Dog dilemma

[vlm790]

While sitting on my lanai eating dinner a guy walking his dog on a very long leash allowed it to come all the way up to my lanai and go to the bathroom. I was so mad I couldn't even speak. What would you have done in my situation???
:cus:

[ilovetv]

While sitting on my lanai eating dinner a guy walking his dog on a very long leash allowed it to come all the way up to my lanai and go to the bathroom. I was so mad I couldn't even speak. What would you have done in my situation???
:cus:

I'd keep a BIG bucket of water ready to throw on the owner next time it happens.

Seriously, that's beyond ignorance.

[onslowe]

That self absorbed twit is not concerned with your property rights. I wonder if he would be concerned with a nice photo or two. We'd like to see it. :)

Once again, the 'rights and entitlement' generation is at it. Sad.

[Abster]

I'd be mad as he77. I also would have walked out and spoken my mind. I see far too many dog owners allowing their pets to use the bathroom on our yards. I also always see dog owners who don't even bother to pick up after their dogs. It's disgusting. Why did I think older/more mature people would know better!

[buggyone]

While sitting on my lanai eating dinner a guy walking his dog on a very long leash allowed it to come all the way up to my lanai and go to the bathroom. I was so mad I couldn't even speak. What would you have done in my situation???
:cus:

Why didn't you go outside BEFORE the dog went and nicely tell the owner to take the dog elsewhere? If you did not have time BEFORE, you should have told the owner, nicely but very firmly, NEVER to let it happen again.

[Suzi]

He wasn't embarrassed to allow his dog to do his job, so you shouldn't be embarrassed to tell him your feelings. I would have handed him a bag and said to pick it up and don't come back.

[CassieInVa]

This is the type of thing I worry about with houses so close. Any dog lifting its leg on my property - especially up against my actual lanai. I would never let my little doggie even walk in someone elses yard. Imagine the odor if your backyard or lanai is in a convenient spot for more than one dog? I would have gone out and politely said that they should not allow their dog to use your yard or house as a bathroom.

[njbchbum]

While sitting on my lanai eating dinner a guy walking his dog on a very long leash allowed it to come all the way up to my lanai and go to the bathroom. I was so mad I couldn't even speak. What would you have done in my situation???
:cus:

Happened to me a couple of years back...went outside and called the guy on it while handing him the plastic newspaper sleeve he had neglected to carry with him! Made sure that the next time I saw him and his dog nearing the property that I went to the property edge in time for him to see me sprinkle ground red pepper along the edge of the lawn. To this day he and his dog cross the street before they reach our property. He must have spread the word because no dogs encroach on our property now - and the ground red pepper is just used in my cooking! :)

The red pepper remedy was given to me years ago by our vet when I had need to resolve the same problem up north.

[CassieInVa]

What does the ground red pepper do?

[njbchbum]

What does the ground red pepper do?

Made the pooch not want to walk along and sniff in the grass any more!

[birdawg]

You have to let him know he can't be doing this or it will never stop.

[Bonnevie]

as a responsible pet owner, I am upset by this, too. One of the reasons I bought a courtyard villa is so my pets would not encroach on others. This person makes us all look bad.

[plimit56]

I live on a corner lot with a Stop Sign. I have no problem with the dogs peeing at the sign. I do let the owners know that if the dog poops to pick it up and they do. I have a dog and she pees and poops in the yard so the other dogs pick up the scent. Maybe because I am a dog owner I understand that sometimes a dog has to go when a dog has to go and most like doing it on the grass. When I walk my dog it is always on the street and if she has to go it is on the edge of the grass and I pick up after my dog. We are very respectful of others property and many have dogs in our neighborhood so we are all on the same page to keep all happy.

Saving one dog won't change the world, but the world will change for that one dog.

[jblum315]

Personally I would have brought out the shotgun. Just kidding, just kidding. I don't have one. Times I wish I did.

[graciegirl]

Here is what I think. That there are people who would always think of others, not trespass, be responsible and act in a manner that most of us would agree with. I think that they are in the vast majority here in this place, because that is how most of us were raised.


There is a growing and significant number of people who don't care about the rights of others and don't care if they are trespassing and don't care if you like what they do or not.


I also think that there is a majority of people who have dogs, like dogs, enjoy them, don't find them dirty or germy or threatening and that there is a minority of people who are afraid of dogs, dislike them intensely and use this forum as a bully pulpit to bring up negative things about dogs and dog owners any time they can.


Only YOU know who you are. I don't have dogs and by now you know how I feel about them.

[bonrich]

One person had a solution to the habitual pooper. He would wait until the dog and owner came along, and as the pooch went for his favorite spot the home owner was in the garage and turned on the sprinklers in that area soaking the dog and owner.
I figured it took a couple of times and it should have stopped. What do you think??

[Golfingnut]

Some people are born with the insatiable desire to get deep into others business and the next large group are those that do as they please without a single thought about how someone might be offended by what they do. They just don't care.

We have a very large lot and I have told all my neighbors that walk their dogs to use my property as much as they wish, just stay back from the house. What happened to you is disgusting.

[vlm790]

Turning on the sprinkler would be funny!! In no way do I ever want to hurt a dog so putting pepper or anything else down on purpose is out of the question. Pet owners should consider the amount of chemicals that go into having a nice lawn though. You let your dog walk all through my treated lawn and then it goes in your house on your carpet and furniture. Not too bright! I love dogs but do not have one because the properties here aren't conducive to letting the dogs out in your own yard and walking them can be a hassle if you live far from a public area where you SHOULD walk them. A villa would work great for the dog owner who doesn't respect others' property. I appreciate all the dog owners who are responsible. Fortunately there are a lot of those people here in the Villages too!!

[TexaninVA]

While sitting on my lanai eating dinner a guy walking his dog on a very long leash allowed it to come all the way up to my lanai and go to the bathroom. I was so mad I couldn't even speak. What would you have done in my situation???
:cus:

I can only imagine ... upset indeed! You were in the right.

I would have spoken to him as the dog got closer. I would have tried to be friendly about it, but it probably would have deteriorated given the pet owners obliviousness to common courtesy and common sense.

[Golfingnut]

I can only imagine ... upset indeed! You were in the right.

I would have spoken to him as the dog got closer. I would have tried to be friendly about it, but it probably would have deteriorated given the pet owners obliviousness to common courtesy and common sense.

I agree, as it is not likely someone would do that to be a Kirk. I feel they are just clueless. Very sad.

[Bogie Shooter]

I agree, as it is not likely someone would do that to be a Kirk. I feel they are just clueless. Very sad.

What/who is that?

[Golfingnut]

:cry:What/who is that?

LOL. Darn auto spell check got me again. I meant jerk

[Indydealmaker]

Made the pooch not want to walk along and sniff in the grass any more!

I'll bet your lawnguy sneezes himself to death!:1rotfl:

[gerryann]

I also think that there is a majority of people who have dogs, like dogs, enjoy them, don't find them dirty or germy or threatening and that there is a minority of people who are afraid of dogs, dislike them intensely and use this forum as a bully pulpit to bring up negative things about dogs and dog owners any time they can.

Only YOU know who you are. I don't have dogs and by now you know how I feel about them.

Unfortunately Gracie, I think your comments fall on deaf ears to those few who are so negative. I know you like dogs and certainly don't like disrespectful owners...I don't either. I just wish the energy put into the bitterness that these folks express would be put into something beneficial to the community. The nasty solutions are just that.....nasty and uncalled for.

Now I'll shut my mouth....

[Bonanza]

While sitting on my lanai eating dinner a guy walking his dog on a very long leash allowed it to come all the way up to my lanai and go to the bathroom. I was so mad I couldn't even speak. What would you have done in my situation???
:cus:

I would have been incensed!
Unfortunately, I can't print what I would have said to that man because it would be removed from this site in a nano second,
however, I think you get my drift.

Pet owners need to be in control of their dog, not the other way around.

I am a pet owner. I don't mind a dog "going" on my grass as long as the owner picks it up. Those leashes that extend are terrible because the pet owner has no control.

[birdawg]

I would have been incensed!
Unfortunately, I can't print what I would have said to that man because it would be removed from this site in a nano second,
however, I think you get my drift.

Pet owners need to be in control of their dog, not the other way around.

I am a pet owner. I don't mind a dog "going" on my grass as long as the owner picks it up. Those leashes that extend are terrible because the pet owner has no control.
That's nice you dont mind them using your lawn But I think it sends a mixed message to the owners of the dog. I dont want them on my lawn PERIOD.

[Golfingnut]

That's nice you dont mind them using your lawn But I think it sends a mixed message to the owners of the dog. I dont want them on my lawn PERIOD.

I don't even care if they pick up from my back area, but no one should allow a dog on anyone's lawn without permission.

[old moe]

:throwtomatoes::throwtomatoes:Dog walkers that use those 20ft. leashes have a plan! They figure the dog con do its business on your lawn long before the walker even gets to your house so you won't see them coming. The dog is down low and the walker is 20 feet back. I believe those leashs are dangerous and should be againest the LAW!!:spoken: P.S. I am a dog lover and owner :thumbup:

[njbchbum]

Unfortunately Gracie, I think your comments fall on deaf ears to those few who are so negative. I know you like dogs and certainly don't like disrespectful owners...I don't either. I just wish the energy put into the bitterness that these folks express would be put into something beneficial to the community. The nasty solutions are just that.....nasty and uncalled for.

Now I'll shut my mouth....

Please open it again and tell us what that something might be that would be beneficial to the community.

Do you have a solution to keeping dogs off of personal property that you could share?

[Bonanza]

Please open it again and tell us what that something might be that would be beneficial to the community.

Do you have a solution to keeping dogs off of personal property that you could share?

Unfortunately, there is no real way to keep dogs off a lawn, I 'm afraid.

We have no sidewalks and we really can't walk a dog in the middle of a street.
Even if we humans walk in the street close to the non-existent curb, the dog really has to be on the grass.
Particularly during the warmer months, a dog cannot walk on the blacktop as he will burn his feet.
That's why in my original post I said I didn't care if a dog "made" on my grass as long as the owner picks it up.

Soooooo . . there really isn't any answer.

[graciegirl]

It is clear that MOST people are NOT happy, whether they own dogs or don't own dogs. if you allow your dog to go on their property. So everybody please listen, care what most people think and don't make me defend all dog owners when the minority are the culprits.


To all of my friends who are responsible dog owners, I commend you and say that I am sorry that people sometimes throw the baby out with the bath water. And hurt YOUR feelers.


How you would handle someone allowing their dog to poop on your property depends on how you were raised, how quickly you get angry and how you handle your anger.


It should be settled immediately by your saying to the offender that you do not want them to allow their dog to come on to your property. But whether they heed your wishes depends on how they were raised and whether they are selfish or unselfish or caring and respectful of others.


If I had a dog and allowed it to poop on someone's yard and they said to me that they did NOT want me to allow my dog on their property, I would be embarrassed and ashamed of my actions. Some people don't give a rat's posterior what ANYBODY thinks.


As for me and my house. I love dogs although I don't have any.


Here is a picture of one of my furry friends with my brand new watercolors.

[Bay Kid]

This is why I LOVE my concrete dog! He is the best!!!

[vj1213]

I think "dogs" & "dog poop" threads have become topics like religion and politics. We've beat it to death...the same folks say the same things. The problem is not the dogs...it is the irresponsible owners. If you have these folks who live in your neighborhood...address them....don't try to injure the dog.
We all agree (and yes, I love my dog like family), dogs don't belong in certain crowded venues, no they shouldn't be on your personal property, yes we should always pick up after our dogs. But as with every other rule in life, there will be those who disagree and refuse to abide.
If you see someone on your property talk to them. No need to bash all dogs and dog owners. I have picked up after my dog for almost 14 years and will do so until the day he dies (yes, even at night I carry my flashlight)...he doesn't poop in your yard. But wouldn't life be great if the biggest problem in the world was dog poop in someone's yard.