Dog fouling our garden, all help needed - warning, rant ahead!

fleagle21

hippyadam wrote: »

Mind you the post is a bit overdue.... As is the milk now i come to think of it...

Haha! Love it :rotfl:

marleyboy

fleagle21 wrote: »

That's a bit harsh - it's down to the owner to stop his dogs going across, so why should they potentially get poisoned and suffer due to his irresponsible actions?

I can't stand kids, hate it when they come into my garden to get their ball back (often without asking, grr!) but there's no way on earth I'd consider poisoning them!!!

lol, I know what you mean re- the kids, it be far too slow working for a method, Sawn Off, both Barrel's and point blank, no chance of any balls or kids "straying" into your garden after that (bloody kids).:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

joel10873

i like the prickly bush idea

although the "slinging it back" option may be good in principle guaranteed you will probably end up in more trouble than him for this! (always the way the victims suffer more)

Also like the suggestion of telling him there is rat poison down (without actually putting any down) at least it may deter him from letting them out for a bit,

TurkishDelight

fleagle21 wrote: »

That's a bit harsh - it's down to the owner to stop his dogs going across, so why should they potentially get poisoned and suffer due to his irresponsible actions?

I can't stand kids, hate it when they come into my garden to get their ball back (often without asking, grr!) but there's no way on earth I'd consider poisoning them!!!

Oh believe me he'd advise the same for kids too.

He means none of it, we've got a dog ourselves, and a cat. Just a grumpy git.

snagglepuss16

just want to say really interesting reading the post and looking for some advice myself.
we have a similar problem at the moment. the small jack russell over the fence from us is pooing all over our garden, it is littered. its actually getting into our from a gap in between our neighbours fence then into ours.I cant believe the owners havent seen it jump in once.
now obviously i know repair the gap, but also the problem is a cat also hangs about, my oh had cats all his life and says its an old one and also they dont poo on grass, but from reading posts its obvious they do, but just want to know if the cat could also be responsible, or wont it go if a dog had marked its territory?
really annoyed as i cant let my son out in the garden as its covered and we have the lovely job of cleaning it up. think i will invest in a detterent too.
sorry for long rant!!!

fleagle21

It really peeves me that some dog owners are so irresponsible! I've got two dogs myself, and get so angry that a minority of dog owners give the rest of us a bad reputation.

One of my dogs went through the gate into the next door neighbours back garden after the window cleaners had left it open, and I was straight round with a poo bag, scanning their garden, absolutely mortified that he might have done something!

No doubt you've all seen on the news today the proposed new rules for dog owners, with the possibility of having compulsory insurance in place incase your dog bites someone - well cheers to the irresponsible idiots who will have caused this if it goes ahead, I'll be paying for something I will NEVER have cause to claim on, because my dogs know that teeth don't touch skin - if you put your hand in their mouths, they open them wider!

Anyhoo, rant over

pimento

Abcynthia wrote: »

We have a cat who does it straight on the lawn...and at the moment this is causing us a lot of embarrasment if he goes next door!

I stand corrected.

Chillers

pmcx9 wrote: »

seems obvious to me. you construct a fence and prickly hedging that holds the dogs back. it obviously bothers you a great deal so spend some money on this instead of a packet of fags a day.

I'm sorry, I don't understand where the "fags" comment came from? Or why it was necessary?

Money_maker

Bit O/T but when our cat got older, he gave up burying it and just did it straight on OUR lawn.

Littlegreelady

Update on the situation - LOL I have gone to war!

As well as the police, Environmental Health at the council have finally decided (after I blanket emailed the entire council) to get involved so they are sending a letter and will follow it up with a visit - although they have warned unless the dogs stray on public land they can do no more.

My councillor says there is nothing he can do but has recommended some mediation agencies and suggested we try and get the owner to sit down with us and discuss suitable compensation. He has advised a legal complaint would be costly.

I had a long chat with our neighbour last night who is also suffering (his and our gardens both back onto the offender's house). He thinks that the owner goes away a lot and so leaves the dogs alone to fend for themselves. A call to the RSPCA is now being planned.

As for now, we have tried to repair the fence as best as possible and we are getting someone round at the weekend to put some chickenwire across and then I will be spreading the bleach around.