It's my property, not the dog owner's, I don't see what is so hard to understand about that. People who can't give a bit of consideration to their neighbor clearly demonstrate the low class of their morals. There are a lot of dog owners in our neighborhood and so far everyone keeps their dog out of other people's yards. if I see any of them letting their dog do it's business in my yard, I'll teach them some classic four letter words. I return as much respect as I receive.

Our first day after we closed on the property we were relaxing on the lanai. Saw a guy walk his dog onto our lawn, to the side of our flower bed, and it peed on our lawn. He had to go a good 20 feet off the road onto our lawn to get to that spot.

I totally get that a dog might pee on the first few feet next to the curb. But to intentionally walk your dog onto the middle of someone's lawn? Even if it didn't have to pee - you just - don't walk around someone else's lawn like that. We were speechless so we didn't say anything at the time.

You can bet if we ever see that again we'll say something immediately though.

We had one neighbor who was a beautiful person by day but a mad Pooper by Night! I attached a cheapo wireless camera to the Palm tree and caught the Person & Pup in the act. I waited a few days and knocked on his door and he happily answered and I offered him back the Presents that he gave to us under the cover of darkness. He tried to deny that it was him and his Pup. I held up a Blank DVD as proof. There is no chance I could transfer from the Camera to a Disc. Snagging a Pooper, not a Problem, Technology a Major Problem.

Case solved. We are friends and have even Dog sat Fido twice for free. We walked him home to do his thing.

We Love Dogs, All Dogs. Be considerate of your Neighbors. I feel terrible for the OP. Common sense should be the guide in this case.

:coolsmiley: Well said.

Some people just talk about dog poop way too much. Never seen anything like it in my entire life. Get over it and enjoy your life. Don't let a little dog poop ruin your day. Life is short, and so many other positive things to focus on within The Villages !

And yes I have found dog poop in my yard. I get a plastic bag and pick it up throw it in the trash and never give it a second thought. Too busy having fun to let minor sh*t destroy my day.

Yes, some are.

Sorry, but allowing your dog to dump on my yard is a problem, no matter what.

Can anyone say Villager entitlement. L.o.l

There was a discussion recently on a podcast regarding dog walkers who pick up waste and then toss it in "the nearest garbage can," usually on someone else's property.

Most listeners fairly vehemently disagreed with the host that it was a perfectly fine thing to do (although a lot would allow dumpsters or public trash cans). Meanwhile, I was yukking it up in my head imagining what folks here would have to say about it! Fortunately our bagged garbage is except from that particular annoyance, but I'd seriously have to buy some Orville Redenbacher stock if TV ever switches to cans.

Spray Lawn
 

Is there anything you can spray on your lawn to cause the Dog's not to come on the lawn. The people who allow this are terrible and inconsiderate. It is a true health issue. Why can't and why doesn't the Villages make this apart of Deed Restrictions and enforce it since it truly is a health hazard. Or, just allow signs on this on the lawn's? It would seem to me that if a person can be harmed by this because of a health condition it should fall under the ADA and charges and fines can be brought against the Organizations or Communities who don't enforce the law. :ohdear:

Coarse black pepper, the fresher the pepper the stronger the smell, it will keep doggie noses away as they can smell it from far away. Dogs “...they possess up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses, compared to about six million in us. And the part of a dog's brain that is devoted to analyzing smells is, proportionally speaking, 40 times greater than ours.” Google

I use it for my flower bed. Need to reapply after rain.

I do consider it amazing that anyone would consider someone else’s property as the litter box for their dog?

Pepper Application would be daily this summer.

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Until it puts you in the hospital, right?

Be thankful that you have no Canadian geese in your yard. We have lived on water or golf courses most of our lives and always had those running around, they are nasty and filthy. We live on water here also but no geese so far, lots of other birds and ducks but they stay on the shoreline along with our resident alligator.

There were Canadian Geese on the Truman golf course a few weeks ago.

I hope they stay up there.

Great! Follow the rules like the rest of us.

Truth
 

We were in Canada years ago and on some tour or other. The guide a young cute lady informed us that they call them American Geese.

At one time, I used to photograph weddings. I always tried, but never succeeded in talking brides out of a trip to the park. Green goose poop on a white dress?

There are several common birds that don't seem to exist here. Pigeons, we used to call them flying rats. I assume the hawks call them lunch.

I see some humor in this...the villages is ok with dog crap all over the place but not little white signs. perhaps dog crap should be designated a "lawn ornament".

Not to be picky (right), but they are Canada Geese, not Canadian. And yes, they are very pretty. They like to eat grass and be near water. They produce so much GROSS green poop it’s amazing how they can eat the grass without also eating... well, you know. Back in Massachusetts, a golf course near us kept dogs to scare them away.

Now there's an idea whose:boom: time has come.

I second that!