Signs are ugly but may work.

If/when this happens to me I plan to go out early in the morning and warn them that I frequently use industrial radiological chemicals (or some scary variance of that phrase) in the yard that will eventually give their dog and possibly anyone that plays or lives with the dog cancer.

You could also use that Nextdoor app and nicely ask your neighbors to limit their dogs activities to common areas, but there's no guarantee that the culprit uses the app.

 

Putting up a sign that says dangerous chemicals keep off is def a good one!

 

I don't have that problem as the sidewalk is on the other side of the street so dog owners walk their dogs on the other side or some even in the street.

But we have a facebook group for our neighborhood and most home owners are on it. Neighbors sometimes take pictures of dog poop and post them with a polite message asking dog owners to clean up after their pets. It's a common issue and in my opinion it's best addressed if you catch someone in the act (or on camera) and ask them politely :thumbup:

I like Kamauxx's idea of warning them that you use chemicals that can cause issues :mrgreen:

 

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I have cameras up but luckily the ones in my neighborhood are very good about picking up after their dogs.

 

I'm out in the lawn quite a bit, so I'm pretty sure I've put eyes on every community home owner that walks a dog. I think that's helped me in not waking up to turds on my lawn. I've seen dogs do their business on my lawn, but everyone has been responsible and picked it up. Only time I cringe is when it's loose poop, 'cause that tends to leave some behind. That's when I bust out the water hose.

But I won't hesitate to call someone out on our community Facebook page if I find out who left dog poop on a yard.

 

Pretty sure it happens in every neighborhood. In my experience most dog owners carry bags to pick up their dogs piles. BUT sometimes a dog will take a 2nd and the owner didn't have 2 bags.

Being a dog owner myself I have a "poop shovel" & small rake to clean up piles around the back yard. Well, turns out it also works in the front yard when somebody's dog gifts me a pile. I'm not thrilled when it happens, but we all know "stuff" happens.

My own experience . . . switching from rotary mowing my grass to reel cutting it has reduced dog use. Not just poop treasure, but peeing/burn spots too. NO JOKE. I see many owners purposely walk their dogs across the street to use those neighbors yards. We even had some neighborhood folks stop to ask for a bag because their dog dropped a surprise 2nd pile in the yard and "they didn't want to leave it on the nice grass" :shock: . I truly do not mind if a dog needs to use the grass, I'm happy most owners clean it up . . . the reduced use altogether and virtually no urine burn spots is pretty nice though.

 

Next time you spray, even if just a tank full of water, wear a full hazmat suit and respirator and make sure everyone sees you.

 

I've just scooped it up and thrown it back into their yard.

 

I have had to speak man-to-man with a neighbor that I caught standing in my yard about 15 feet off the sidewalk letting his dog do his business in my front yard. I held my hands out like "What are you doing?" and then told him he needed to respect people's private property rights more. He replied "Aw, c'mon." I told him what I thought of that response, but this is a family friendly forum, so let's just say I used some colorful adult language. He started walking up the middle of the street when he sees me outside.

Anybody who leaves their doggie land mines in my yard, I just get the shovel and place them right in the middle of the sidewalk where the pile was made. They then have to walk around it, and so does everyone else. After doing this four times, no one lets their dog go in my yard now. They got the message.

The guy who let his dog go in my yard was attacked by a police K9 German Shepherd dog after repeatedly letting his dog relieve himself in the K9's yard. Dogs mark territory; other dogs figure out what dog is marking theirs, and then they fight if they ever meet. Dog stuff....

K9 bit the dog and then the man when he stepped in. Served him right, in my book. K9 had attacked another dog and got a letter from the City after that owner complained about leash law violation. Second time the K9 owner got fined $1,000. The K9 went to live somewhere else, and the owner moved right after that.

Lazy dog owners try and sneak away. Put their laziness on display.

I don't "shame" people on social media. Be a man and handle it.

No one wants to see that stuff right out on the sidewalk. And no one wants to step in it. Put it out there for the world to see.

Somehow, it ends up getting picked up, and the problem ends....

 

I can't say I have that problem. Out of the 60-80 houses in the neighborhood 95% of them have horrible lawns. It'd stick out a lot more in my yard so they must do a good job cleaning it up. There is a lady that walks a german shepherd that always pees on my mailbox so the grass never grows well there. It kind of helps as I don't have to trim around it often.

 

People let their dogs piss on my plants at the mailbox, and occasionally the utilities in my yard but most seem to keep their dogs out or off.

I have cameras and I have one lady with a really ugly little black dog she loves to stop and let him run everywhere in everyone's yard.

I plan to confront her when I see some dog crap in the yard left from her dog. I will go the route of letting them know my yard isn't like this without the help of stuff that likely isn't great for their animal. They don't know when I treated so stay off.

 

I just looked outside and saw this guy, who imo is the worst dog walker in the neighborhood. He takes his dog out on a long leash, stops at someone's house, and let's the dog do whatever it wants while he plays on his phone. I've seen him stand in the street while his dog runs amuck throughout folk's lawns. He has zero concern for other people's property. I guess the guy that lives across from me has seen it too because he recently put a ugly "no dog poop" sign on his lawn. If you're going to let your dog burn spots in someone's lawn you could at least pretend to give a damn by keeping them near the street.

 

I've been having problems with a neighbor somewhere, don't know which one, whose dog has been peeing repeatedly on my front lawn near the sidewalk. Today it escalated where their dog crapped on my lawn and they just left it there.

Can anyone recommend a good webcam with really timely motion detection and good resolution so I can see who it is that's been leaving these nice little presents on my lawn?

It's really frustrating when you take care of your lawn to have a neighbor not have any respect at all and allow their dog to do their business on private property like that without the decency to clean it up!

 

This post reminds me of my dad when I was a youngster. He put out a No Dog Poop sign and eventually started returning dog poo to the owner's mailboxes. Good times lol.

 

I like the poisonous chemical sign idea.

 

Pretty sure it happens in every neighborhood. In my experience most dog owners carry bags to pick up their dogs piles. BUT sometimes a dog will take a 2nd and the owner didn't have 2 bags.

Being a dog owner myself I have a "poop shovel" & small rake to clean up piles around the back yard. Well, turns out it also works in the front yard when somebody's dog gifts me a pile. I'm not thrilled when it happens, but we all know "stuff" happens.

My own experience . . . switching from rotary mowing my grass to reel cutting it has reduced dog use. Not just poop treasure, but peeing/burn spots too. NO JOKE. I see many owners purposely walk their dogs across the street to use those neighbors yards. We even had some neighborhood folks stop to ask for a bag because their dog dropped a surprise 2nd pile in the yard and "they didn't want to leave it on the nice grass" :shock: . I truly do not mind if a dog needs to use the grass, I'm happy most owners clean it up . . . the reduced use altogether and virtually no urine burn spots is pretty nice though.

I feel like this is the most obvious and correct response to the thread. There's a lot of "that guy" behavior and ideas being thrown around when the "problem" is natural and sometimes unavoidable thing. Dogs gotta go, when dogs gotta go! You want everyone to put diapers on their dogs when they walk past your lawn? In the words of Biden, "C'mon man!"

Lots of Gladys Kravitz Syndrome going around.

 

I like the poisonous chemical sign idea.

It's seriously effective. We had property that was a constant trespassing issue for hunting season, and we were constantly getting "peppered" with bird shot, because some people don't realize that the shot pellets keeps going once you miss the target. "No Hunting" signs, calling the game warden, all ineffective.

Hung a "BIOHAZARD" sign up with a decent-looking fake description of a potential toxic chemical exposure. Problem solved.

 

I think there is a huge difference for a neighbor who is out walking their dog, which happens to poop, and a neighbor who takes out their dog on a walk TO poop.

We have a neighbor that does this twice a day, The dog gets about 3-4 houses down the block and does his business. They turn around and go home. Lucky for me, we are about 8 houses down, and they don't often get this far. Cleaning it up or not, its not excusable.

I think you have to catch them and confront them. Make them feel a little uncomfortable, so they take it somewhere else. Maybe a neighbor who cares less about dog pooping in their yard.

 

I was a victim yesterday, dog crap by the mailbox!
I pulled up the video footage and it was 2 teenage girls with 2 dogs.... They were walking towards my house, the dog took a crap by my mailbox and then they turned around and walked the other way so they didn't walk in front of my house.
If I see them again I'll hand them a roll of dog bags. I bought some at Sam's Club so I have about 100,000 of them. :lol:

 

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This would probably catch there attention! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

This post reminds me of my dad when I was a youngster. He put out a No Dog Poop sign and eventually started returning dog poo to the owner's mailboxes. Good times lol.

This is the way.

 

I live in a very nice neighborhood, and almost every day I find a pile of dog crap on my lawn. Even when the owner tries to take the crap, they leave a nasty mess of s--- on my lawn. Is this legal? Any LEO on this forum?

If you know who the offender is (name, DOB, where he lives, etc.) and the poop in your yard is substantially inconvenient to you can call the PD if you want to press criminal charges (written statement, follow through with a potential court date etc.).

I would call animal control on the owner and the dog when the dog is off leash or in a vehicle. or if it barks call it in and then when they make contact with the owner they will find out the dog is not registered or vaccinated. Most cities in this area have animal registration and vaccination rules that most owners do not follow (especially the ones who are too lazy to pick up poop). This will usually get them several $50-$200 tickets instead of the one low level criminal mischief cite that may or may not be plead down to next to nothing.

Or pick up the poop and put it in his mailbox :lol:

 

I live in a very nice neighborhood, and almost every day I find a pile of dog crap on my lawn. Even when the owner tries to take the crap, they leave a nasty mess of s--- on my lawn. Is this legal? Any LEO on this forum?

If you know who the offender is (name, DOB, where he lives, etc.) and the poop in your yard is substantially inconvenient to you can call the PD if you want to press criminal charges (written statement, follow through with a potential court date etc.).

I would call animal control on the owner and the dog when the dog is off leash or in a vehicle. or if it barks call it in and then when they make contact with the owner they will find out the dog is not registered or vaccinated. Most cities in this area have animal registration and vaccination rules that most owners do not follow (especially the ones who are too lazy to pick up poop). This will usually get them several $50-$200 tickets instead of the one low level criminal mischief cite that may or may not be plead down to next to nothing.

Or pick up the poop and put it in his mailbox :lol:

I wouldn't call the police for this type of thing, but I was curious to know how typical ordinances are written and enforced.

I've got two dogs, but they poop in my yard and my kids get an allowance for cleaning it up. I don't want to raise entitled kids, and the 'poop job' keeps them grounded :thumbup:

Per one of the other comments, I'm seeing less poop now that the yard is looking better

 

Also, I don't have the time or desire to track down the poop owners (which reminds me of the 'Who Pooped the Bed?' episode of IASIP) , but I really like the chemical sign idea some have mentioned!