Precious lawn owners

I am a dog owner and you are completely out of order.

Spot on Elegran. Some dog owners infuriate me with their entitled attitude.

I’m a bit torn here, we do let our dog out before she is walked, but sometimes she simply doesn’t need to go til halfway to the park!

Always cleaned up and always wiped outwards with kitchen roll.

Our dogs a fully vaccinated, flead and wormed, vet checked every 6 months and I’m pretty sure don’t carry anything nasty.

I looked it up. There is one patch of grass outside the first house that is Local Council owned. The verge next to the road is County Council. The grass in front of that particular house is privately owned. Other houses are still owned by Housing Associations, so effectively private.

Ok I accept my rudeness and will drag my dog to the grass verge next time. As for pooing in the gutter - I've never in all my years heard of that one.

To my mind, if you loved your pet, why would you want people dreading the sight of it, or eyeing it suspiciously.

But please remember oh dog lovers that not everyone is.

I had to be the person telling/explaining to a customer in the food shop/cafe where I volunteer that he would have to move himself plus large dog into the designated dog friendly, area.
You should have heard the backlash I had to put up with!
You hate dogs. (No but we want to please all our customers)
So you're the boss. (No but noone
else wanted to tell him)
Where does it say no dogs? (it does but not on the tables)
I was bitten by a dog in here and if that had been a small child (you could be bitten anywhere was the retort)

I am an earlier generation it's true so maybe don't get this passion for taking your dogs everywhere.

I'm another dog owner who would never let my dog do this. It's just common good manners and courtesy not to let your dog do this. It doesn't matter who owns that particular piece of lawn. I'm sorry, but it's owners who do this who give all dog owners a bad name.

For disabled people, the verge is where some need to tread to get out of a car safely.

Mind you, I am a dog owner/lover

So are many of us.
We are/were responsible dog owners.

I like animals, it doesnt mean I want to risk treading in the contents of their bowels.

ftm420

Walking the dog this morning and he went to poo on a patch of grass in front of a house where the grass is not delineated but has a pavement running along the front, then another strip of grass next to the road. By coincidence, house owner with her dog came home and had a go at me for letting my dog poo on her lawn. I told her I was picking it all up (I'd already got the bag ready) and she stood and watched me, telling me I should move my dog to the other strip of grass and not use hers.

Am I right in thinking that if she lives next to a pavement, where the grass is not fenced off in any way, then I can't know whether the grass belongs to her or to the council.

Am I being rude by letting my dog poo where it might be private but you can't actually tell?

No, you’re not being at all rude. We have a grass verge in front of our house, owned by the council. I maintain it, mowing it regularly. I would not complain if a passerby allowed her dog to poo on it, as long as it was picked up. I have been known to remonstrate with someone who started to walk away, leaving it. I called out, offering him a bag, and he quickly picked it up! Mind you, I am a dog owner/lover.

I’d never, ever let my dog poo on someone’s lawn or outside someone’s house. Just plain rude. Sometimes water pistols come in handy !

Yes, you’re rude, ftm40. Hope that answers your question.

I recall the days when dogs were trained to use the gutters. I’d forgotten about that. It’s possible to train a dog to use just one place for its business. A friend has had several guide dogs. They are trained to use a designated place in her garden before she takes him/her out in public.

OldFrill

Was this grass between the pavement and road? If so, Ip'm surprised it's her land and l would have assumed it was council land. I've never known it not to be. You should be able to check it on the Land Register.

It matters not.
The first six feet of our front garden is Council-owned but we are supposed to maintain it.

A dog won't delineate between what is Council and what is privately owned.
It matters not, anyway, it's anti-social and dangerous.

Marydoll

I am certainly not a precious lawn owner. That comment in itself is rude.

These are the reasons, I would be annoyed:

Dog poo can be dangerous to humans, wildlife, and the environment because it can contain:
Parasites
Roundworm eggs, which can remain infectious for up to two years. Humans can become infected by accidentally ingesting the eggs or eating food contaminated with soil containing the eggs.
Bacteria
Pathogenic bacteria that can cause intestinal tract infections and diarrhea, such as:
Salmonella
E. coli
Campylobacter
Yersinia
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria

When I went to Bristol Eye Informary there was a big notice on the wall about the parasite Toxocara.

The parasite Toxocara from dog or cat faeces can cause blindness in humans.

Children are at risk if they touch the faeces as they play on grass then touch their eyes or mouths.

I find your heading Precious lawn owners quite astonishing, ftm240.
Perhaps you need to do more investigations and make sure your dog does its business in your own back yard.

This takes me back to the bad old days before anyone picked up.
Between our fenced garden and the road there was pavement and then a strip of grass.
My DC would invariably jump out of the car straight into the sh** and into the house.
Once I lay in wait to see if I could catch the chief offender.
Along came a near neighbour with his labrador on a lead. He chatted and then his dog pooed on the grass strip.
When I objected he said "I've always taken her here" as though that was a good enough reason.
😠 😡
Where I live now there must be people who let their dogs out at night to randomly soil the pavements.

FGS train your dog to shit in the gutter, not on someone's front lawn. Your dog, your training. When we live in the Netherlands, the pavement edges on our estate, and presumably other areas, were stencilled with the words “Hond in de Goot”. In other words, put your dog in the gutter to do its business. If the grass is between the house and the pavement then it is her garden. I have an open plan front lawn and would be furious if owners let their dogs use it as a toilet. As it is, I don’t have problems with dogs as owners here are very responsible. It’s a very large cat that frequently leaves its doings on my lawn and I wish I knew where it lives as I would return them to the owner instead of having to put them in my bin two or three times a week!!

Grass between the pavement and the road is the council’s responsibility but I still wouldn’t want to see a dog defecating on it.

FGS train your dog to shit in the gutter, not on someone's front lawn. Your dog, your training

Just remember to watch out for cyclists while your bum’s in the air when you’re picking it up!

I don't own a dog but occasionally dogsit while my DC are on holiday.
Unfortunately one dog would wait until we were out and go at least 3 times in inappropriate places during our walks.
If I am asked again, I will drive her out to the countryside rather than risk being mortified again.
I have some sympathy with the poster.

I knew it wasn't at me, I just agreed with every word, but was too cowardly to say it myself.

Not you, MissA - It is aimed at irresponsible dog-owners who forget that their pet is their responsibility, and its species name is not spelt backwards.

Precious dog owner - "My dog has more rights over your garden than you do"

Oooh!

Even if you were going to pick up that lump of poo, you would leave a smear of excrement behind. Reread Marydoll's post at 11:06 pm yesterday to see what that could contain and what it could do to a child who played on that grass, or someone who touched it while gardening.

It also tells your dog (or the next dog that walks past) that is a place where a poo has been, so it is where they will go to for THEIR next poo - which soon turns it into a doggy public toilet for every pooch in town.

Would you let a child do it? You are just as responsible for where a dog does its business as you are for a child. FGS train your dog to shit in the gutter, not on someone's front lawn. Your dog, your training.