Would you let your dog pee on other people's plants and grass ?

[VivaMiltonKeynes]

We live in a new estate where the houses' gardens at the front are open - no fences - grass and then your border with plants against the wall of your house . It seems that some people think it is OK to walk their dog on these extendable leads and let it pee on people's plants and grass . I can possibly see the grass bit at a push but the plants against the wall of the house ? People pay for these themselves and maintain them . There are several dog friendly areas where they could do this and all very close . I have seen these nice cast iron signs with a dog peeing and the word No on it . What are your thoughts about seeing something like this in someone's plants - would it possibly make you even more determined to let your dog pee ?

Is it not possible to put a fence up?

I wouldn't let my dog pee on plants but it's quite difficult to get them not to pee on grass if it's flush with the pavement

Eurgh no I wouldn't but lots of people think it's fine. Also to let them pee on people's houses when the houses go onto the path with no gardens.

It's grim, but seems commonplace.

The dog shouldn’t be coming onto the front garden , my dog will often pee up people’s hedges but they are the border IYSWIM .

Onto the *street, that is.

I certainly don’t let my dog pee on someone else’s garden . There are sprays you can buy to put dogs off but I’m not sure how affective they are but worth a try. If one dog has marked the grass another dog will want to mark the same place with their scent if they can get to it. There is no excuse allowing a dog to do this in my opinion and I would put up the sign too.

I don't let my dog pee on front gardens, for that reason I don't let him walk over their grass either.

But I am in the minority, I see long leads being allowed to go anywhere.

The houses in our street have a fence/wall, and then there is a grass verge, which belongs to council, and then the pavement.
Some house maintain the grass verge. I don't let dog pee on those either, but if they are just council grass I don't mind.

Same goes for parked cars, no, the dog shouldn't pee on them

I recently went somewhere where there were houses directly in to the street, and lots of houses had pots/chairs in fron of their house on the pavement.

Loads of the flower pots had little signs in saying - please don't let you dog pee on my pots.
People did seem to respect it. I think until it was pointed out, most people just didn't think

many dogs cause yellow patches in the grass where they wee too

Agree with PP. A grass verge/hedge level with path, I try to avoid my dog peeing on them but it's not always possible. No way would I let him pee on what was obviously someone's lawn or wander up to the bushes under the window.

@Justmuddlingalong

Is it not possible to put a fence up?

It's not allowed under the by laws.

The alternative is for them to get back home and the dog piss on their own plants.
They’re hardly going to want that.
First.rule of dog ownership don’t let your dog fuck your own garden up.😁😁

It's quite hard to stop a dog peeing once they start.

I cant get worked up about it given we have foxes and cats shitting everywhere.

I wouldn't let my dogs onto someone's front garden. That's just rude.

I would not let my dog intentionally pee in someone's garden... but let's face it, once a dog decides to pee there is nothing that you can do to stop it!

How does one stop a dog from peeing then? Or cocking his leg to mark territory?

Not intentionally and I definitely don't let him on open lawns or gardens but he does cock up walls and hedges. I pull him off but normally the damage has been done

but let's face it, once a dog decides to pee there is nothing that you can do to stop it

A responsible owner wouldn't allow the dog in a place where it's not supposed to toilet. The dog shouldn't be in someone else's garden in the first place.

I treat it like picking fruit. If it's overhanging, it's anybody's. I'm not going to stop my dog peeing on a hedge that's so wide that there's practically no pavement to walk on. Nor am I going to let her roam on private property without permission.

Normally I would say definitely not. But I've just got to the area where we walk our dogs off the lead and our elderly dog has just, for the first time ever, peed on the grass outside someone's house (not inside their garden though). So I had a little chuckle when I saw your post.

If it’s clearly someone’s front garden I wouldn’t let my dog onto it in the first place. Possibly some people think it is just open grass if there’s no fences but I think this is unlikely. Not sure how you would stop it happening though.

Can you get miniature bushes (like 10-12 inches high)?

I live in a place like yours and having been here for a long time, I’ll tell you that this won’t stop. People let their dogs shit on my front grass and didn’t pick up. I have low bushes now.

Absolutely not. I walk my dog on a lead and I make sure she does not go to the toilet on anyone's garden.

Thanks for all your messages . It's reassuring to hear what you say . It tends to be certain people who are wandering along looking at their phone or with headphones on . I just don't want to aggravate the situation and maybe yes if someone is there I should speak to them .

This is something that concerns me about my own dog. When I walk him he does is first wee up the lamppost at the end of our street, 2nd wee on the green. After that he's got no wee left bit he cocks his leg frequently. Nothing comes out but it must look to be people like I'm letting him wee up anything and everything. I do try and stop him but its pretty impossible.

If lawns are open to the pavement or there are plant pots etc, I walk my dog on the other side away from them. If your dog walks nicely to heel and properly under control, it’s not hard to keep them off other people’s property.

If you have an avid sniffer, it’s worth working on lead work and attention and use those skills on the way to wherever you walk your dog where they are free to sniff and mark, ie park, field etc. When I was walking both my dogs I made sure their attention was on me until we got where we were going.

I hate seeing dogs on extending leads being allowed to wander all over the place instead of being kept under close control. If it’s not acceptable for your dog to wander loose somewhere, the same goes for wandering there whilst still on the lead. I wouldn’t object to a sign at all, because I’d feel the same if it were my lawn. Fwiw, we have a long driveway with wide-ish border between us and our neighbours and are a two minute walk from the main entrance to the local park. The number of people who allow their dogs to both pee on and foul my border is astonishing.

I have had to buy an extending lead for the first time recently, as my old boy is going deaf and can’t hear me to respond to recall. Along pavements I keep it locked at traditional lead length, use both hands for control as I would with a plain lead and he still walks to heel until we get to the park, when he’s allowed to trot about and sniff to his heart’s content.