How would you address this?

Baggs

I am really pleased when I find hedgehog poo in our garden.

Me too, baggs. I make everyone come and look at it.

No point in complaining- you will only offend the dog’s owner



Well, that wouldn’t concern me at all, and probably not the OP either.

Our dogs were like that Primrose and Calendargirl.
We could control 10 working Springers with just a whistle and hand motions. It was a sight to see!

I suppose it's not something that is peculiar to dog-owners, rather that a good proportion of people appear to be inconsiderate and uncivilised - and some of them own dogs.

I'm convinced that there are those who - for the sake of the animal as much as anything else - should just not be allowed to own them.

There is a property adjoining mine (we are terraced) - a huge house which has been hived off into two separate houses... with one garden. A very small patch of the garden has been sectioned off completely for the use of those in the smaller property - this patch of garden is very, very small. The owner rents out and lives in another county. A couple, late 20s, with a dog, have rented the smaller house. Both are out at work all day, and the dog has the run of the house and the patch of garden.

The larger house is un-tenanted.

One day, my gardener needed to access their 'garden' to lop off some foliage that was overgrowing into it. I called the owner of the house to get permission for the gardener to climb over the wall into his property, and that was agreed.

My gardener climbed over the adjoining wall and jumped down into the patch of garden - only to discover that he was ankle-deep in a carpet of dog-poo. He had his mobile phone in his pocket and photographed it. The tenants had simply left the dog-poo - probably from day one - to fester. I doubt they had ever picked it up.

I'd noticed an unpleasant 'smell' frequently, as had other neighbours, but we had no idea where it came from or what it might be.

The gardener forwarded the photo's to the landlord suggesting it was a health hazard. He evicted the tenants and had to have all the carpets ripped out and the house thoroughly cleaned as the poor animal had the run of the whole house, including the bedrooms and had obviously been trampling his own mess into the carpets. I looked at the photo's, there was barely a patch of clean grass anywhere (in fact, the grass had died-off) on the whole area- the tenants had lived there for about two years.

Frankly, I think the dog should have been removed from their care because their behaviour shows a complete lack of concern for the animal - apart from anything else.

I occasionally saw the dog as I passed the front of the house - peering through the window. It never barked, just sat looking out with a mournful face.

There are definitely those who should not be allowed to own a dog.

You need a sign like this

If you can afford it, install a gate. Most people are polite and would not allow pet to do that . But unfortunately some do not have manners or realise thrre are invisible boundaries you do not cross. Regards.

A woman (won’t call her a lady) used to let her dog do giant poos in our garden. Early one morning dh was watching out for her, flung open the bedroom window and remonstrated with her. The response was that our front garden was open plan! Dh replied if she let her dog do it again he would shoot it. Many years ago and very un pc but she never came back.

Unless the bitch was in season the fact that she weed there once is not all that likely to attract other dogs.

Depending on the surface of your drive, the puddle will drain quickly or less quickly.

No point in complaining - you will only offend the dog's owner.

Probably, the man walking the dog was thinking of something else at the time, and didn't realise the dog had squatted to wee until too late.

Calendargirl

We have a youngish couple go past our house, with three or four spaniel type dogs, always off the lead.

But my word, how well trained they are, just trotting along at their owners side.

Bet they are not allowed to go down other drives.

Well trained dogs are a wonderful sight. We used to have an elderly man in the village who kept Springer Spaniels all his life. In later years he used to ride a bike with 5 spaniels beside him up quiet country lanes. All off lead and they did not move a muscle until he told them to. They watched and listened to him all the time. When he got to some heathland he told them they could run off and they did but came back as soon as he called them. Marvellous.

Dickens

Callistemon21

Dickens 😂

Our front gardens are influenced and I used to see a neighbour walk his dog down the road, sniffing and peeing in everyone's gardens as he went.
Another time I saw a young girl bring her dog on to our front lawn to have a sniffie and a wee, then hunched over ready to poo. At that point I tapped the window and the girl looked up, startled and made off with the dog.

We get fox poo on the lawn, it stinks.

Another time I saw a young girl bring her dog on to our front lawn to have a sniffie and a wee, then hunched over ready to poo. At that point I tapped the window and the girl looked up, startled and made off with the dog.

Good grief!

I'm astonished that anyone can convince themselves that it's ok to encroach on someone else's property for their dog to use as a toilet. Who are these people?!

I bet you made her jump when you tapped on the window

The cheek of it!

I don't even know who she was. Not a neighbour's child. She must have wandered up here or been a visitor.

I admit, it was only a pee and easy to wash down, which I did as rain wasn't forecast that morning but more the fact that the bloke with the dog blatantly allowed it to come onto the drive - and gates are not an option unfortunately.
My 19ry old grandson might object to my request for him to pee in the blokes drive don't you think??

I would have gone out, there and then in a state of undress and had an altercation with the owner. The sight of me in my birthday suit first thing of a morning would deter any dog!

My friend, many years ago, had a neighbour who would lift his dog onto neighbour's rock garden so it could have a good clear out.
Friend, a big burly builder, was too afraid to say anything.

Callistemon21

Dickens 😂

Our front gardens are influenced and I used to see a neighbour walk his dog down the road, sniffing and peeing in everyone's gardens as he went.
Another time I saw a young girl bring her dog on to our front lawn to have a sniffie and a wee, then hunched over ready to poo. At that point I tapped the window and the girl looked up, startled and made off with the dog.

We get fox poo on the lawn, it stinks.

Another time I saw a young girl bring her dog on to our front lawn to have a sniffie and a wee, then hunched over ready to poo. At that point I tapped the window and the girl looked up, startled and made off with the dog.

Good grief!

I'm astonished that anyone can convince themselves that it's ok to encroach on someone else's property for their dog to use as a toilet. Who are these people?!

I bet you made her jump when you tapped on the window

The cheek of it!

It certainly did!

Scooby dooby doo,
Did a poo,
Inside Shaggy's slipper.

Shaggy put it on,
What a pong!
It made him shake and shiver...

DD's cat once did a poo in my slipper. In the middle of the night I needed a wee and put my feet into my slippers 😩

RosiesMaw

Baggs

petra

Yesterday my OH was under his car tinkering with something when a fox walked up and casually peed on his tools 😂

MrB had a mouse pee on his iPad once. We caught the blighter the next night 😂

That’s appalling- didn’t it know that’s what mouse mats are for? 🐭

😂😂

Baggs

petra

Yesterday my OH was under his car tinkering with something when a fox walked up and casually peed on his tools 😂

MrB had a mouse pee on his iPad once. We caught the blighter the next night 😂

That’s appalling- didn’t it know that’s what mouse mats are for? 🐭

Rabbits also eat tneir own poo to get more nutrients out of what goes through them too fast. You can tell whether this has happened if you look at rabbit poo. The re-eaten stuff is paler.

My cat once climbed into my friend's handbag and did a wee. I'd mix up some hot, hot, chillies with warm water, and pour it over the end of your driveway, so the dog won't be able to have a good sniff around before piddling.

Petra 🤣🤣🤣

Don’t forget the rabbit poo at least the dogs don’t eat your veggies

Wee not see on the owners shoes dah

Our front gardens are influenced that really made me laugh
callistemon
Fiorentina exactly that happened to me I m sitting on the sand watching the waves and this beast came up behind me and cocked its leg on my back another time we d gone for a swim and a dog with the owners miles off cocked its leg on my friend expensive swim coat, owners so far ahead they didn’t even hear our shouts.
I know dogs have ‘to go’ but I d love to see on the owners shoes and see how they like it !