Question for people with lawns about traces of dog poop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poop is fertilizer.

I don't need your dog fertilizing my lawn. Anymore than you need me fertilizing yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poop is fertilizer.

It is not. In fact, the EPA considers it a problem for the environment and human health:

https://cfpub.epa.gov/npstbx/files/Pet%20Care%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

[Anonymous]

I have a nice lawn. I also have a dog. I do not let me dog poop or pee on the grass between the sidewalk and the house. I want that grass to look nice. Also, my kids play in the grass. I don't want any traces of poop on it, and I certainly don't want you to pull up the grass that I just paid to put in.

Please, have your dog do its business on the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.

[Anonymous]

All I have to say is- what about all the bird, chipmunk and squirrel poop? Right now I have at least 15 Robins in my yard. If you pick up the big mass of dog poop, what's left over is no worse than bird poop.

Btw, the real offender is fox or raccoon poop. SO nasty. I have a raccoon who likes to come poop on my deck and it's gag inducing. Even after picking it up it basically needs power washed off the deck. And you can smell it from anywhere you are in the yard. My dog's poop looks downright nutritional after seeing this raccoon poop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a nice lawn. I also have a dog. I do not let me dog poop or pee on the grass between the sidewalk and the house. I want that grass to look nice. Also, my kids play in the grass. I don't want any traces of poop on it, and I certainly don't want you to pull up the grass that I just paid to put in.

Please, have your dog do its business on the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.

OP here. In a follow up post I note that I do this. But my question still applies, since I clean up the poop from that narrow stretch between street and sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All I have to say is- what about all the bird, chipmunk and squirrel poop? Right now I have at least 15 Robins in my yard. If you pick up the big mass of dog poop, what's left over is no worse than bird poop.

Btw, the real offender is fox or raccoon poop. SO nasty. I have a raccoon who likes to come poop on my deck and it's gag inducing. Even after picking it up it basically needs power washed off the deck. And you can smell it from anywhere you are in the yard. My dog's poop looks downright nutritional after seeing this raccoon poop.

For your safety, please be really careful handling raccoon poop. The majority of them carry raccoon roundworm, which is a really dangerous parasite the eggs of which are virtually indestructible. Raccoon poop is a real biohazard to humans (and small animals). Google it.

[Anonymous]

OP, you should never let your dog poop on someone's lawn. That's ridiculous. I have to believe you're a troll.

[Anonymous]

traces don't bother me, it's when you let your dog squat in my front lawn with no scoop/bag on your person and keep it moving as if it's MY dog and I don't mind smelling/seeing it's remnants in my yard. IT IS THE LAW, obey it!

[Anonymous]

You don't let your dog poop on other peoples grass. You obviously see why, given the lesser of two evils you provide the lawn owner.

Lawn Owner chooses neither. Please just don't trespass.

[Anonymous]

If I see you letting your dog poop on our lawn we open up the window and yell at you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I see you letting your dog poop on our lawn we open up the window and yell at you.

So what. Yell away. Call the cops and let the laugh.

[Anonymous]

To those who don't want trace amounts of poop in their lawn probably shouldn't know about all birds and squirrels and rodents who pee and poop all over it every day. A smear of dog poop on a few blades of grass won't hurt anyone, and won't stick to a shoe or even a bare foot. It dries and gets cleaned off the next time it rains. If you want a sterile lawn, get astroturf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 6 and 8 year old boys play on our front lawn barefoot and roll around on the grass. Keep your dogs off my lawn!

Animals I have seen in yards in the past year:

Squirrels
Birds
Deer
Raccoons
Foxes
Rats
Mice
Chipmunks
Cats

Enjoy your pristine lawn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6 and 8 year old boys play on our front lawn barefoot and roll around on the grass. Keep your dogs off my lawn!

Animals I have seen in yards in the past year:

Squirrels
Birds
Deer
Raccoons
Foxes
Rats
Mice
Chipmunks
Cats

Enjoy your pristine lawn.

Please don't use the presence of wildlife as an excuse to let your dog poop on other people's property.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I have to say is- what about all the bird, chipmunk and squirrel poop? Right now I have at least 15 Robins in my yard. If you pick up the big mass of dog poop, what's left over is no worse than bird poop.

Btw, the real offender is fox or raccoon poop. SO nasty. I have a raccoon who likes to come poop on my deck and it's gag inducing. Even after picking it up it basically needs power washed off the deck. And you can smell it from anywhere you are in the yard. My dog's poop looks downright nutritional after seeing this raccoon poop.

For your safety, please be really careful handling raccoon poop. The majority of them carry raccoon roundworm, which is a really dangerous parasite the eggs of which are virtually indestructible. Raccoon poop is a real biohazard to humans (and small animals). Google it.

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