What can I use on my mailbox to stop dogs from peeing on it?

[Anonymous]

Dog walkers should keep their dogs away from mailboxes and landscaping. A fellow man's property is more important than a dog.
Most do at least pick up the feces which is a step in the right direction. Dogs should be walked around their owners property
until it does most of its business.

[Anonymous]

You can't stop people from walking their dogs past your house, OP. I think letting dogs into other people's yards is rude and I never allow my dogs onto other people's yards, but if someone asked me to stop walking my dogs past their house I might laugh at the ridiculousness of it. It's not rude for dog owners to walk their dogs on public sidewalks.

You could try washing and spraying it with something like this: http://www.natures-miracle.com/products/pet-odor-stain-removers/urine-destroyer-stain-and-residue-eliminator-how-to-remove-urine-odor-smell.aspx

It will neutralize the odors and might help stop dogs from peeing there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Between you and the get the dogs off the lawn people, and the get the dogs out of the park people, and the get the dogs off the sidewalk people, and the stop the dogs from approaching me people, and the stop the dogs from approaching my kids peoples - - pray tell, where would you like us to walk and exercise our dogs? The moon?

Your own yard or dog parks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a rescue volunteer and owner of multiple dogs, I've never noticed a smell with dog pee. Cat pee smells bad. Maybe it's an outdoor cat peeing near the mailbox?

This. My money is on some other outdoors animal as the culprit.

Dog pee smells

You are just numb to the smell but others are not.

[Anonymous]

For those who think dog pee doesn't smell- there must be something wrong with your sense of smell. I'm a dog lover- I have two and I'd be annoyed if my mailbox smelled like dog piss. It's pretty darn inconsiderate to let your dog pee on someone else's mailbox. Grass? Go ahead, but not a mailbox.

I like the pepper idea.

[Anonymous]

I let my dog pee wherever he wants on our walks. Unfortunately, my neighbors all seem to be normal, reasonably well adjusted people because no one has ever complained... I would LOVE to get into it with some lunatic who thinks the base of his mailbox post is sacrosanct. It's OUTSIDE dude, I promise you it'll be ok...

[Anonymous]

I am amazed at the self righteous dog owners that want this person to get over it. Whether the mailbox is or is not on public land is beside the point. It is inconsiderate to allow a dog to pee on the mailbox post. I came here because I have issue with my neighbors dog doing the same thing. I do not notice an odor, but rather a large pee spot that collects in front of the mailbox. It's winter. The snow is absorbing the pee. I'm not tall enough to stand outside of the pee and be able to reach into the mailbox. It's disgusting to have to step in an animal's pee. I thank the tips left and will have to try them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am amazed at the self righteous dog owners that want this person to get over it. Whether the mailbox is or is not on public land is beside the point. It is inconsiderate to allow a dog to pee on the mailbox post. I came here because I have issue with my neighbors dog doing the same thing. I do not notice an odor, but rather a large pee spot that collects in front of the mailbox. It's winter. The snow is absorbing the pee. I'm not tall enough to stand outside of the pee and be able to reach into the mailbox. It's disgusting to have to step in an animal's pee. I thank the tips left and will have to try them.

Hmmmm...
Might this be your post? http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/528448.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those who think dog pee doesn't smell- there must be something wrong with your sense of smell. I'm a dog lover- I have two and I'd be annoyed if my mailbox smelled like dog piss. It's pretty darn inconsiderate to let your dog pee on someone else's mailbox. Grass? Go ahead, but not a mailbox.

I like the pepper idea.

+1

[Anonymous]

Put an electrified "snow melter" around the base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put an electrified "snow melter" around the base.

Make the dog pee/poop on your own property before the walk starts. Common decency

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am amazed at the self righteous dog owners that want this person to get over it. Whether the mailbox is or is not on public land is beside the point. It is inconsiderate to allow a dog to pee on the mailbox post. I came here because I have issue with my neighbors dog doing the same thing. I do not notice an odor, but rather a large pee spot that collects in front of the mailbox. It's winter. The snow is absorbing the pee. I'm not tall enough to stand outside of the pee and be able to reach into the mailbox. It's disgusting to have to step in an animal's pee. I thank the tips left and will have to try them.

Hmmmm...
Might this be your post? http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/528448.page

+1, why is this anti-dog crusader resurrecting months old posts just to complain about dogs some more? We get it, the neighbors dog ruined your snow and stole your pine cones. It's a national tragedy. The world will never be the same. Yada yada yada, bla bla bla.

[Anonymous]

Animal lover here. Animal pees and poops on owners property or is cleaned off neighbors property and that includes yellow snow removal. Don't be too embarrassed or lazy to be sanitary.

[Anonymous]

Let's begin with the fact that I am an animal owner and lover. This conversation is about respect of other peoples property, as well as owner discipline and control over their animal.
We walk our dog multiple times a day. He does not walk on, or do his business on anybody's property. This is all about training. It is not a dog's fault, if he is allowed to pee on everything he smells. We see the affects in our own yard and the damage urine will do to grass, fencing, etc. This is not only about smell, but also about destruction. Mail boxes and the like can be destroyed by the acidity in urine. With a little training, your precious pooch will urinate where he is directed. A dog WANTS guidelines by their owner. Please stop and think that most people do not hate the animal, they just want to keep their property clean and in nice condition. A little consideration for our neighbors goes a long way.

[Anonymous]

Ridiculous. If it were dog poop, I'd be mad. Pee? get over it OP.