That's nothing, I came home late at night a while back, to find a dude in my front yard, squatting against my fence, taking a dump. He didn't even extend the courtesy of picking it up, as most dog owners do.

if yer dog shits in my yard, i get to shit in yours...it really is that simple.

Okay, we've all complained and gone back and forth. Now, let's try and come up with solutions for homeowners. Note, I said homeowners. You doggie walkers will need to think about other options too. Here are a few suggestions.

Commercial Dog Repellents

Get Away® dog repellent makes use of the fact that dogs dislike the smell of citrus. But unlike with orange peels, sprinkling Get Away in the front yard won't create an eyesore. This dog repellent comes in both granule and spray form.

Critter Ridder® is an organic dog repellent put out by the same brain trust behind Havahart traps. Available in both granules and sprays, Critter Ridder works as a dog repellent because it gives off a smell of black pepper, which our canine friends find offensive.

Liquid Fence® works on a different principle. This dog repellent depends on the fact that dogs seek areas with familiar smells in which to do their business. Liquid Fence masks those smells. So instead of repulsing dogs with offensive odors, this product removes the welcome mat, so to speak, thereby discouraging them from conducting "business as usual."

Gadgets That Act as Dog Repellents

Unlike dog repellents that come in powder, granule or spray form, no re-application is required with gadgets like Scarecrow Sprinklers. Just hook one up to your garden hose and let its motion-activated mechanism do the work. Another advantage with this product is that there's no need to take separate control measures against each of the various types of pests with which your yard is challenged: Scarecrow Sprinklers® will repulse garden pests just as surely as they'll keep Fido away.

Yard Gard® is an electronic dog repellent. Like the Scarecrow Sprinkler, it is effective against other pests, as well. But unlike the Scarecrow Sprinkler, you have a choice:

Blast would-be pests 24/7
Or allow its motion-activated mechanism to alert it when pests approach
This dog repellent works by emitting sonic and ultrasonic sound waves that canines find offensive. Mount it on an outdoor storage shed, tree or fence.

Don't confuse Yard Gard with an underground dog fence: the former keeps dogs away, while the latter keeps them confined. Both emit sound waves that dogs dislike, but underground dog fences are used to keep your own dog from roaming off your property (similar principle, different purpose).

If you put poison down, it has to be on your OWN property and has to be "noted"; or you are in several violations.

OP, I would suggest you call a property lawyer for a few hundred bucks to resolve the issue. You cared enough to ask here, but may not get a helpful response. There tends to be an "us" against "them" sentiment here, in case you have not noticed.

Anonymous wrote:People saying that you need to accept dogs pooping on your lawn as part of living in a neighborhood are crazy. I live in Del Ray, the houses are not far apart at all, lots of people have dogs, and no dogs have ever, ever pooped on my lawn. I've never observed any owner picking dog poop off of my lawn. Because the vast majority of owners are respectful. By all means, take your dog for a walk - they can poop on the sidewalk and you can pick it up, they can poop at a dog park or city park and you can pick it up. You have a lot of options besides my lawn.

Wait, you would rather have a dog poop on the sidewalk than on the grass? And also, are most dogs willing to poop on the sidewalk rather than on grass?

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Anonymous wrote:It's not that the dog's needs come before yours. It's that you don't live in a bubble, so you've got to deal with the normal inconveniences of the place where you live. Dogs being around, acting like dogs, are one of those inconveniences, I'm guessing, based on the description of your neighborhood.

Here's a comparison: I live on a busy street with lots of bars. My husband and I are old fogeys who go to bed around 11. On weekends, we can hear the youngsters yelling "woo woo" till 2 or 3 in the morning as we're in bed. There is a damn salsa band that plays at the bar across the street from us that is loud every single Friday and Sat night. These things are annoying. But we moved to a place where these are the preexisting conditions - we can't very well expect that the neighborhood is going to change, just because we're irritated.

There are things that can bug you, sure, but if they are a normal part of life in the place where you choose to live, I don't think that you get to complain too much.

Are the youngsters or salsa band partying on your lawn or property?

I don't care what dogs or their owners do on their own property or space, or even public space, but not controlling their dog enough to avoid interference with their property, is no one's responsibility but the owner.

The noise affects us. So in that sense, yes, they are partying in our apartment. I'm sure you understand that. (And we live in the city, so we don't have a yard.)

We also have a realistic sense of what it means to live in a crowded place. And we don't have an overly developed sense of entitlement about how others should comport themselves. We complain to ourselves. My husband grumbles every single weekend. That's life; it's not always 100% the way you want it, when you don't have control over the whole kingdom.

Again, to the homicidal maniac who is considering killing people's pets because their cleaned-up poop is SUCH an problem: consult a lawyer before moving forward. I think you will be advised not to go forward with your criminal plan.

What an asinine statement. You bitch and complain about hearing noise in your apartment but you chose to live there and knew what you were getting into. You complain to yourselves and your husband grumbles on the weekends. How childish is that?

You may not have control over the whole kingdom but homeowners do have control over their property. Living in an apartment, you don't have control because the property belongs to someone else so you are somewhat limited. But property homeowners have every right to address what happens to their property especially when it is violated. Feces may not be of importance to you but it matters to those whose children go out and play on their property. Those children have a right to be disease free from feces as they play on their property. And they don't have to be restricted to any specific area. It's the dogs who should be restricted.

Kudos to those who pick up their dogs feces. There are many out there who don't.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not that the dog's needs come before yours. It's that you don't live in a bubble, so you've got to deal with the normal inconveniences of the place where you live. Dogs being around, acting like dogs, are one of those inconveniences, I'm guessing, based on the description of your neighborhood.

Here's a comparison: I live on a busy street with lots of bars. My husband and I are old fogeys who go to bed around 11. On weekends, we can hear the youngsters yelling "woo woo" till 2 or 3 in the morning as we're in bed. There is a damn salsa band that plays at the bar across the street from us that is loud every single Friday and Sat night. These things are annoying. But we moved to a place where these are the preexisting conditions - we can't very well expect that the neighborhood is going to change, just because we're irritated.

There are things that can bug you, sure, but if they are a normal part of life in the place where you choose to live, I don't think that you get to complain too much.

Are the youngsters or salsa band partying on your lawn or property?

I don't care what dogs or their owners do on their own property or space, or even public space, but not controlling their dog enough to avoid interference with their property, is no one's responsibility but the owner.

The noise affects us. So in that sense, yes, they are partying in our apartment. I'm sure you understand that. (And we live in the city, so we don't have a yard.)

We also have a realistic sense of what it means to live in a crowded place. And we don't have an overly developed sense of entitlement about how others should comport themselves. We complain to ourselves. My husband grumbles every single weekend. That's life; it's not always 100% the way you want it, when you don't have control over the whole kingdom.

Again, to the homicidal maniac who is considering killing people's pets because their cleaned-up poop is SUCH an problem: consult a lawyer before moving forward. I think you will be advised not to go forward with your criminal plan.

People saying that you need to accept dogs pooping on your lawn as part of living in a neighborhood are crazy. I live in Del Ray, the houses are not far apart at all, lots of people have dogs, and no dogs have ever, ever pooped on my lawn. I've never observed any owner picking dog poop off of my lawn. Because the vast majority of owners are respectful. By all means, take your dog for a walk - they can poop on the sidewalk and you can pick it up, they can poop at a dog park or city park and you can pick it up. You have a lot of options besides my lawn.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not that the dog's needs come before yours. It's that you don't live in a bubble, so you've got to deal with the normal inconveniences of the place where you live. Dogs being around, acting like dogs, are one of those inconveniences, I'm guessing, based on the description of your neighborhood.

Here's a comparison: I live on a busy street with lots of bars. My husband and I are old fogeys who go to bed around 11. On weekends, we can hear the youngsters yelling "woo woo" till 2 or 3 in the morning as we're in bed. There is a damn salsa band that plays at the bar across the street from us that is loud every single Friday and Sat night. These things are annoying. But we moved to a place where these are the preexisting conditions - we can't very well expect that the neighborhood is going to change, just because we're irritated.

There are things that can bug you, sure, but if they are a normal part of life in the place where you choose to live, I don't think that you get to complain too much.

Are the youngsters or salsa band partying on your lawn or property?

I don't care what dogs or their owners do on their own property or space, or even public space, but not controlling their dog enough to avoid interference with their property, is no one's responsibility but the owner.

Exactly!!!
I cannot believe the entitlement mentality of some of these lazy dog owners.
I had 2 big dogs, I either took them to a public woods area where they could poop or let them poop in a corner of our yard and then dispose of it.
Then guess what -- I TOOK THEM FOR A WALK AFTER THEY POOPED.

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Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why these dog people don't just have their dogs poop in their own yards--why do they deliberately take them out to poop on someone else's property? It's gross even if they try to pick it up.

I am going to be generous here and assume that you've just never had a dog, so you don't understand what's involved. Responsible dog owners don't just let their dogs out into the yard to pee and poop. Responsible dog owners take their dogs for walks - because dogs need exercise beyond just being cooped up in a yard. It's on those walks that dogs pee and poop. (This is even assuming that the owner has a yard.)

There probably are some dogs that have precision training as to where they are going to pee and poop. I don't know any of those dogs. (No, I take it back - I know one of those dogs.) Responsible owners do what they can to make sure their neighbors are not inconvenienced by dogs. People who put up signs asking for dogs not to be "curbed" on their lawns - we try to respect those signs by leading the dog away from those lawns. But for the most part, dogs pee and poop where they like, and you pick up the poop. That is life in a city. If you don't like it, put up a sign. If you still don't like it, and it bothers you enough that you are considering poisoning your neighbors' pets (as I saw one monster of a PP suggested), then there are lots of places where you can get away from the trouble of having neighbors - it would probably be great to move to one of them.

Huh??!! I should inconvenience myself by selling my home and moving elsewhere because the dogs needs come before mine?

What are your needs when it comes to responsible dog owners cleaning up after their dogs? I fail to see how this affects you at all. As has been pointed out many times previously, you have no way to stop wild animals from using your yard as a toilet, and no one cleans up after them.

My neighborhood has no sidewalks. The closest public park is one mile away, and parents don't want us walking our dogs in there at all. So, yes, my dog might poop on the edge of your yard. No, not several feet off the curb, but within one foot of the curb. Frankly, since our County (Arlington) considers that public right of way, and can choose at any time to put a sidewalk there, I don't consider that individual property. I always clean up after my dog. Always. I fail to see that this is so heinous that you are considering ways to kill my dog.

PP here and not the poster who suggested poison. The feces and urine kill the grass and flowers.

What I would suggest is using the baking powder or another non-toxic repellent as suggested by another poster but maybe starting two feet in from the grass line/edge continuing inward towards the door of your property. That way you can make sure that the dog and its owner adhere to that rule AND they pick up the dogs feces.

And no matter how you slice it, nobody but nobody likes feces on their lawn, doorstep. Remnants draw flies and other critters seeking territorial rights. Nobody is saying dogs and people shouldn't co-exist but just as you would expect me to have self-control and not blast my music and cut across your yard as a short-cut, I expect the same respect in turn from you and your dog.

PP again. We were having a problem with dogs urinating on our mailbox post. It got so bad that the stench was awful and flies were around our box. So, we did treat the area around the mailbox with repellent. No more problems nor were we going to relocate our box.

Anonymous wrote:Ge a bunch of moth balls, crunch them up some and spread them across your lawn and where the dog craps. The dog will not go up so close to the house because it will burn their nose.

ye si am a dog owner and our vet suggested this method to keep the dog from ruining other things

Mothballs are poisonous and dangerous to toddlers.

Anonymous wrote:It's not really a matter of "respect" or not. As long as the owner cleans it up, I don't really see what the issue is here.

That said, you can try talking with the owner(s), if it's really bothering you. Try to stay calm while you're doing it, I'd recommend (the people who become unhinged about dogs acting like dogs are kind of scary). If you feel that strongly, hopefully folks will do their best to direct their dogs away from your grass.

Or try putting up a fence if you want a physical barrier that'll keep dogs off your lawn.

You shouldn't need to put up a fence. Dogs should not be on other people's yard in the first place.

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Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why these dog people don't just have their dogs poop in their own yards--why do they deliberately take them out to poop on someone else's property? It's gross even if they try to pick it up.

I am going to be generous here and assume that you've just never had a dog, so you don't understand what's involved. Responsible dog owners don't just let their dogs out into the yard to pee and poop. Responsible dog owners take their dogs for walks - because dogs need exercise beyond just being cooped up in a yard. It's on those walks that dogs pee and poop. (This is even assuming that the owner has a yard.)

There probably are some dogs that have precision training as to where they are going to pee and poop. I don't know any of those dogs. (No, I take it back - I know one of those dogs.) Responsible owners do what they can to make sure their neighbors are not inconvenienced by dogs. People who put up signs asking for dogs not to be "curbed" on their lawns - we try to respect those signs by leading the dog away from those lawns. But for the most part, dogs pee and poop where they like, and you pick up the poop. That is life in a city. If you don't like it, put up a sign. If you still don't like it, and it bothers you enough that you are considering poisoning your neighbors' pets (as I saw one monster of a PP suggested), then there are lots of places where you can get away from the trouble of having neighbors - it would probably be great to move to one of them.

Huh??!! I should inconvenience myself by selling my home and moving elsewhere because the dogs needs come before mine?

What are your needs when it comes to responsible dog owners cleaning up after their dogs? I fail to see how this affects you at all. As has been pointed out many times previously, you have no way to stop wild animals from using your yard as a toilet, and no one cleans up after them.

My neighborhood has no sidewalks. The closest public park is one mile away, and parents don't want us walking our dogs in there at all. So, yes, my dog might poop on the edge of your yard. No, not several feet off the curb, but within one foot of the curb. Frankly, since our County (Arlington) considers that public right of way, and can choose at any time to put a sidewalk there, I don't consider that individual property. I always clean up after my dog. Always. I fail to see that this is so heinous that you are considering ways to kill my dog.

PP here and not the poster who suggested poison. The feces and urine kill the grass and flowers.

What I would suggest is using the baking powder or another non-toxic repellent as suggested by another poster but maybe starting two feet in from the grass line/edge continuing inward towards the door of your property. That way you can make sure that the dog and its owner adhere to that rule AND they pick up the dogs feces.

And no matter how you slice it, nobody but nobody likes feces on their lawn, doorstep. Remnants draw flies and other critters seeking territorial rights. Nobody is saying dogs and people shouldn't co-exist but just as you would expect me to have self-control and not blast my music and cut across your yard as a short-cut, I expect the same respect in turn from you and your dog.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Lord!! I am NOT personalizing this. and this is why I asked. I have never owned a dog, so I have no idea what dog etiquette is.

SORRY I ASKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You seem like a very angry person. You should seek help!

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Anonymous wrote:Ge a bunch of moth balls, crunch them up some and spread them across your lawn and where the dog craps. The dog will not go up so close to the house because it will burn their nose.

ye si am a dog owner and our vet suggested this method to keep the dog from ruining other things

They are highly carcinogenic and difficult to find because of this. Find a less toxic method.

So my sweaters have cancer?