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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, if you put one up I will try to stop my dog from peeing. But know that you are in a minority of people that consider dog peeing somehow offensive, and now I as a neighbor know that about you.

It’s not offensive. It kills the grass, leaving little brown spots all over the yard.

I agree, and I have a dog. Let's not pretend what comes out of them is innocuous. It stinks and kills plants. Please be mindful of other people's properties.

But they won’t. Everyone of these discussions gets taken over by the rude and entitled dog owners. They aren’t the norm and being a dog owner doesn’t make you rude or entitled. We just have so many more self centered, self important rude people.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with a PP - I have never seen these so called brown spots caused by pee.

I am a fairly new dog owner (3.5 years) and I have been hearing this for ages. FWIW, my small make Havanese (if it matters) actually helps our grass grow. There are dense tufts of dark green grass in my own yard, and that’s how my dog knows where to go when we let him out. He goes right for one of his “ spots”.

I’m curious; do you have a sprinkler system and do you use it?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with a PP - I have never seen these so called brown spots caused by pee.

I have a large male dog. I have yellow dead grass spots all over my backyard. Maybe some dogs’ urine doesn’t kill grass, but my dog’s does. Fortunately, he only pees a ton in our yard. When we go on walks he’s just peeing a tiny amount here and there and not doing the same kind of damage. I think it’s that really concentrated, first pee of the day that’s so damaging.

It's dose-dependent.

The people who don't think pee (of any species) hurts plants is because they've probably only had small critters, including small dogs, pee on their property.

But large quantities of urine will cause browning.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with a PP - I have never seen these so called brown spots caused by pee.

I am a fairly new dog owner (3.5 years) and I have been hearing this for ages. FWIW, my small make Havanese (if it matters) actually helps our grass grow. There are dense tufts of dark green grass in my own yard, and that’s how my dog knows where to go when we let him out. He goes right for one of his “ spots”.

Dogs can't read. The sign just makes it more enticing because there's "pole" to pee on.

They run up to the sign, sniff, and aim for it.

Anonymous wrote:Dog-owner here. I always try to heed a sign that's put out on the verge, where technically it's county land and I could let my dog pee or poo there. So any sign that legible enough will do - there are some hilarious ones on the internet!

I don't allow my dog to pee or poo on someone's actual property. Alas, there have been times when he's desperate and he goes anyway before giving any warning signals. I apologize for that. It's not always possible to drag a large dog by his leash when they're in the middle of their business. But it happens rarely, because I pay attention to his signals.

+1. This is what I do, too. I also try to keep my dog off the verge when there is a sign in the yard.

I live in Rockville. Aside from roaming neighborhood cats, there is an abundance of wildlife including squirrels, birds, mice, possums, raccoons, and an occasional deer. While it didn’t come to our neighborhood that I’m aware of, the news reported a bear in the area earlier this summer, and other years I remember warnings about coyotes. Since presumably all these animals urinate somewhere, I don’t think the neighborhood dogs make a significant difference.

That being said, the most memorable sign I ever saw was posted at a campground. It was a fake tombstone displaying the following verse:

Here he lies
all stiff and hard
the last d——d dog
that c——d in my yard.

Funny signs are better.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, if you put one up I will try to stop my dog from peeing. But know that you are in a minority of people that consider dog peeing somehow offensive, and now I as a neighbor know that about you.

It’s not offensive. It kills the grass, leaving little brown spots all over the yard.

Brown patch disease is caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia. This disease causes patches of dead brown grass in hot and humid weather. Not dog pee

Then why is the grass usually dead at the base of streetlights, stop signs, and fire hydrants, where dogs pee all day long?

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, if you put one up I will try to stop my dog from peeing. But know that you are in a minority of people that consider dog peeing somehow offensive, and now I as a neighbor know that about you.

It’s not offensive. It kills the grass, leaving little brown spots all over the yard.

Brown patch disease is caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia. This disease causes patches of dead brown grass in hot and humid weather. Not dog pee

Anonymous wrote:Are these "no pee" signs effective, or do the jerk dog owners just don't care? Have you noticed a change after putting one of these signs in your yard?

The jerk dogs don't care, idiot.

Yards with signs get more dog pee.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with a PP - I have never seen these so called brown spots caused by pee.

I have a large male dog. I have yellow dead grass spots all over my backyard. Maybe some dogs’ urine doesn’t kill grass, but my dog’s does. Fortunately, he only pees a ton in our yard. When we go on walks he’s just peeing a tiny amount here and there and not doing the same kind of damage. I think it’s that really concentrated, first pee of the day that’s so damaging.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t let my dog pee in anyone’s yard, but I do let them go on the strip btwn the sidewalk and the curb. I ignore signs that are there.

I follow the same personal rules. My dog only goes on tree lawns. I never let her go onto people’s yards.

Agree with a PP - I have never seen these so called brown spots caused by pee.