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#Post#: 66576--------------------------------------------------
Why though? Dog edition.
By: Jem Date: May 17, 2021, 3:13 pm
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Like a lot of us, I have been working from home since March
2020. My "office" has windows on the front of the house, so I
see everything that happens outside my house all day long. From
what I can tell, a person would be able to see inside my house
to see me working at night if the light is on or because my
computer screens are lit up, but during daytime hours (when I am
most typically working) a person would have to strain to see me.
We have a sidewalk that goes past our house and we live on a
corner in a residential neighborhood. Maybe this happens to
everyone, but I don't know how it is possible that so many
neighbors habitually walk their dogs and allow them to poop and
pee on my lawn. It is like clockwork. People will walk their
dogs to my house, wait for them to poop/pee, and then turn
around and walk back to where they came from. Most of the time
the poop is picked up, but there is one larger dog that
apparently can only go number one if he lifts his leg and goes
on my mailbox. EVERY DAY. I was talking to another neighbor one
day and she said, "It's funny....Spot (not his real name) really
prefers to do his business on your lawn." I was like, "Um, I've
noticed."
Is this normal? I am guessing these people would not allow their
dogs to run into my yard to poop or pee if they knew I was
sitting observing just a couple dozen feet away. I am not going
to confront anyone, and I guess there is nothing I can really do
about it anyway, but I just find it so strange. Would you allow
your dog to pee on someone's mailbox? Habitually?
#Post#: 66578--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: DaDancingPsych Date: May 17, 2021, 3:41 pm
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I'm not a dog owner, so I can't really answer your question. But
I can say that this would annoy me, too. Even if it was
happening occasionally, I would be rolling my eyes. But to be
happening daily by the same pets... I would be losing my mind! I
am interested to hear what others say.
I wonder... I am trying to get rid of a raccoon. He likes to
climb to my balcony where the garbage can sits (always empty) to
check it for dinner. I bought some Critter Ridder sprinkles that
I put in my yard leading up to the deck. It smells peppery and
apparently deters animals from the area. The same brand (Critter
Ridder) also make a spray that smells like cinnamon that I use
on the walls he climbs and on the cans. I also spray straight
ammonia... that smell is much less appealing. My understanding
is that none of this hurts any animals; they just don't like the
smell. I wonder if it works on dogs and if any of it would
convince Spot and his friends to keep on walking???
***I'm not sure if any of this has worked on the raccoon. To the
best of my knowledge, he has not visited since I started
spraying. However, I also closed the gate to my deck, so maybe
that made things less appealing. Or maybe after climbing up to
the balcony so many times that he (well... it's probably a she
trying to feed babies) decided that the workout wasn't worth it
when I never have garbage out there.
#Post#: 66580--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: STiG Date: May 17, 2021, 3:47 pm
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I live in a semi-rural area. The mailboxes are all on posts,
either wooden or metal. We have large stones that are part of
the retaining wall for our driveway over the culvert. Based on
how much sniffing our one intact dog does at any place we stop,
I would say every dog in the neighbourhood is peeing on the
posts or stones. We can't really get to people's lawns because
of the ditches but the dogs will poop on the grassy shoulder of
the road. Except for the guy who likes to drop his load right
in the middle of the road. ::)
I think it is pretty normal and perfectly fine as long as they
pick up after their dogs. It's the ones who don't pick up the
poop that bother me!
That said, when I lived in the city, my neighbour was pretty
upset when another neighbour let their dogs do their business,
even though they cleaned up, on the edge of their lawn, which
would technically be city property. My neighbour liked to walk
barefoot in her yard, so maybe that's part of it.
#Post#: 66582--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: Rose Red Date: May 17, 2021, 4:08 pm
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I hate when dogs poop on my property. Luckily it doesn't happen
often.
I just looked up ways to keep dogs of your lawn. Spray baking
powder or vinegar mixed with water around the lawn. Plant
lavender. There are also commercial sprays but I don't want to
harm dogs so I would look for harmless ones.
#Post#: 66590--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: STiG Date: May 17, 2021, 8:08 pm
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We have a lot of mosquitos in our area. Many people use a spray
for them that is garlic based. It works for a few weeks for the
people who have enough trees to spray it on. We don't so it
isn't worth it for us.
But if you can get some of that spray, that might work to deter
the dogs.
Once one dog pees in your yard, other dogs smell it and have to
leave their own scent on top of it so it becomes a game of one
upmanship. A temporary solution may be to go out and hose down
where the dog did its business. It might take away the scent
that draws them to your yard. A motion activated sprinkler in
that area might kill two birds with one stone! :)
#Post#: 66594--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: peony Date: May 17, 2021, 11:57 pm
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I was going to suggest motion-activated sprinklers, but STiG
beat me to it. :)
#Post#: 66599--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: Aleko Date: May 18, 2021, 4:04 am
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STiG is right that dogs will always stop and check on any marker
left by another dog, and add to it - not actually out of
one-upmanship but to add themselves to the ‘conversation’. Jem’s
lawn has simply become a canine social media page: the
neighbourhood dogs now feel a social need, rather than a
physiological one, to stop and dump something there every day.
It’s probable that if Jem could clean off the doggy smell and
douse the area with something else that smells strong and
dog-unfriendly, and keep that up for some time so that the dogs
consistently found it a ‘dead zone’ socially, they would just
stop, and conduct their social-olfactory discussions somewhere
else.
It might be worth explaining this to Spot’s owner, and any other
dog-owners that you’re on speaking terms with, and ask them to
help you in breaking their dogs’ habit.
#Post#: 66619--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: Soop Date: May 18, 2021, 11:38 am
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There's an apt building I walk by on my way to work. They had
planted some nice creeping junipers in the corner bed. Looked
really nice. And every dog owner in the neighbourhood let their
dog wander into it and pee, so it's all dead. Dog pee is
terrible for grass and plants, but no dog owner seems to care.
#Post#: 66622--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: Jayhawk Date: May 18, 2021, 12:41 pm
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Open your window a crack and use an air horn.
#Post#: 66629--------------------------------------------------
Re: Why though? Dog edition.
By: TootsNYC Date: May 18, 2021, 3:14 pm
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[quote]Once one dog pees in your yard, other dogs smell it and
have to leave their own scent on top of it so it becomes a game
of one upmanship.[/quote]
My niece once had a Chihuahua puppy, and it hadn't at ALL been
potty trained. So there were piddle marks on her carpet. And the
dog would see one, sniff it (his own scent), and pee right on
top of it again.
So the dog may be peeing on "his" spot, not just to one-up other
dogs.
I think I'd be most mad about the dog peeing on a wooden post.
Stones or a metal post, I wouldn't care much.
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