassing.
I have a dog but use products containing acid to clean path that aren’t safe for animals and just keep him off.

It’s poisonous to dogs, so not allowed

What do you mean, not allowed? Is it banned (I'm not actually sure what Jeyes is)? She's under no obligation to ensure that, on her property, everything is safe for dogs. I wouldn't ever deliberately harm a dog but I don't have pets so if I was looking for some sort of outdoor product I simply wouldn't pay any attention to whether it was safe for dogs.

I just tell the owner I'd used it and you wanted to let her know as it's so dangerous and you don't want her dog to be poisoned.
You wouldn't even have to actually use it.

The homeowner can use whatever she wants in her driveway / house.

That’s disgusting and not very neighbourly at all.

I have dog and wouldn’t allow that.

Bleach (but I would tell them as it can burn paws)

I'd also try Vaseline - as pup won’t get burnt paws but will take very greasy paws back into the house. Which they won’t like!

I regularly spray the path in my front garden with spearmint oil - it seems to put the neighbour’s cats off so that might be worth a try (it’s just spearmint essential oil mixed with water and put in a spray bottle)

Jeyes is an outdoor disinfectant specifically marketed for cleaning up after pets so entirely appropriate to use.

Inconsiderate, lazy dog owners like that really get on my nerves. I would never let my dog pee up against someone's house or in their garden, the amount of times people have left a nice huge pile of dog poo right outside my gate for my kids to nearly walk through is ridiculous, if people can't be bothered to deal with the animals properly they shouldn't have them. Anyway....rant over 😂, I've also found hot chilli powder to be a good deterrent for cats and dogs but obviously isn't a permanent solution if it rains/is very windy, looks like your best bet is to create some kind of barrier and again tell the neighbours they need to keep their dog on a lead if they're incapable of keeping the dog off your property.

I hate the way these entitled dog owners think is ok for their dogs to wee and poo where they like, while the owner looks the other way. We have a small wall around our garden, and some owners let them foul just outside the gate. When challenged, they say things like “ you can’t tell a dog not to wee!” No, but you’re the owner. Pull the dog away, walk next to the wall yourself, take your dogs for walks away from neighbours property. The urine, apart from looking horrible and smelling nasty, corrodes the fence, and attracts other dogs. It’s unacceptable, and the owners don’t want it on their properties! In the OP’s case I would report the owners for not keeping it on the lead, and for trespass, and fouling. Take photos, cctv, send them to the council.

If your drive is wide enough for pots then it should be wide enough to put a fence on your side but I get you shouldn’t have to. I have a similar issue with next door but one’s dog pooing on my lawn at the front so considering a fence but I rent so it’s a big outlay

That is not on. I'm a dog owner and it does my head in when other dog owners allow this sort of thing.

Drives me nuts when we put the bins out and every dog on the street is walked passed my house and has a wee on the bin, then I have to bring the bin in and sit it at my front door (mid terrace)