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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The rules are:

dogs can pee or poo anywhere there is grass or a tree

dog owners have to pick up the poo

My personal rule is to not let my dog go more then maybe two feet into a yard.

I also don’t let my dog pee or poo if a yard has a sign that says “no peeing/pooing here”.

No, no, no.

Your dog ahould go ZERO feet into someone else's lawn

Np. I wish we could gross the virulent ‘keep your dog off my lawn!!’ posters with the virulent ‘how dare you have a manicured lawn, it’s bad for the environment!’ crew.

I’ll say that if your lawn is so precious and manicured that you can’t tolerate a neighbors dog peeing on it, you are probably doing something far worse for the environment and society in general

Nice try, clownshoes. I grow flowers and food on my lawn, and I don't need your approval for either. Keep yourself and your mutt(s) off my property and we'll never have trouble.

You grow food on your front lawn? So by definition it’s not a lawn. See the difference?

If I grow food on my property, it's my property. If I grow grass on my property, it's my property.

What, pray tell, is the difference?

Go to the home garden thread and ask about a manicured lawn.

But yeah, I call BS. You’re not growing corn on your front lawn.

DP and I don't even have a lawn (condo) but we have lots of new chairs who grow food in their front lawn. Usually herbs that get used for cooking but sometimes vegetables as well. We live in a row home neighborhood where few people have backyards, so people who like to have kitchen gardens get creative.

I do think it would be insanely rude to let your dog pee on someone's rosemary or basil plant! That's disgusting. In general, I think dogs should pee in areas where there are no cultivated plants (including grass if that's what someone wants to grow) and also where you are unlikely to have kids playing or people picnicking. I personally don't find it hard to find locations that meet this criteria and feel comfortable steering my dog towards them.

[Anonymous]

^neighbors not new chairs!

[Anonymous]

My dog always has a big pee on the strip in front of our house at the beginning of a walk, and the "pees" about 200 more times during a walk, each which is 2-3 drops. It's not leaving spots on lawns. But yeah, when she smells other dogs in a spot she "pees" there too. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You never ever ever put dog poop in any trash but your own, unless parks have those special poop trash cans. Those are ok too.

You also never ever ever let your dog poop on other places unless designated or intended for that purpose (such as a dog park) but your own

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Anonymous wrote:The rules are:

dogs can pee or poo anywhere there is grass or a tree

dog owners have to pick up the poo

My personal rule is to not let my dog go more then maybe two feet into a yard.

I also don’t let my dog pee or poo if a yard has a sign that says “no peeing/pooing here”.

No, no, no.

Your dog ahould go ZERO feet into someone else's lawn

Np. I wish we could gross the virulent ‘keep your dog off my lawn!!’ posters with the virulent ‘how dare you have a manicured lawn, it’s bad for the environment!’ crew.

I’ll say that if your lawn is so precious and manicured that you can’t tolerate a neighbors dog peeing on it, you are probably doing something far worse for the environment and society in general

Nice try, clownshoes. I grow flowers and food on my lawn, and I don't need your approval for either. Keep yourself and your mutt(s) off my property and we'll never have trouble.

You grow food on your front lawn? So by definition it’s not a lawn. See the difference?

If I grow food on my property, it's my property. If I grow grass on my property, it's my property.

What, pray tell, is the difference?

Go to the home garden thread and ask about a manicured lawn.

But yeah, I call BS. You’re not growing corn on your front lawn.

DP and I don't even have a lawn (condo) but we have lots of new chairs who grow food in their front lawn. Usually herbs that get used for cooking but sometimes vegetables as well. We live in a row home neighborhood where few people have backyards, so people who like to have kitchen gardens get creative.

I do think it would be insanely rude to let your dog pee on someone's rosemary or basil plant! That's disgusting. In general, I think dogs should pee in areas where there are no cultivated plants (including grass if that's what someone wants to grow) and also where you are unlikely to have kids playing or people picnicking. I personally don't find it hard to find locations that meet this criteria and feel comfortable steering my dog towards them.

Where are the locations that meet your criteria? Can you name them so others can visit if indeed it is an area that's okay for dogs? Because how do you know a kid doesn't play in that area or people picnic there? Are you watching that area 24/7 to know? A spot where you think it's okay for your dog to pee or poop could be a spot used for picnics or for a kid to play on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dog always has a big pee on the strip in front of our house at the beginning of a walk, and the "pees" about 200 more times during a walk, each which is 2-3 drops. It's not leaving spots on lawns. But yeah, when she smells other dogs in a spot she "pees" there too. Get over it.

Do you yourself service those ~200*#of walks areas where your dog pees to know if and what kind of damage your dogs pee and poop has done? Do you pay those homeowners to maintain THEIR lawn? Or the apartments and condos?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't put this in the "Pets" subsection b/c it's really more of a neighborhood/community question.

I am not a dog owner, so I don't know what the standards are. We have an older man in the neighborhood whom we have always been pleasant with when we see him. I don't know his name, but he frequently walks his dog (seems like it is a younger black lab maybe -- not full grown) on the sidewalks. He tends to let his dog roam on the various owners' property. I don't really have a problem with this b/c dogs want to explore, right? As long as the dog is on a leash, he can sniff around my flowers or grass.

My problem is that he lets his dog pee on our lawn. My handyman saw it and commented on it yesterday. So, when I saw the man and his dog today, I watched, and sure enough, the dog came to the middle of our lawn and peed. I went outside and said "sir, could I ask that you not let your dog pee on our lawn." And he immediately resisted saying, "oh, so I should keep him off of your lawn, but he can pee on everyone else's lawn?" (or something close to that -- suggesting that I was increasing the burden on other lawns by restricting his access to my lawn. And I said that the pee is acidic and can kill the grass, and again he argued with me about asking if he was supposed to remember that JUST MY LAWN was the one his dog couldn't pee on... etc. I said, well, we recently found dog poop on our lawn as well. He said it wasn't his, etc. (maybe it wasn't). Ultimately, he was miffed that I asked for him to keep his dog off our property. (FWIW, there is a little strip of grass b/t the sidewalk and the street and I presume most people let their dogs pee there on all the mailboxes -- b/c the paint at the bottom of all the mailboxes gets stripped off from it.)

Anyway -- what is the usual practice for dog owners in regards to neighbors' lawns?

If he really argued like that I’d say “keep your f-ing dog off my lawn or I’ll shoot him.” I’d never shoot a dog, but I’m a Texan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dog poops, you clean it up. Dog pees - the grass is a little greener in a few days.

No, dog urine kills plants and grass.

I have a small area of the tree box with plants, all the rest is city planted sod. Is it so hard to have your dog pee on the city grass instead of intentionally killing flowers the brighten up the neighborhood? Do you not see that the plant your dog peed on is literally black the next day? Flowers cost money.

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Anonymous wrote:The rules are:

dogs can pee or poo anywhere there is grass or a tree

dog owners have to pick up the poo

My personal rule is to not let my dog go more then maybe two feet into a yard.

I also don’t let my dog pee or poo if a yard has a sign that says “no peeing/pooing here”.

No, no, no.

Your dog ahould go ZERO feet into someone else's lawn

Np. I wish we could gross the virulent ‘keep your dog off my lawn!!’ posters with the virulent ‘how dare you have a manicured lawn, it’s bad for the environment!’ crew.

I’ll say that if your lawn is so precious and manicured that you can’t tolerate a neighbors dog peeing on it, you are probably doing something far worse for the environment and society in general

Nice try, clownshoes. I grow flowers and food on my lawn, and I don't need your approval for either. Keep yourself and your mutt(s) off my property and we'll never have trouble.

You grow food on your front lawn? So by definition it’s not a lawn. See the difference?

If I grow food on my property, it's my property. If I grow grass on my property, it's my property.

What, pray tell, is the difference?

Go to the home garden thread and ask about a manicured lawn.

But yeah, I call BS. You’re not growing corn on your front lawn.

DP and I don't even have a lawn (condo) but we have lots of new chairs who grow food in their front lawn. Usually herbs that get used for cooking but sometimes vegetables as well. We live in a row home neighborhood where few people have backyards, so people who like to have kitchen gardens get creative.

I do think it would be insanely rude to let your dog pee on someone's rosemary or basil plant! That's disgusting. In general, I think dogs should pee in areas where there are no cultivated plants (including grass if that's what someone wants to grow) and also where you are unlikely to have kids playing or people picnicking. I personally don't find it hard to find locations that meet this criteria and feel comfortable steering my dog towards them.

Where are the locations that meet your criteria? Can you name them so others can visit if indeed it is an area that's okay for dogs? Because how do you know a kid doesn't play in that area or people picnic there? Are you watching that area 24/7 to know? A spot where you think it's okay for your dog to pee or poop could be a spot used for picnics or for a kid to play on

How about your own yard? Dogs don't have to pee on walks.

[Anonymous]

It seems most people have not and do not properly train their dogs and most "don't have tme" to do so yet they want a cute dog for whatever reason

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dog always has a big pee on the strip in front of our house at the beginning of a walk, and the "pees" about 200 more times during a walk, each which is 2-3 drops. It's not leaving spots on lawns. But yeah, when she smells other dogs in a spot she "pees" there too. Get over it.

And therein lies the problem! It’s not just your dog crapping in our yard but now you have made it target for the next 50 dogs that go by!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dog always has a big pee on the strip in front of our house at the beginning of a walk, and the "pees" about 200 more times during a walk, each which is 2-3 drops. It's not leaving spots on lawns. But yeah, when she smells other dogs in a spot she "pees" there too. Get over it.

This isn't necessary, and is a behavior you allow. It's considered rude, and you should train your dog better and control her. And yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:The rules are:

dogs can pee or poo anywhere there is grass or a tree

dog owners have to pick up the poo

My personal rule is to not let my dog go more then maybe two feet into a yard.

I also don’t let my dog pee or poo if a yard has a sign that says “no peeing/pooing here”.

No, no, no.

Your dog ahould go ZERO feet into someone else's lawn

Np. I wish we could gross the virulent ‘keep your dog off my lawn!!’ posters with the virulent ‘how dare you have a manicured lawn, it’s bad for the environment!’ crew.

I’ll say that if your lawn is so precious and manicured that you can’t tolerate a neighbors dog peeing on it, you are probably doing something far worse for the environment and society in general

Nice try, clownshoes. I grow flowers and food on my lawn, and I don't need your approval for either. Keep yourself and your mutt(s) off my property and we'll never have trouble.

You grow food on your front lawn? So by definition it’s not a lawn. See the difference?

If I grow food on my property, it's my property. If I grow grass on my property, it's my property.

What, pray tell, is the difference?

Go to the home garden thread and ask about a manicured lawn.

But yeah, I call BS. You’re not growing corn on your front lawn.

DP and I don't even have a lawn (condo) but we have lots of new chairs who grow food in their front lawn. Usually herbs that get used for cooking but sometimes vegetables as well. We live in a row home neighborhood where few people have backyards, so people who like to have kitchen gardens get creative.

I do think it would be insanely rude to let your dog pee on someone's rosemary or basil plant! That's disgusting. In general, I think dogs should pee in areas where there are no cultivated plants (including grass if that's what someone wants to grow) and also where you are unlikely to have kids playing or people picnicking. I personally don't find it hard to find locations that meet this criteria and feel comfortable steering my dog towards them.

Where are the locations that meet your criteria? Can you name them so others can visit if indeed it is an area that's okay for dogs? Because how do you know a kid doesn't play in that area or people picnic there? Are you watching that area 24/7 to know? A spot where you think it's okay for your dog to pee or poop could be a spot used for picnics or for a kid to play on

If it belongs to you, your dog can use it. If it doesn't, don't.

Why does this need to be any more complicated than that? Your dog, your dog's mess, your problem, so keep it on your property.

[Anonymous]

Don't pee on the lawn. If there is a sidewalk with a grass strip next to your street im the easement that's tolerable but kills the grass. Why cant dogs pee on the curb or in the gutter?

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Anonymous wrote:My dog always has a big pee on the strip in front of our house at the beginning of a walk, and the "pees" about 200 more times during a walk, each which is 2-3 drops. It's not leaving spots on lawns. But yeah, when she smells other dogs in a spot she "pees" there too. Get over it.

And therein lies the problem! It’s not just your dog crapping in our yard but now you have made it target for the next 50 dogs that go by!

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