Cleaning up Dog Urine

Blueeyes1965

Hoping this is the right section?

Does anyone have a good recommendation for what I can clean dogs urine up with? Hosing away isn’t going to work as the area is a shared flagstone yard and many sections is now green with urine.

PS ; Not my dogs, another user of the shared yard who doesn’t clean up. I just want it cleaned up so the area isn’t so slimy and in the hotter weather it stinks. 

Nobbie1967

I use this stuff to clean my paving as it kills any living algae or mould. It’s basically strong bleach, so you need to be careful with it and wash it down afterwards.

https://www.chelfordfarmsupplies.co.uk/deosan-red-label-hypochlorite-20l

MikeJXE

Yes bleach and that might repel the dog too

MalMonroe

If it's a shared area, then I'd complain to the dog owner. Why are they letting their dog do this? And isn't anyone else complaining?  I'd be hosing the owner as well as the urine because that is just lazy pet-owning, not to mention anti-social neighbour behaviour. The owner should really be taking the dog out regularly. 

If the area where you live is private, then you can call on either your landlord if it's rented or the council if it's not to stop the owner allowing his dog to use a shared area as a toilet.

If it's social housing you can also call on the council. 

My biggest question would not be how can I clean up after someone else's pet? It would be - how do we get the owner to take responsibility for their pet?

Why not ask the other people who share the area to also make complaints? Surely no-one is happy with the situation as it is. It does need reporting - it's unhygienic as well as being anti-social.

Blueeyes1965

MalMonroe said:

If it's a shared area, then I'd complain to the dog owner. Why are they letting their dog do this? And isn't anyone else complaining?  I'd be hosing the owner as well as the urine because that is just lazy pet-owning, not to mention anti-social neighbour behaviour. The owner should really be taking the dog out regularly. 

If the area where you live is private, then you can call on either your landlord if it's rented or the council if it's not to stop the owner allowing his dog to use a shared area as a toilet.

If it's social housing you can also call on the council. 

My biggest question would not be how can I clean up after someone else's pet? It would be - how do we get the owner to take responsibility for their pet?

Why not ask the other people who share the area to also make complaints? Surely no-one is happy with the situation as it is. It does need reporting - it's unhygienic as well as being anti-social.

Agreed, thank you as I was worried it was just me with an issue with the behaviour. I have tried many times but to no avail. I have spoken to the Landlord also and again brick wall. I own my house, I tend not to use the back much but have to for bins and it’s quite frankly disgusting.

I thought we’ll all i can do now is clean it myself.

Other neighbours aren’t bothered, in fact im the bad one for bringing it up!!

If anyone knows of anything else I can do or try to stop the behaviour, I’d be most grateful.

twopenny

Can you borrow a pressure washer? If you have a hose. It's the quickest and most efficient and you can do your bins too.
To deter it in your area fill a spray bottle with water and some essential oils -  one of the scents dogs and cats don't like. There's a long list with a search.
Or sprinkle the oil direct on the paving. It's less likely to be washed off with rain.
Do your side only. If the poor dog has an alternative it will go elsewhere. If it has no choice ...... I'm pretty sure it won't like a stinky place either given a choice.
I used cedar and sandalwood in my porch to repel neighbours cats and it worked.

sheramber

You can use biological washing powder - either sprinkle it over the moss , preferably when rain will wash it in, or use a solution of water and biological washing powder.

You could check if environmental health will intervene.

We hd an neighbour whose dog was only ever allowed out in the garden to toilet but they never cleaned it up. The smell became disgusting. Eventually, we reported it to environmental health and they instructed that the garden be cleaned up. There were 20 black bags of rubbish, grass and weeds.

The situation did not arise again.

I would say I had three dogs which were walked daily and my garden was cleaned regularly- including an occasional rinse with Jeyes fluid, (which I love the small of.)

twopenny

I love the smell of Jeyes too. It seems to deter ants.

But it can be detrimental to animal paws which wouldn't be fair.

If there are spaces between the pavers you could dilute and pour a little between the pavers so it won't affect their paws but will deter (maybe) for a while.

sheramber

Once it is completely dry it is okay for pets to walk on. 

The OP could always advise neighbour he was cleaning the area and he should keep his dog off until it is dry. He might take the hint, ha , ha.

Blueeyes1965

twopenny said:

I love the smell of Jeyes too. It seems to deter ants.

But it can be detrimental to animal paws which wouldn't be fair.

If there are spaces between the pavers you could dilute and pour a little between the pavers so it won't affect their paws but will deter (maybe) for a while.

Someone else has mentioned this too and the smell may deter the dog? It’s paved and water seems to sit more on it rather than flow if that makes sense. It’s a very old type of stone.

Its awful lately and yard is slimy, slidey green, perhaps I should also invoice the landlord! 

Katiehound

for slimey green   you can use washing soda- sprinkle on and leave, or put in hot water and pour into area. Not sure how good it would be on dog paws 'though
Put warning sign: this area is being treated- toxic to pets!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay3Q9KEK8c0