Please explain the "rules" of dogs/walking/peeing and neighbors' property

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

Troll?

If I was outside and your dog pooped on my grass right in front of me, I would want to give you and your dog a good kicking. Seeing as how that would get me arrested I wouldn't do it, but I would be thinking about it and imagining how good that would make me feel to teach you a lesson. I would definitely mention it to you though, and if you allowed your dog to poop on my grass again, you should never count on me to be a good neighbor.

You need to seek professional help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

Troll?

If I was outside and your dog pooped on my grass right in front of me, I would want to give you and your dog a good kicking. Seeing as how that would get me arrested I wouldn't do it, but I would be thinking about it and imagining how good that would make me feel to teach you a lesson. I would definitely mention it to you though, and if you allowed your dog to poop on my grass again, you should never count on me to be a good neighbor.

You need to seek professional help.

So do people that think there's nothing wrong with letting their animals defecate on other peoples property.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

Troll?

If I was outside and your dog pooped on my grass right in front of me, I would want to give you and your dog a good kicking. Seeing as how that would get me arrested I wouldn't do it, but I would be thinking about it and imagining how good that would make me feel to teach you a lesson. I would definitely mention it to you though, and if you allowed your dog to poop on my grass again, you should never count on me to be a good neighbor.

You need to seek professional help.

I think the people that think that's it's okay to let their dogs defecate on other peoples property without the owners permission are the ones that need professional help. Their sense of entitlement is strange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our dogs have “aged out” (ie. passed on), but we taught them to urinate/defecate in our yard BEFORE we went on walks. I found/find it rude when people don’t want to mess up their own yard, but take their dogs out to someone else’s yard.

As our one dog got older (over 10), he used to need to “go” during walks. He was trained to go on the sidewalk or on the boulevard. We always brought extra water and if he did pee, at least put a bottle of water over it.

Dogs should also be on leash and not roaming yards. This is as much for their own safety as kindness and concern to neighbours.

Unfortunately, some dog owners, like some parents, and ultimately, like some humans, can only see life through what is best and easiest for them.

Immature, petulant small minded people, OP. Does he look happy to you? I would say not.

Just put up bushes, fence, whatever works. Your property, your rules.

[Anonymous]

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You need to seek professional help.

So do people that think there's nothing wrong with letting their animals defecate on other peoples property.

Its not your property its MINE, MINE, MINE~

[Anonymous]

Dogs are not allowed to trespass. My yard is not their yard. I don’t own the public strip of land, what happens there is not my problem. ALL dog owners know this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood with no sidewalks. So if my dog is not peeing in a lawn, he would have to be peeing in the street (which I've literally never see him do).

I do try to avoid all lawns with the no dogs signs (although I note that there are people who OWN DOGS THEMSELVES AND WALK THEM TO OTHERS' LAWNS who have those little signs).

I also try to steer my dog to areas that are weedy/not well kept anyway (figuring no one would care).

But despite this, my dog will often go in a lawn (or against a sign, rock, or plant) which is located in close proximity to the curb on someone's private property. He's on a 6ft leash. My feet don't leave the street. I always pick up the poop.

For this, I'm a bad dog owner?

(FWIW, I have not noticed yellow spots on his usual walk route).

What does this mean? Are you saying that as long as your feet are on the street that it's OK for your dog to take a dump on some innocent persons lawn because your leash extends to 6 feet? I'd hate for you to have a 50 foot leash. You'd probably think it would be OK for your dog to poop on my doorstep then as long as your feet stayed on the street. Maybe you need a shorter leash!

Not PP but I have a similar rule, so I think I know what they're talking about. Basically for me, if I'm on the street or sidewalk, anywhere my dog can reach on a 6 foot leash is fair game unless it's something easily damaged. (flowerbed, etc.) Now obviously I pick up all poop, and respect any signs or neighbors who have asked me to keep my dog off their grass, but to me the default is that as long as your feet stay on city property, anywhere your dog can reach on a regulation leash (6 feet or under in DC) is within the social contract.

"social contract"?? What about legal contract? Like the laws that say you aren't allowed to trespass on someone's property??

Some people are so entitled, it's almost unbelievable.

Where is the law that says any animal (or other property, since that's legally what a pet is) is allowed up to 6 feet onto private property as long as the owner of said property is where they are legally allowed to be?

This is precious.

Go ahead, call the police and tell them somebody let their dog sniff your bushes while standing on the sidewalk. I'm sure it'll be a priority 1 call for them, maybe they'll even send McGruff the crime dog to arrest my pup!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

Troll?

If I was outside and your dog pooped on my grass right in front of me, I would want to give you and your dog a good kicking. Seeing as how that would get me arrested I wouldn't do it, but I would be thinking about it and imagining how good that would make me feel to teach you a lesson. I would definitely mention it to you though, and if you allowed your dog to poop on my grass again, you should never count on me to be a good neighbor.

This happened to me near U street a few years ago outside a condo where my dog tinkled in the grassed plant box on the street. A new owner who was getting out a car started swearing at me, threatening to kick me and my dog, threatening to kill my dog, and telling me how she was a new partial owner in the big building so she therefore owned that unfenced green spot. I won't tell you what I did, but later all the grass just died (pet safe promise!). I'd do the same to a bit of your yard in the middle of the night - probably a few months later so it's not linked - so maybe be nicer. Crazy can be matched, and I admit I'm crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

Troll?

If I was outside and your dog pooped on my grass right in front of me, I would want to give you and your dog a good kicking. Seeing as how that would get me arrested I wouldn't do it, but I would be thinking about it and imagining how good that would make me feel to teach you a lesson. I would definitely mention it to you though, and if you allowed your dog to poop on my grass again, you should never count on me to be a good neighbor.

This happened to me near U street a few years ago outside a condo where my dog tinkled in the grassed plant box on the street. A new owner who was getting out a car started swearing at me, threatening to kick me and my dog, threatening to kill my dog, and telling me how she was a new partial owner in the big building so she therefore owned that unfenced green spot. I won't tell you what I did, but later all the grass just died (pet safe promise!). I'd do the same to a bit of your yard in the middle of the night - probably a few months later so it's not linked - so maybe be nicer. Crazy can be matched, and I admit I'm crazy.

I can be crazy too. I could leave something poisonous in my yard that your dog might eat. Better yet, if I knew where you lived I too could do something to your property "months later so it's not linked", two can play at that game! As for your comment "try to be nicer", you just don't get it and you probably never will. Your dog has no right to poop or pee on someone else's property. It's self absorbed people like you that give decent dog owners a bad name.

[Anonymous]

You could get one of those small "please keep your dog off the grass" signs that you can put along your yard. Amazon is full of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

Troll?

If I was outside and your dog pooped on my grass right in front of me, I would want to give you and your dog a good kicking. Seeing as how that would get me arrested I wouldn't do it, but I would be thinking about it and imagining how good that would make me feel to teach you a lesson. I would definitely mention it to you though, and if you allowed your dog to poop on my grass again, you should never count on me to be a good neighbor.

This happened to me near U street a few years ago outside a condo where my dog tinkled in the grassed plant box on the street. A new owner who was getting out a car started swearing at me, threatening to kick me and my dog, threatening to kill my dog, and telling me how she was a new partial owner in the big building so she therefore owned that unfenced green spot. I won't tell you what I did, but later all the grass just died (pet safe promise!). I'd do the same to a bit of your yard in the middle of the night - probably a few months later so it's not linked - so maybe be nicer. Crazy can be matched, and I admit I'm crazy.

I can be crazy too. I could leave something poisonous in my yard that your dog might eat. Better yet, if I knew where you lived I too could do something to your property "months later so it's not linked", two can play at that game! As for your comment "try to be nicer", you just don't get it and you probably never will. Your dog has no right to poop or pee on someone else's property. It's self absorbed people like you that give decent dog owners a bad name.

Then build a fence or put up a sign, easy solution. We don't go in fenced areas or places with signs. We are respectful and always pick up after ourselves, but if we don't know we bother you through a sign or something - we don't know. Please just post a sign, and I'll respect it as will the vast majority of people (there are some bad apples).

As for threatening someone, that is above and beyond, and that is why I would respond, or maybe it would be my cousin visiting from out of town, or a friend who'd I'd given a few bucks to mess with you. I'd also sue you for killing my animal, but after being threatened, I also wouldn't walk my dog by your house anymore which is what you want, but that doesn't mean I won't walk by your house without my dog and mess with your yard, car parked out front, etc.

[Anonymous]

This reminds me of when my brother took a dump in our neighbor's yard when the old man lost it when a tennis ball landed in his backyard and my brother had the nerve to go get it. A few years later after too many beers, he took a giant sh*t right on his front steps.

[Anonymous]

In sum - the rules are:
- Dog owners must always pick up after their dogs
- Homeowners must to post signs, plant some trees/bushes, build a fence, or something notify others that their yard is off-limits
- We will all be respectful of each other

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In sum - the rules are:
- Dog owners must always pick up after their dogs
- Homeowners must to post signs, plant some trees/bushes, build a fence, or something notify others that their yard is off-limits
- We will all be respectful of each other

Sorry but you're wrong. Homeowners do not have to put up signs to tell dog owners that they don't want dogs on there property, nor do they have to put up fences! It's their property so just keep off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

Troll?

If I was outside and your dog pooped on my grass right in front of me, I would want to give you and your dog a good kicking. Seeing as how that would get me arrested I wouldn't do it, but I would be thinking about it and imagining how good that would make me feel to teach you a lesson. I would definitely mention it to you though, and if you allowed your dog to poop on my grass again, you should never count on me to be a good neighbor.

This happened to me near U street a few years ago outside a condo where my dog tinkled in the grassed plant box on the street. A new owner who was getting out a car started swearing at me, threatening to kick me and my dog, threatening to kill my dog, and telling me how she was a new partial owner in the big building so she therefore owned that unfenced green spot. I won't tell you what I did, but later all the grass just died (pet safe promise!). I'd do the same to a bit of your yard in the middle of the night - probably a few months later so it's not linked - so maybe be nicer. Crazy can be matched, and I admit I'm crazy.

I can be crazy too. I could leave something poisonous in my yard that your dog might eat. Better yet, if I knew where you lived I too could do something to your property "months later so it's not linked", two can play at that game! As for your comment "try to be nicer", you just don't get it and you probably never will. Your dog has no right to poop or pee on someone else's property. It's self absorbed people like you that give decent dog owners a bad name.

Then build a fence or put up a sign, easy solution. We don't go in fenced areas or places with signs. We are respectful and always pick up after ourselves, but if we don't know we bother you through a sign or something - we don't know. Please just post a sign, and I'll respect it as will the vast majority of people (there are some bad apples).

As for threatening someone, that is above and beyond, and that is why I would respond, or maybe it would be my cousin visiting from out of town, or a friend who'd I'd given a few bucks to mess with you. I'd also sue you for killing my animal, but after being threatened, I also wouldn't walk my dog by your house anymore which is what you want, but that doesn't mean I won't walk by your house without my dog and mess with your yard, car parked out front, etc.

Your cousin or a friend that you've given a few buck to? You must be some sort of coward.