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I posted a mention on our HOA FB page that I thought was improper pet owner behavior and rude.
Generational, my big ole butt. I'm 50 and I think you need to get over yourself.
It's pee. It's not going to hurt your precious grass, for goodness sake. I have four female dogs and my grass and flowerbeds are just dandy.
Not to mention, it was passive-aggressive and cowardly to boot. You could have walked outside when your little alarm went off, and talked to the neighbors yourself.
I can only imagine what nickname your neighborhood has given you.
What a disgustingly cruel suggestion! Why would you want to see an innocent animal suffer - what does that accomplish? The dog doesn't know he did something that you find unacceptable - he/she is simply behaving like an animal.
Many dog owners say that their dogs are just as much a part of their family as their kids are.
Do they allow their kids to **** on other people's lawns, also ?
What a silly and baseless hypothesis - comparing human behavior with an animal's. It has nothing to do with whether or not some people consider their dogs family, they never said their dogs were human beings. Most dog owners do control their pets and lead them to common ground and do not deliberately and maliciously guide them to private property for the purpose of having them pee on someone's lawn.
What a disgustingly cruel suggestion! Why would you want to see an innocent animal suffer - what does that accomplish? The dog doesn't know he did something that you find unacceptable - he/she is simply behaving like an animal.
It accomplishes nothing. The dog is not going to be affected by it.
I am surprised by the responses you are getting here, OP. People don't seem to mind urine being poured on their yards or plantings.
I think it is irresponsible and deliberately mean-spirited. The dog owner can take the dog to the city area or undeveloped land to pee. Or let the dog pee at this own house! You are not a designated porta-potty for canines. I always walked my dog to the edge of our development where no one lived. Sagebrush and cactus.
That's really too bad you can't solve it with a low fence. Really weird reactions here, IMO.
This above, by Sand&Salt is completely reasonable.
A neigbor of ours has little signs all along the edge of their property
stating they have their lawn serviced with chemical treatment..
I wonder if the dog owner might by-pass your property
to show care for his pet with those signs up?
Last night a women who lives in my development was walking her beautiful large Husky. She proceeded to let the dog urinate on my front yard, near a tree and a flower bed. We added an element to our alarm system that alerts us to someone in our yard (not near the street) so we looked out when we heard the alarm and watched the owner allow the pet behavior.
I do not know the owners, but have seen them before in the neighborhood and they seemed pleasant, waving, etc. I posted a mention on our HOA FB page that I thought was improper pet owner behavior and rude.
Of course I was summarily blasted by other residents.
Is it too much to ask that all the hard work my 71 year old husband puts into our yard, restoring it from neglect from the previous owner and spending money on flowers, fertilizer, etc. to think dog walkers would curb their dog and use city-owned grass areas near the street? I don't feel it is asking too much.
The owner responded that, basically, his dog could pee anywhere it wanted, it wasn't something he considered or worried about and that he picks up feces per city rules. I understand that there may be a generational difference of opinion here. He was not totally impolite but his responses as well as other responses had a snarky quality to them.
I just wonder how these people would feel if I deposited about a pint of urine on their front yard and flowers.
Opinions, please.
As a former dog owner I agree with you. My dogs got to water any telephone post they liked and even a few mailbox stands. Hydrants also, but I NEVER let them go onto anyone lawn(property) to whiz.
To me, that's YOUR property and it's MY job to make sure MY dogs stay off YOUR property.
When I take my dog for a walk I like to say he is checking his "pee-mail".
He goes on the area between the sidewalk and street - I don't let him in someone's main lawn. Hope people always pick up the poo - if not it makes for bad poo karma!
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