Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

Troll?

If I was outside and your dog pooped on my grass right in front of me, I would want to give you and your dog a good kicking. Seeing as how that would get me arrested I wouldn't do it, but I would be thinking about it and imagining how good that would make me feel to teach you a lesson. I would definitely mention it to you though, and if you allowed your dog to poop on my grass again, you should never count on me to be a good neighbor.

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Of course

For those of you that think it's fine to let your dogs do their business on someone's grass, would you allow your dog to do it while the owner was there watching? Let's say the owner of the grass was out in their driveway washing their car, and you didn't know them. Would you still allow your dog to pee on their grass?

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Dogs pee on other people’s lawns. This is the price we pay to live in a community. I don’t care for the sound of leaf blowers or boys dribbling basketballs incessantly, or people parking their cars on the street in front of my house. But I deal with those things because I want to live in a community-oriented neighborhood in a popular, convenient area. The pros outweigh the cons IMO.

This.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood with no sidewalks. So if my dog is not peeing in a lawn, he would have to be peeing in the street (which I've literally never see him do).

I do try to avoid all lawns with the no dogs signs (although I note that there are people who OWN DOGS THEMSELVES AND WALK THEM TO OTHERS' LAWNS who have those little signs).

I also try to steer my dog to areas that are weedy/not well kept anyway (figuring no one would care).

But despite this, my dog will often go in a lawn (or against a sign, rock, or plant) which is located in close proximity to the curb on someone's private property. He's on a 6ft leash. My feet don't leave the street. I always pick up the poop.

For this, I'm a bad dog owner?

(FWIW, I have not noticed yellow spots on his usual walk route).

What does this mean? Are you saying that as long as your feet are on the street that it's OK for your dog to take a dump on some innocent persons lawn because your leash extends to 6 feet? I'd hate for you to have a 50 foot leash. You'd probably think it would be OK for your dog to poop on my doorstep then as long as your feet stayed on the street. Maybe you need a shorter leash!

Not PP but I have a similar rule, so I think I know what they're talking about. Basically for me, if I'm on the street or sidewalk, anywhere my dog can reach on a 6 foot leash is fair game unless it's something easily damaged. (flowerbed, etc.) Now obviously I pick up all poop, and respect any signs or neighbors who have asked me to keep my dog off their grass, but to me the default is that as long as your feet stay on city property, anywhere your dog can reach on a regulation leash (6 feet or under in DC) is within the social contract.

I think you're wrong. You have to step on someone else's property to clean up the poop, and that's trespassing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood with no sidewalks. So if my dog is not peeing in a lawn, he would have to be peeing in the street (which I've literally never see him do).

I do try to avoid all lawns with the no dogs signs (although I note that there are people who OWN DOGS THEMSELVES AND WALK THEM TO OTHERS' LAWNS who have those little signs).

I also try to steer my dog to areas that are weedy/not well kept anyway (figuring no one would care).

But despite this, my dog will often go in a lawn (or against a sign, rock, or plant) which is located in close proximity to the curb on someone's private property. He's on a 6ft leash. My feet don't leave the street. I always pick up the poop.

For this, I'm a bad dog owner?

(FWIW, I have not noticed yellow spots on his usual walk route).

What does this mean? Are you saying that as long as your feet are on the street that it's OK for your dog to take a dump on some innocent persons lawn because your leash extends to 6 feet? I'd hate for you to have a 50 foot leash. You'd probably think it would be OK for your dog to poop on my doorstep then as long as your feet stayed on the street. Maybe you need a shorter leash!

Not PP but I have a similar rule, so I think I know what they're talking about. Basically for me, if I'm on the street or sidewalk, anywhere my dog can reach on a 6 foot leash is fair game unless it's something easily damaged. (flowerbed, etc.) Now obviously I pick up all poop, and respect any signs or neighbors who have asked me to keep my dog off their grass, but to me the default is that as long as your feet stay on city property, anywhere your dog can reach on a regulation leash (6 feet or under in DC) is within the social contract.

"social contract"?? What about legal contract? Like the laws that say you aren't allowed to trespass on someone's property??

Some people are so entitled, it's almost unbelievable.

Where is the law that says any animal (or other property, since that's legally what a pet is) is allowed up to 6 feet onto private property as long as the owner of said property is where they are legally allowed to be?

Anonymous wrote:

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

I prefer that people do not get their dog on my property and I am aggressive enough to yell at them.

If only there was some futuristic technology that could prevent unauthorized entry to your property by roving canines, but alas, this mythical barrier separating your property from the street surely doesn't exist. Perhaps we could get NASA to draw up some prototypes.

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

No. They cannot poop or pee in your lawn. If the dog poops, they clean up and if the dog pees then you need to be told so that you can water that area. Dog pee burns the grass. I prefer that people do not get their dog on my property and I am aggressive enough to yell at them. Thankfully, most people do not walk around the neighborhood with their dogs. Now if they could keeo their feral cats indoors!!!

Agree with above poster.

Poop - anywhere within leash range from street, but always pick up after and throw poop bags away in your own trash.

Pee - anywhere within leash range from street, but not on mailboxes or flower beds.

A dog peeing on someone's lawn once (ie not in the same spot regularly) isn't harmful to the grass. Dog owners can have bad grass because their dogs pee in their yard all the time, not one-offs. There isn't going to be a big yellow spot from one time - I don't even know why people get those no dog pee signs...seems dramatic.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood with no sidewalks. So if my dog is not peeing in a lawn, he would have to be peeing in the street (which I've literally never see him do).

I do try to avoid all lawns with the no dogs signs (although I note that there are people who OWN DOGS THEMSELVES AND WALK THEM TO OTHERS' LAWNS who have those little signs).

I also try to steer my dog to areas that are weedy/not well kept anyway (figuring no one would care).

But despite this, my dog will often go in a lawn (or against a sign, rock, or plant) which is located in close proximity to the curb on someone's private property. He's on a 6ft leash. My feet don't leave the street. I always pick up the poop.

For this, I'm a bad dog owner?

(FWIW, I have not noticed yellow spots on his usual walk route).

What does this mean? Are you saying that as long as your feet are on the street that it's OK for your dog to take a dump on some innocent persons lawn because your leash extends to 6 feet? I'd hate for you to have a 50 foot leash. You'd probably think it would be OK for your dog to poop on my doorstep then as long as your feet stayed on the street. Maybe you need a shorter leash!

Not PP but I have a similar rule, so I think I know what they're talking about. Basically for me, if I'm on the street or sidewalk, anywhere my dog can reach on a 6 foot leash is fair game unless it's something easily damaged. (flowerbed, etc.) Now obviously I pick up all poop, and respect any signs or neighbors who have asked me to keep my dog off their grass, but to me the default is that as long as your feet stay on city property, anywhere your dog can reach on a regulation leash (6 feet or under in DC) is within the social contract.

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread seems like such a troll. We had record rainfall this year. There are no yellow spots on any lawns anywhere in the Washington DC area.

Maybe you're right and this whole thread is a troll as I can't believe that there are sensible people out there that think it's OK for their dogs to poop or pee on other peoples property.

This whole thread seems like such a troll. We had record rainfall this year. There are no yellow spots on any lawns anywhere in the Washington DC area.

Anonymous wrote:I live in a neighborhood with no sidewalks. So if my dog is not peeing in a lawn, he would have to be peeing in the street (which I've literally never see him do).

I do try to avoid all lawns with the no dogs signs (although I note that there are people who OWN DOGS THEMSELVES AND WALK THEM TO OTHERS' LAWNS who have those little signs).

I also try to steer my dog to areas that are weedy/not well kept anyway (figuring no one would care).

But despite this, my dog will often go in a lawn (or against a sign, rock, or plant) which is located in close proximity to the curb on someone's private property. He's on a 6ft leash. My feet don't leave the street. I always pick up the poop.

For this, I'm a bad dog owner?

(FWIW, I have not noticed yellow spots on his usual walk route).

What does this mean? Are you saying that as long as your feet are on the street that it's OK for your dog to take a dump on some innocent persons lawn because your leash extends to 6 feet? I'd hate for you to have a 50 foot leash. You'd probably think it would be OK for your dog to poop on my doorstep then as long as your feet stayed on the street. Maybe you need a shorter leash!

I don't allow my dog to urinate or defecate on anyone's lawn (meaning on the house side of the sidewalk). I do allow her to do so on the curbside of the sidewalk. I always clean up after my dog.

I live in a neighborhood with no sidewalks. So if my dog is not peeing in a lawn, he would have to be peeing in the street (which I've literally never see him do).

I do try to avoid all lawns with the no dogs signs (although I note that there are people who OWN DOGS THEMSELVES AND WALK THEM TO OTHERS' LAWNS who have those little signs).

I also try to steer my dog to areas that are weedy/not well kept anyway (figuring no one would care).

But despite this, my dog will often go in a lawn (or against a sign, rock, or plant) which is located in close proximity to the curb on someone's private property. He's on a 6ft leash. My feet don't leave the street. I always pick up the poop.

For this, I'm a bad dog owner?

(FWIW, I have not noticed yellow spots on his usual walk route).