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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The same people who oppose sidewalks in our neighborhood, also complain about dogs peeing on their lawns.

If there is no public green space along public roads, what are dog owners supposed to do?

Maybe you need to find somewhere else to walk your dog. It is absolutely not the responsibility of anyone who lives on that road to provide an area for your dog to pee or poop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First 2 feet of your lawn is fair game. Poop, pee

If the owner has to stand on your lawn or driveway, they came in too far and broke the unwritten rule.

Err....,no it's not fair game. Your dog has no business being anywhere on my lawn.

Would you prefer in front of your driveway on the asphalt? Sidewalk? Or should dogs have toilets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family and I waited years to get a dog. We wanted to be sure our youngest child would be gentle first. We had him a total of 6 weeks before having to hand him over to a rescue b/c one of our children had severe allergies to him (couldn’t breathe/developed pneumonia/confirmed by drs). On our very last goodbye walk, heartbroken & fighting tears, he suddenly started trying to poop. Bless the guy, he pooped 4x a day- did not matter that we made sure he had done his business before we set out. I quickly steered him to the little strip of grass b/w the sidewalk and the road. From down the street, a woman ran towards me screaming, “no! no! Get your dog off my yard! Don’t you dare let him poop in my yard!” At this point, there was nothing I could do but let him finish. We immediately cleaned it up and apologized, but she continued to yell at me and dance around, saying she hated him & that it would never happen again. It was embarrassing. An hour later, I would hug his little face and tell him goodbye. That woman ruined what was supposed to have been our last moment together. I’m still so mad to this day snd don’t think I could have done anything differently. What a hateful person.

You're crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The same people who oppose sidewalks in our neighborhood, also complain about dogs peeing on their lawns.

If there is no public green space along public roads, what are dog owners supposed to do?

Maybe you need to find somewhere else to walk your dog. It is absolutely not the responsibility of anyone who lives on that road to provide an area for your dog to pee or poop.

Or PP can have their dog pee and poop in their own yard. Then walk them afterwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The same people who oppose sidewalks in our neighborhood, also complain about dogs peeing on their lawns.

If there is no public green space along public roads, what are dog owners supposed to do?

Maybe you need to find somewhere else to walk your dog. It is absolutely not the responsibility of anyone who lives on that road to provide an area for your dog to pee or poop.

Or PP can have their dog pee and poop in their own yard. Then walk them afterwards.

You are just never going to accept that for some dogs, a walk gets things moving, are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First 2 feet of your lawn is fair game. Poop, pee

If the owner has to stand on your lawn or driveway, they came in too far and broke the unwritten rule.

Err....,no it's not fair game. Your dog has no business being anywhere on my lawn.

Would you prefer in front of your driveway on the asphalt? Sidewalk? Or should dogs have toilets

If pooping or peeing at the end of my driveway is legal then there is nothing I can do about it. However, the first 2 feet of my lawn is not fair game. Look, I'm not going to run out screaming and get into an argument with someone whose dog poops and pees on my lawn, but they would be in the wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you people not understand about not going on other peoples property?

lighten up - who cares if a dog pees a little on your lawn. How is this any different than deer, fox, squirrels, etc running around your property.

Get a life and stop being a curmudgeon. You keep being salty and maybe I'll pee on your lawn!

Except that's not how dogs work and they will keep marking the same spot and make visible patches on the lawn. It's incredibly rude. Post your address and I'll bring my dog to go on your yard.

You are more than welcome to come pee on my lawn, because I'm not a psychopath who has a mental breakdown when they see a brown patch. Of course your pee wouldn't make a brown patch on my lawn because I'm not a psychopath who dumps chemicals and wastes hundreds of gallons of water on a pointless monoculture. My grass and clover and dandelion and everything else will suck it up and shrug it off. Hell, I pee in my backyard all the time - those beers go through you pretty quick when you're drinking by the fire pit and who wants to go all the way inside?

So come on by, have a beer, take a leak, maybe it'll help you relax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family and I waited years to get a dog. We wanted to be sure our youngest child would be gentle first. We had him a total of 6 weeks before having to hand him over to a rescue b/c one of our children had severe allergies to him (couldn’t breathe/developed pneumonia/confirmed by drs). On our very last goodbye walk, heartbroken & fighting tears, he suddenly started trying to poop. Bless the guy, he pooped 4x a day- did not matter that we made sure he had done his business before we set out. I quickly steered him to the little strip of grass b/w the sidewalk and the road. From down the street, a woman ran towards me screaming, “no! no! Get your dog off my yard! Don’t you dare let him poop in my yard!” At this point, there was nothing I could do but let him finish. We immediately cleaned it up and apologized, but she continued to yell at me and dance around, saying she hated him & that it would never happen again. It was embarrassing. An hour later, I would hug his little face and tell him goodbye. That woman ruined what was supposed to have been our last moment together. I’m still so mad to this day snd don’t think I could have done anything differently. What a hateful person.

You're crazy.

If you don't think the last hours with a dog being put to sleep isn't completely traumatizing for many people, you are the one who is crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The same people who oppose sidewalks in our neighborhood, also complain about dogs peeing on their lawns.

If there is no public green space along public roads, what are dog owners supposed to do?

Maybe you need to find somewhere else to walk your dog. It is absolutely not the responsibility of anyone who lives on that road to provide an area for your dog to pee or poop.

Cool story. But no. I'll be walking my dog in the neighborhood I live in, where I pay taxes to have the streets maintained, snow removed, etc. And if your lawn, of which you'll probably never know, pees on your lawn or poops (which I'll clean up), so be it. Honestly, I don't care that you would be mad. Is that what you want to hear? Cool, there it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The same people who oppose sidewalks in our neighborhood, also complain about dogs peeing on their lawns.

If there is no public green space along public roads, what are dog owners supposed to do?

Maybe you need to find somewhere else to walk your dog. It is absolutely not the responsibility of anyone who lives on that road to provide an area for your dog to pee or poop.

Cool story. But no. I'll be walking my dog in the neighborhood I live in, where I pay taxes to have the streets maintained, snow removed, etc. And if your lawn, of which you'll probably never know, pees on your lawn or poops (which I'll clean up), so be it. Honestly, I don't care that you would be mad. Is that what you want to hear? Cool, there it is.

And by "lawn" I agree with the one PP who said the areas right near the road, which you'd never spend time in anyway. Not the middle of the lawn or having to go way into the property.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The same people who oppose sidewalks in our neighborhood, also complain about dogs peeing on their lawns.

If there is no public green space along public roads, what are dog owners supposed to do?

Maybe you need to find somewhere else to walk your dog. It is absolutely not the responsibility of anyone who lives on that road to provide an area for your dog to pee or poop.

Cool story. But no. I'll be walking my dog in the neighborhood I live in, where I pay taxes to have the streets maintained, snow removed, etc. And if your lawn, of which you'll probably never know, pees on your lawn or poops (which I'll clean up), so be it. Honestly, I don't care that you would be mad. Is that what you want to hear? Cool, there it is.

And by "lawn" I agree with the one PP who said the areas right near the road, which you'd never spend time in anyway. Not the middle of the lawn or having to go way into the property.

NP here. You might care if they get mad enough. I've heard of people turning the hose pipe on animals that walk on their property, so they could turn it on a dog that does its business on their property.

[Anonymous]

Here is a radical suggestion. If you don’t have enough green space for your dog to poop on your own property, you should not have a dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is a radical suggestion. If you don’t have enough green space for your dog to poop on your own property, you should not have a dog.

Translation: If you do not live in the suburbs you do not deserve to have a dog. Really can't believe someone had the audacity to post this asinine comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family and I waited years to get a dog. We wanted to be sure our youngest child would be gentle first. We had him a total of 6 weeks before having to hand him over to a rescue b/c one of our children had severe allergies to him (couldn’t breathe/developed pneumonia/confirmed by drs). On our very last goodbye walk, heartbroken & fighting tears, he suddenly started trying to poop. Bless the guy, he pooped 4x a day- did not matter that we made sure he had done his business before we set out. I quickly steered him to the little strip of grass b/w the sidewalk and the road. From down the street, a woman ran towards me screaming, “no! no! Get your dog off my yard! Don’t you dare let him poop in my yard!” At this point, there was nothing I could do but let him finish. We immediately cleaned it up and apologized, but she continued to yell at me and dance around, saying she hated him & that it would never happen again. It was embarrassing. An hour later, I would hug his little face and tell him goodbye. That woman ruined what was supposed to have been our last moment together. I’m still so mad to this day snd don’t think I could have done anything differently. What a hateful person.

You're crazy.

If you don't think the last hours with a dog being put to sleep isn't completely traumatizing for many people, you are the one who is crazy.

The dog was going to a rescue, not being put down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The same people who oppose sidewalks in our neighborhood, also complain about dogs peeing on their lawns.

If there is no public green space along public roads, what are dog owners supposed to do?

Maybe you need to find somewhere else to walk your dog. It is absolutely not the responsibility of anyone who lives on that road to provide an area for your dog to pee or poop.

Cool story. But no. I'll be walking my dog in the neighborhood I live in, where I pay taxes to have the streets maintained, snow removed, etc. And if your lawn, of which you'll probably never know, pees on your lawn or poops (which I'll clean up), so be it. Honestly, I don't care that you would be mad. Is that what you want to hear? Cool, there it is.

And by "lawn" I agree with the one PP who said the areas right near the road, which you'd never spend time in anyway. Not the middle of the lawn or having to go way into the property.

You entitled dog owners who think you have the right to let your dogs poop anywhere they want honestly sound like you’d encourage the dog to defecate in a vegetable garden or a bed of expensive new perennials.