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Precious lawn owners

(163 Posts)
MissAdventure Mon 16-Dec-24 07:32:04

I wouldn't leave dog crap anywhere if I could pick it up instead.

OldFrill Sun 15-Dec-24 23:14:33

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.

Marydoll Sun 15-Dec-24 23:06:41

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

Marydoll Sun 15-Dec-24 23:03:18

If your dog were to poo on my lawn, I would be raging.
My grandchildren sometimes play on it.

Feelingmyage55 Sun 15-Dec-24 22:47:56

If in doubt don’t.

Grannynannywanny Sun 15-Dec-24 22:38:49

Your actions would be considered so rude to most decent people that I’m struggling to believe this is genuine. But I’ll take it at face value…I’d hate to be your neighbour!

merlotgran Sun 15-Dec-24 22:38:21

I would never let my dog poo on a piece of grass immediately in front of somebody’s house. It doesn’t matter if it’s open plan, it’s just common courtesy.

The thread is called, Precious Lawn Owners so you clearly knew it was theirs.

Charleygirl5 Sun 15-Dec-24 22:35:53

Where I live, it is open plan, and we are not allowed to fence the front section. My ex-neighbours owned 2 large dogs but never exercised them and allowed them to do their business on my lawn.

I own a large expanse and the grass cutter refused to cut the grass because the poo was never picked up. They have moved on but the grass cutter never returned.

Ziggy62 Sun 15-Dec-24 22:35:16

I wouldn't have let my dog do it

25Avalon Sun 15-Dec-24 22:29:08

Very rude and a total lack of respect. Our first house had an open plan garden and one woman (not a lady) let her dog poo there all the time because she said it was open plan. Dh riposted do it again and I’ll shoot it. She never did it again. Why do you have to get nasty to get people do the decent thing?

eazybee Sun 15-Dec-24 22:22:11

Yes you are very rude. As you do not know to whom the grass belongs you have no right to use it. use your own grass, not that of other people.

ftm420 Sun 15-Dec-24 22:20:18

I would add that I know lots of dogs who do their business on my driveway as I live on a fairly busy road. You can't tell where my private property starts and public property ends.

ftm420 Sun 15-Dec-24 22:17:47

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?