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We live in a lovely "no through" road with small free car park opposite which is great for dog walkers. By the way, we also have two dogs and we carry plastic bags to pick poop, so I'm not having a go at dog owners here. There's a dog bin right by the entrance to the car park, although it can get a bit smelly in the summer, when it "cooks"; it's far enough away from the houses to not be a nuisance!
Why then, when winter comes and the nights draw in, does one person allow their dog to poop right outside our house? We know it is one person because it's is always the same colour and we think that they live locally.
Sometimes it is so bad that it is scattered over 100 metres, which presumably means this poor animal is being dragged whilst whilst going (Anyone who has a dog will know that they do tend to stop and "strain" and that it is quite noticeable!)
We put a board up outside the house last winter asking people to pick up their mess and I even got some bags from the dog warden to hang from the gate post. Many of the other dog owners around were quite sympathetic to our plight, with one exception. This one person ignored all the signs and continued to allow his or her dog to go outside our house! Why can't they just pick it up?
The dog warden is right there with us and has asked when we think it is happening. Of course we have no idea and I don't want to manually check how warm the Richard the third is to establish a "time of deposit".
By the way, the local Parish Mag published a letter from a neighbour about the situation and the next month some numpty said "If that's all you have to complain about then pick it up yourself!" Funny how nothing was mentioned when I wrote in to ask where they lived so I could transfer the poo to their house!!
We've talked about water-soluble luminous spray paint to highlight the problem.
We've talked about making tiny flags to stick into the mess.
We've talked about chalking BIG CIRCLES around the them.
I am now opening up the floor for your suggestions! (rubbing my hands together as I know this will no doubt be fun!)
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2.dogs/dog owners should always wear their tag/papers with them so they can be checked to see if they properly registered their dog
Dogs don't neccessarily mean to do harm ,it can be blamed on some owners by avoiding hard work.
I asked the guy nicely to stop it. No luck. So I found a great little device on Amazon that hooks up to a garden hose and is motion activated. Wet dog, wet owner, no more problem. :-)
I would love to hear more about you problem - we are making a film about people who are angry about litter and people who leave let their dog foul and don't pick it up. Please give me a ring if you need to vent your gripe further - 01865297220.
A neighbour got two cats and after a while they decided that our lawn was the ideal place to relieve themselves and also hung around near our bird table in the rear garden. Chasing them did no good, so I cut up lengths of hosepipe to look like snakes and laid them on the borders and path. I also bought an ultrasonic?? scarer which I move around the garden regularly. Now the cats rarely come near our garden and the device is also triggered by dog walkers on the street, so dogs don't hang around either.
The cats started leaving their s**t in another garden nearby, so the man there shovels it up and takes it along the their owners garden and throws it in there.
Expect to see GL soon on Youtube labelled the "Phantom Poo Poster"
My sign sniper killing dogs not on leads seems to have halped a little but I still have them firmly in my sights just let them off the lead on the beach cos my triger finger is twitchin buddy
I hope you get the poop situation fixed. You ought to rub the owner's nose in it if you find out who it is. ;o))
I have seen incidents where there is dog dirt not even a 100 yards away from a bin that has been designed for such a purpose; kids regularly use path and nearby fields to play and walk to school. Not only is this act of letting a dog foul paths inconsiderate and disgusting, it is dam right dangerous as doggy dirt can cause health problems in children, including blindness.
So dog owners, please be considerate.
Hope it helps!
Don the Dumper