[Cobh521]

I need help in keeping dogs off my lawn. I recently moved to The Village of Hillsborough and I cannot believe how disrespectful some dog owners are. Do not get me wrong, I love dogs and owned one who recently passed. There is a couple that walks their 4 white dogs on everyone's lawns and do not seem to care if you are watching. The dogs pee (which leaves brown spots in the grass) and then wipe by scratching up the grass. Would we be permitted to put up a small sign on our lawn. I saw a very cute on on Anna Maria Drive. Would community watch speak with these people if we reported them?

[birdawg]

Originally Posted by Cobh521

I need help in keeping dogs off my lawn. I recently moved to The Village of Hillsborough and I cannot believe how disrespectful some dog owners are. Do not get me wrong, I love dogs and owned one who recently passed. There is a couple that walks their 4 white dogs on everyone's lawns and do not seem to care if you are watching. The dogs pee (which leaves brown spots in the grass) and then wipe by scratching up the grass. Would we be permitted to put up a small sign on our lawn. I saw a very cute on on Anna Maria Drive. Would community watch speak with these people if we reported them?

Tell them to get off your lawn. Simple, at first nice, after that let them have it

[asianthree]

Have never understood the need to take a dog to someone else's yard to pee, but I would approach the owners and ask that they curb their dogs

[pooh]

Years ago one of our neighbors put a small sign in his yard for the same reason. Community Watch asked him to remove the sign.

If the sign is small, it might not be seen, by Community Watch or by the offending doggie owner. The suggestion to tell the owner not to use your yard is probably the best though.

[gomoho]

Doubt a sign would work - they would probably just pee on it. Try and approach them and see if you can't work things out. Some people just don't get it!

[buggyone]

When you see these people allowing their dogs to pee on your lawn, TELL them you do not like it! Nicely, one time!

What makes you think a cute sign is going to keep an inconsiderate person from letting their dog in your yard??

I thought there is a 2 dog limit.

[Papa]

How about a sign indicating that the lawn just had chemicals applied and animals should avoid the area.

[Cobh521]

I do plan on speaking with the owners and I was unsure about the signs. I had the same concern that town watch would ask me to remove it, or it would be ignored. I just don't want a confrontation but I don't want the dogs on my lawn either. I take very good care of my lawn and don't understand why others do not seem to care about that

[getdul981]

Originally Posted by buggyone

I thought there is a 2 dog limit.

If you have more than 2 when you move in, they don't make you get rid of the excess, but you cannot replace them once they die.

[kittygilchrist]

I feel the same way as you do and I have a large dog. Having focused on reading dog poop posts for a few months, I'll give you my version of the diversity of dog walkers

• Sneaks, knowing their dog on a long leash up in your yard is not right.
• Clueless that you mind their dogs going in your yard and would not do it if they knew.
• Brazen, know you might mind, don't care, think they are right that you should not mind.
• Responsible, non-collaborative, walk the dog in the street to appropriate public area, scoop, dispose at home.
• Responsible, collaborative, agree with neighbors as to which of them don't mind, and use each other's yards.

Suggestions have been posted to ask the neighbor not to and in your case with a pack of dogs that are repeaters that is a good idea.

I wish one could post a symbol, maybe just a red or green dot, on the lamppost to signify if it's ok or not to let your dogs go here. Many people don't mind at all if dogs go in their yard and that makes it impossible to have consensus on what is reasonable behavior.

[Patty55]

Oh Lord, here we go again....

Why is it that OPs always start out establishing that they "love dogs"? These insipid pee/poop threads have been going on forever, if you can't deal with the situation maybe you moved to the wrong place.

Just for the record, I don't walk my dogs on my neighbors yards, not because I think it will damage the crab grass but because I don't think it's healthy for the dogs. I try to limit my walking to the cement areas in the town squares.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

I wish one could post a symbol, maybe just a red or green dot, on the lamppost to signify if it's ok or not to let your dogs go here.

Oh Kitty, you are so funny! Like any of the disrespectful dog owners would respond to a dot on a lamppost! And I really don't think there are a lot of people who would encourage dog walkers to use their lawn as a bathroom.

If I were the OP, who is obviously distressed by the walker with the four dogs, I would politely approach the walker and ask them to please not let their dogs on their lawn. I really doubt that would cause a confrontation.

As I've said before, we need more dog parks!!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Patty55

Oh Lord, here we go again....

Why is it that OPs always start out establishing that they "love dogs"? These insipid pee/poop threads have been going on forever, if you can't deal with the situation maybe you moved to the wrong place.

Just for the record, I don't walk my dogs on my neighbors yards, not because I think it will damage the crab grass but because I don't think it's healthy for the dogs. I try to limit my walking to the cement areas in the town squares.

Oh Patty, how I love your posts!

[quirky3]

If speaking to the owners does not work, I have read in related threads about the Scarecrow motion-activated lawn sprinkler - would have to be set up just right so that it doesn't spray people coming to your door, or neighbors mowing their lawn, but people have recommended it in the past.

[Patty55]

I have a neighbor that everytime she sees me comes out to chat. She tells me every ache and pain she has ever had, how wonderful her job was back in the day and of course how smart, talented and beautiful her grandchildren are. In short... BORING.

I try to avoid that side of the street.