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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.

Right, but that usually doesn't happen on a walk. Every dog I've had does an initial "big pee" in our yard to start, and then does minor marking during the walk.

In my opinion, both sides of the sidewalk are fair game, but only a couple of feet in. As a homeowner, I am purposeful about what I plant right next to the sidewalk.

Sorry, strong disagree. Only the strip between the sidewalk and road is fair game. I can’t believe it when I see other dog owners allowing their pets into neighbors’ yards. That gives the rest of us a bad name.

It isn’t but you’re going to ignore that like any other polite request from a homeowner.

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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.

And it's a problem that accumulates, because once one dog has peed somewhere, every other dog on the block needs to pee there since half the time they are marking.

So yeah, have your dog pee in your yard please.

Why is it that they never do? Seriously curious about this.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how these psycho dog owners think they can just decide what to do on my property. "My dog's pee doesn't kill your grass."

You don't get to decide that. It's my property. Keep your dogs off my lawn PERIOD.

But the curb side of the road is not your property. You might mow it but it's fair game and technically, not owned by you. Hence the term 'curb your dog'. Otherwise, put rocks in

I live in Fairfax County. I'm looking at my deed and at the county tax map. I DO own the strip of grass between the sidewalk and grass. The county has an easement but it, absolutely, is my property.

+1 maybe wherever the poster who is convinced it is public property lives it is, but that isn’t the case where I live. This is why many neighborhoods decide to take out the sidewalks and claim
the land all the way to the street. It is a courtesy to have sidewalks, dog walkers should curb their dogs. My kids absolutely have a greater right to the hell strip that I purchased than your dog does to pee on it.

The vast majority of dog owners do curb their dogs. These posts make it seem that all dog owners are jerks. It is just not true.

I think this keeps bubbling up because there are so many dogs now. Things that might have been a mild annoyance in the past are a bigger issue. Actually I think it’s because there are too many of us. We’ve crowded and ruined everything. Where I live the developers build townhouses almost excessively and exclusively. Most don’t provide adequate parking. Imagine living there with a neighbor who has 3 or 4 dogs and what hell that is.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how these psycho dog owners think they can just decide what to do on my property. "My dog's pee doesn't kill your grass."

You don't get to decide that. It's my property. Keep your dogs off my lawn PERIOD.

But the curb side of the road is not your property. You might mow it but it's fair game and technically, not owned by you. Hence the term 'curb your dog'. Otherwise, put rocks in

I live in Fairfax County. I'm looking at my deed and at the county tax map. I DO own the strip of grass between the sidewalk and grass. The county has an easement but it, absolutely, is my property.

Generally the homeowner owns the strip by the municipality has an easement.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how these psycho dog owners think they can just decide what to do on my property. "My dog's pee doesn't kill your grass."

You don't get to decide that. It's my property. Keep your dogs off my lawn PERIOD.

But the curb side of the road is not your property. You might mow it but it's fair game and technically, not owned by you. Hence the term 'curb your dog'. Otherwise, put rocks in

I live in Fairfax County. I'm looking at my deed and at the county tax map. I DO own the strip of grass between the sidewalk and grass. The county has an easement but it, absolutely, is my property.

+1 maybe wherever the poster who is convinced it is public property lives it is, but that isn’t the case where I live. This is why many neighborhoods decide to take out the sidewalks and claim
the land all the way to the street. It is a courtesy to have sidewalks, dog walkers should curb their dogs. My kids absolutely have a greater right to the hell strip that I purchased than your dog does to pee on it.

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.

This.

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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.

And it's a problem that accumulates, because once one dog has peed somewhere, every other dog on the block needs to pee there since half the time they are marking.

So yeah, have your dog pee in your yard please.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how these psycho dog owners think they can just decide what to do on my property. "My dog's pee doesn't kill your grass."

You don't get to decide that. It's my property. Keep your dogs off my lawn PERIOD.

But the curb side of the road is not your property. You might mow it but it's fair game and technically, not owned by you. Hence the term 'curb your dog'. Otherwise, put rocks in

I live in Fairfax County. I'm looking at my deed and at the county tax map. I DO own the strip of grass between the sidewalk and grass. The county has an easement but it, absolutely, is my property.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how these psycho dog owners think they can just decide what to do on my property. "My dog's pee doesn't kill your grass."

You don't get to decide that. It's my property. Keep your dogs off my lawn PERIOD.

But the curb side of the road is not your property. You might mow it but it's fair game and technically, not owned by you. Hence the term 'curb your dog'. Otherwise, put rocks in

What if i said, and in fact it is true, I did own the curb side? Would you still let your dog go?

If I *know* it not to be true, I'd next determine your behavior and non verbal movements before I responded. Are you carrying? Can I tell you are unhinged or not? If you seemed normal and open to feedback, I might either move on or say I'll provide you the ordinance/website that points out that I am right.

You must live in the country. But in densely populated areas in the DMV, the place between the sidewalk and road is largely county-owned but maintained by the person whose home it borders.

Think of a sidewalk - you don't own it but you can be fined for not clearing it of snow or ice. If it needs repairs, do you do it? No, you contact your county/local municipality. Your driveway? You repair. But your sidewalk? Not you.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how these psycho dog owners think they can just decide what to do on my property. "My dog's pee doesn't kill your grass."

You don't get to decide that. It's my property. Keep your dogs off my lawn PERIOD.

But the curb side of the road is not your property. You might mow it but it's fair game and technically, not owned by you. Hence the term 'curb your dog'. Otherwise, put rocks in

What if i said, and in fact it is true, I did own the curb side? Would you still let your dog go?

Anonymous wrote:I love how these psycho dog owners think they can just decide what to do on my property. "My dog's pee doesn't kill your grass."

You don't get to decide that. It's my property. Keep your dogs off my lawn PERIOD.

But the curb side of the road is not your property. You might mow it but it's fair game and technically, not owned by you. Hence the term 'curb your dog'. Otherwise, put rocks in

I love how these psycho dog owners think they can just decide what to do on my property. "My dog's pee doesn't kill your grass."

You don't get to decide that. It's my property. Keep your dogs off my lawn PERIOD.

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Anonymous wrote:Instead, just put a sign saying yard treated with chemicals. Or yard treated for rodents. Or some other dangerous sounding advisement. That is truly the only way that people will stop their dogs from peeing on your grass. They don’t care about you. They only care about themselves. They have to think it would harm their dog to be on the grass

Bingo.

NP here. People are generally stupid, and ignore even this kind of sign. Hands down, best is motion activated sprinkler, OP.

Why install a RING and put up a sign that says, this yard is under video surveillance and anyone who allows their dog to use it will be documented and prosecuted?