Re: Dog Fouling ?

Janet B <janet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> composed these thoughts and
posted them news:3c5vt1d82m58cm23e68ba89ajloknimfd2@xxxxxxx:

> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:03:14 -0600, diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxx>, clicked
> their heels and said:
>
>>
>>A fence? Even a low barrier fence would stop people from walking their
>>dog on your property.
>
> Most places I've lived are not fond of fencing in the front yard (or
> in the case of my front yard where it joins the street, there is a
> county easement). And it's also the only place for cars to park
> safely, during a party or such.
>
> There are chemical deterrents, but most wash away quickly with rain.
> Flags that indicate that you have nasty lawn chemicals on your lawn
> may work - without even having to use any actual chemicals! You can
> get them at home centers. I'm about to. Tired of the neighborhood
> dogs stopping on my lawn, even with their owners cleaning up. Lucy is
> pretty territorial and "yells" at them each time. You'd think the
> owners would get tired of that or realize it's not very neighborly. I
> never have figured out why they can't use their own yards.
>
>
>

I'm aware of that, and the OP definitely has a problem. I was house
sitting in Ft Lauderdale FL for a month, and was appalled at the dog
owners who did not pick up after their dogs. And because there was such a
build-up, it would take a full time job to clean it all up to a
maintenence level. Property owners have a right to be pissed. It was
really nasty walking. But I did notice that the homes that had low
barrier "borders" Not enough to obstruct viewing, but just high and wide
enough that it was not convenient to step over and "walk your dog" were
skipped over for places that had less "landscaping obstacles"

I think the chemical application flags are also a good idea, but they
would catch on to those rather quickly when they realized that they never
went away. I think a motion sensitive watering system might also be a
good deterrent.
.

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