Dogs peeing on lawns

[Sunset]

OP - a small 1 foot high border fence stops them most of the time.

You should post photos here, of the lawn so we can see, it might be grubs over fertilization or as you say dog pee.

Another solution might be to sprinkle cayenne pepper along your grass, after the dogs sniff that they will not be going on your lawn.

 

[MichaelB]

A recent, popular book and film, "A Man Called Ove" presents the protagonist as a grumpy old Swede with a similar view regarding dogs, nature, and property. His solution is to electrify the area under the grass where the dog likes to visit.

 

[pb4uski]

How about a neighbor who lets her little dog leave his 'presents' all over the front of our yard when she walks him?

She doesn't even carry a litter bag with her. Just lets the little varmint do his droppings wherever he feels like it.

What galls me is she'll do this even if she knows we see her. Totally does not care. Of course, she's one of those that doesn't do a drop of her own work (has "people" for everything) and appears to be a bit of a princess. But still...

Her excuse was that her dog has "little itty bitty poops - just like little M&Ms". Frankly, I don't care how big they are. Keep your dog from dropping his poo on my lawn.

I swear she brings him onto our lawn to relieve himself so that he doesn't poo on HER lawn. This and other fun "sub life" things is precisely why I no longer wish to live anywhere near a neighbor. 10 or 20 acres with no immediate neighbors is the ER goal.

.....Each weekend, I scooped up the poop with a shovel and put it in a pile on their lawn. Eventually, they got the message. They did the scooping for a few weekends, then apparently found a way to prevent it from happening.

Exactly what I was thinking... except I would probably pread them out so it is hard for the ignorant dog owner to pick up.

Or better yet, a couple stakes in the ground with 110v current.... throw the switch when the bitch is on your lawn.

I'll leave it to you whether I'm referring to the dog or the owner.

 

[Rianne]

A recent, popular book and film, "A Man Called Ove" presents the protagonist as a grumpy old Swede with a similar view regarding dogs, nature, and property. His solution is to electrify the area under the grass where the dog likes to visit.

Love that film! He's everybody's grandpa :--))

 

[jimandthom]

female dogs squat when they urinate. It is concentrated in that spot. and then spreads from there. Even males that squat, their urine stream is not straight down onto on spot--simply because of the shape of the penis.

The chemical formula for urine-- NH2 2CO N=nitrogen. Did you ever notice how a rag that had been used to soak up urine, has an ammonia smell if you for some reason forgot to wash it/throw it out right away.

Grass doesn't care where the N comes from to either green up or brown up due to levels applied.

The grass is always greener in the 2-4" ring around a dead spot, and is possibly the best looking grass in your yard.


Our females are both neutered and we have dead spots. I rake out the dead grass, apply aged compost and see. Easy--peasy.

 

[daylatedollarshort]

We looked today on a walk where our dog likes to pee and zero brown spots in our lawn or any neighbors' lawn.

 

[jimandthom]

While there are better lawn care products than the Scotts products, the link to their website/topic of brown spots---- 3rd on down


https://www.scotts.com/en-us/library/other-lawn-problems/what-causes-brown-spots-lawn

 

[LOL!]

I guess I'll do the experiment and just pee in the same spot in my yard for the rest of the summer. Here is the "Before" pic:

I'll make the dog pee in the same place, too.

 

[Retch The Grate]

I guess I'll do the experiment and just pee in the same spot in my yard for the rest of the summer. Here is the "Before" pic:

I'll make the dog pee in the same place, too.

Things I love about this forum

 

[HadEnuff]

Well, since you asked in the OP how I feel about this, I'll tell you. If the dog is on the leash,and the dog pees right on the tree lawn, or right next to the street, I think you should relax. If the dog is allowed to run around the yard, or the owner has one of those extendable leashes, and allows the dog to travel well into your yard to urinate, you should talk to them.
Now if they are letting the dog poop, and not cleaning that up, I'd be irritated, but urinating on the grass, by the street, would not bother me.

 

[jimandthom]

I guess I'll do the experiment and just pee in the same spot in my yard for the rest of the summer. Here is the "Before" pic:

I'll make the dog pee in the same place, too.

Did you squat while doing this? You may want to take pictures also for your next BUN test when you dr. wants to check your kidney function.

 

[foxfirev5]

Oblivious dog owners have taken over. Their little darlings are so cute it doesn't matter what they do. I've stated that they are taking our executive neighborhood and turned it into a trailer park.

 

[KCGeezer]

At my aunt and uncles house when my cousins and my brothers were all in high school/college there was a raised bed and ‘the Budweiser bush’ just outside the door of the basement. When my aunt eventually realized (after maybe 3-4 years) why it was call the the Bud bush she laid down the law regarding late night poker or pool games.

Yep, bush died within a few weeks.

 

[travelover]

..........I've stated that they are taking our executive neighborhood and turned it into a trailer park.

Now you've got me wondering if I live in an "executive neighborhood". How does one tell for sure?

 

[LOL!]

Yep, bush died within a few weeks.

Yep, when the bush stopped getting its usual hydration that killed it.

 

[aja8888]

Brown spots on lawn...ha, ...... around here we have armadillos digging up lawns in the pitch of night looking for grubs, etc. Wake up every morning and the lawn looks like Vietnam after a night bombing!

 

[aja8888]

Now you've got me wondering if I live in an "executive neighborhood". How does one tell for sure?

It's the Milkbone underwear everyone is wearing when walking dogs.

 

[foxfirev5]

Now you've got me wondering if I live in an "executive neighborhood". How does one tell for sure?

If you have to ask ....

 

[DFDubb]

To be fair, the dog is just being a dog. Any comments that it's the dogs fault or those talking of electrocuting said dog are misplaced and pretty messed up.

I've never met or heard of anyone that was really bothered by a dog urinating on their lawn, but I guess I can somewhat understand it on some level. Still it is not the fault of the dog.

 

[NYEXPAT]

Back in my working days, I used to travel once a month to L.A. to head up a creditors committee. While there I would often spend the weekend in the "Betty Davis" mansion in Laguna Beach. The first time there, my friend was showing me around as I was staying there alone. We walked into the dining room (overlooks the Pacific Ocean) and was commenting on the Persian rug ( I think he paid about 50k for it) that sat under the table and he said I should take off my shoes if I was going to use the dining room.

A short while later a friend and his Black Labrador came by as we were going down to the private beach below to see a "Grunion run"! ( can you see where this is going?)

First thing the dog did when entering the house was to make a beeline to the dining room and pee'd on the rug. The owner got upset, his friend laughed and we all walked down to the beach. I assume the maid cleaned it the next day as it was never mentioned again.

 

[W2R]

Now you've got me wondering if I live in an "executive neighborhood". How does one tell for sure?

I know I don't live in an executive neighborhood at the moment. The majority of my neighbors are in their 70's or 80's, and they don't work any more; they are retirees, not executives. None on our block have kids living at home right now. Many of them bought their home when the neighborhood was first built, around 1965.

We love this neighborhood! Older New Orleanians are such a treasure and I love listening to their amazing stories about New Orleans long ago. Also, none of them seem to walk their dogs on our street, if they even have a dog in their old age.

 

[grasshopper]

I think a snappy sign saying that the lawn was just doused with pesticides may do the trick. In my own yard once a week I shovel up piles of bear $h17 full of nuts and berries.

 

[Montecfo]

If it's not poop I do not think there is an issue. What do you expect them to do?

I know many animals urinate on my lawn. Dogs cats bunnies squirrels chipmunks raccoon.

Now if I could get the birds under control that would be a discussion

 

[RetireAge50]

There is an elderly couple across the street from us who spend quite a bit of time tending to their flowers, bushes, and grass. We don’t get many dogs on our street but one day sure enough a dog came by and peed all over what they just worked on.

At the time it struck me as kind of annoying that people walk their dogs and let them pee all over everything. Never cared about it before but for some reason that day it bothered me, maybe because they work by hand on those bushes and flowers all the time.

So anyway I can see where the OP is coming from.

 

[brucethebroker]

I'd suggest setting a nice comfortable chair with a cooler on your front patio and sitting out there all day yelling at anybody walking by to stay off your yard. Be the stereotype, embrace it.

Yep.
Then invite us to sit at the your neighbors houses on comfortable chairs with coolers on Halloween night...
should be quiet a show: toilet paper, soap, burning bags of poop on the front porch.....