Neighbours complain about dog wee on YARD.

Sarahkeillor

Im taking on board the washing it with a watering can, and am also going to section off some of the yard at the bottom of our stairs to make it easier. But before we actually moved in they asked us to make sure we pick up the dogs mess. Which we do. We asked them in turn to keep the gate shut. Which they don't. We pick up every time she poops. And she doesn't pee there frequently. Only very very early and very very late. When its cool. I'm just wondering where I stand on this. They also have dogs over frequently and I've never seen them wash down there pee and there's a chance we pick up their poop too.

Sarahkeillor

It commercial property downstairs. The only thing they use the yard for is delivery as its the BACK yard. No customers or staff use it and our dog doesn't go out while the deliveries are taking place because she might run out of the gate. There are no potted plants and the landlord has given us permission to use it with the dog.

Sarahkeillor

The other person is a vulnerable adult and the dog is his service dog. Not sure if that would change anything which is why I didn't mention it.

AylesburyDuck

We have 3 dogs who wee on concrete daily, we own our own home and have never had 1 single complaint of smell.
We disinfect the area daily with
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00U68AYQG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Be a responsible pet owner and do the same, do you really want to upset your neighbours with stinky dog wee.

fibonarchie

This is why landlords aren't keen on people having fur-babies in their property. We had one tenant here who had a 'hearing dog', but it caused such a ruckus among the other tenants, that they eventually left and moved somewhere else.

elsien

Sarahkeillor wrote: »

The other person is a vulnerable adult and the dog is his service dog. Not sure if that would change anything which is why I didn't mention it.

Not really. Service dogs still need time off to just be dogs. And come with the same responsibilities.

TBagpuss

Sarahkeillor wrote: »

Im taking on board the washing it with a watering can, and am also going to section off some of the yard at the bottom of our stairs to make it easier. But before we actually moved in they asked us to make sure we pick up the dogs mess. Which we do. We asked them in turn to keep the gate shut. Which they don't. We pick up every time she poops. And she doesn't pee there frequently. Only very very early and very very late. When its cool. I'm just wondering where I stand on this. They also have dogs over frequently and I've never seen them wash down there pee and there's a chance we pick up their poop too.

Treat it as two separate issues, because they are. You have a responsibility to clean up promptly after your dog regardless of what others do.

You can remind them about keeping the gate closed, and even look into whether it would be helpful to put a notice on the gate as a reminder, but this is a separate issue.

With regard to the other dog, if you clean up your dog's mess as soon as it is made, I don't see how you can not know whether or not mess is being left by another dog?

However, if anyone complains to you, if you are able to say that you wash down pee and pick up crap as soon as either happens, but remind them that there is another dog which has access to the yard, they can take on board that not all the mess is yours.

If you notice the other dog leaving a mess you can let its owner know.

I believe that there is an exemption for Guide Dog owners in relation to fines for dog fouling (although most will pick up up after their dog where possible) but as far as I am aware, the fact that the other dog is a service dog would not mean that the owner ./ handler would not be responsible for cleaning up after it.

sheramber

What will fencing off an area achieve? The smell will not suddenly stop at the fence.

The smell will permeate through windows and doors and around the area outside the yard.

Who are 'they' who have dogs round? the people in the commercial businesses ?

w06

DOI tennant with two dogs

Pee on concrete smells awful very quickly, in the current weather with high temperatures and little rain doubly so.

Your neighbours are not being unreasonable.

Fencing off a section, whilst it may seem a solution, won't address the problem at all and actually you can't as it's a shared yard.

I've a garden but one of my old dogs used to out of habit pee on the slabs just in side the back gate, if i didn't wash it down regularly it smelt like a urinal from yards away.

At the very least rinse the area with a large watering can full of water and a drop of bio washing liquid every time your dog pees.

This is not your neighbours being unreasonable

PasturesNew

A shared yard is for the use/enjoyment of all residents.... not for people to have to look out for and step over wee/poo.

It shouldn't be doing it there....

Being shared doesn't mean you can do what you like.