I did a search on how many threads have been started containing the word "poop".

- 51 threads contain the word poop in the title
- 1337 responses were given across those 51 threads
- Thousands of views across those 51 threads. Too many that I care to count.
- The highest number of views for any one thread is 17668. That honor goes to the thread "We're in deep poop". Which was not about dog poop but dare I say politics.
- The second highest number of views goes to thread "Please, just one more dog poop dilemma" with 15218 views. Guess who the OP of that poop thread was - Bunny1! Hint look at post number one of this thread.

I can spend 20 minutes walking my dogs in circles around my yard and then during a walk around the neighborhood one of them decides to do her business in someone else's yard. Unless I walk them down the middle of the street it's going to happen from time to time. I always pick up their droppings and as long as anyone else who's dog picks my yard does the same, I'm good. I have one neighbor (at our primary house) that walks her dog down her sidewalk and driveway and straight across the street to my grass before slowing down to let her dog go, BIG difference and I don't blame anyone for reacting negatively to that kind of behavior! Of course, our neighborhood Facebook page discusses these kinds of things and even alerted a kid's mom that her son was allowing their full size Poodle to go in other people's yards and not pick it up. Got it stopped.

I think she is saying dog owners can pee and poop there.

No matter where we are The Villages or not, we walk our dog in the street and do not let her on people’s front lawns, signs or not. When we get to common area like outside the walls of a Villa then the grass is open, sign or not.

Motion activated sprinkler instead?

Just installed 4 of these motion-activated sprinklers. It was simple to do and should stop the problem we've been having on and off for 5 years.

The sprinklers were from HAVAHART, they won't injure the animal and the animal won't injure my lawn. I don't think I'd even mind that much if the people picked up after their dogs. They make no attempt at all. I can't wait for the first one to learn a lesson. I have a camera from the house to the sprinkler area. It is very discreet.

If people respected other people's property then there wouldn't be a need for so many of these threads. The Villages is gonna Double in size. I guess your gonna get double the amount of these threads. :doggie: WOOF!

THat's what they want you to think...

Paintball gun.
(not at the dogs, the owners)

Sign Sign Everywhere A Sign

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That is precisely what we do as well. I'm very respectful of property but things happen.

We have a lamppost in front of our side yard that is visited frequently and we are fine with that.

For fear of another poop post ranting, please pick up after your dog because we won't. And why is it always a good sized poop?

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The number of threads should indicate how important this topic is to home owners... and unless the behavior is changed, this topic is not going to go away.

Each thread is just a repeat of the same old posts..........will not change behavior.

Understood, but I can promise that people will not stop trying, it’s like a thorn in the side, the irritation does not go away. Home owners literally pay thousand of dollars and more for their lawns upkeep every year. Not because they want their property to be treated as a liter box.

And before someone mentions bird poo etc, motion sprinklers work on them too.

Letting your dog crap on someone's lawn is a much, much greater violation.