Owner Not Picking up Their Dog's Poo and Leaving on My Nature Strip

lngnnk on 14/06/2021 - 09:14
Last edited 14/06/2021 - 10:00 by 1 other user

I was taking out my bin today and saw dog poo left on my front nature strip.

Last week the same thing happened and I thought this was a once off and it picked it up myself however I don't want to continue to have to do this and it seems the dog walker thinks they can get away with it. I mow the front nature strip consistently so there is no reason to think my lawn is a dumping ground for dog walkers. My fence I around 1.7-1.8M tall so the camera at the front door won't detect who the culprit is.

Any advice?

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Comments

  • SBOB on 14/06/2021 - 09:15
    +27

    Shorter fence ?

    • Gervais fanboy on 14/06/2021 - 09:19
      +3

      šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

    • pegaxs on 14/06/2021 - 12:12
      +4

      Move the camera?

    • SF3 on 14/06/2021 - 23:28
      +1

      OP could get one of these, apparently the are dogā€™s natural predators.

      Coyotes and birds or prey are excellent hunters and are easily able to take down dogs weighing less than 25 pounds.

    • WaterMark on 16/06/2021 - 14:01
      +2

      Move the house?

      • Munki on 17/06/2021 - 13:29
        +1

        No no, put the nature strip back BEHIND the fence.

  • Cheapo Moose on 14/06/2021 - 09:21
    -7

    Nature strip is public land, not yours.

    • lngnnk on 14/06/2021 - 09:24
      +9

      So the councils right? If I catch the culprit then will they get a fine?

      • Cheapo Moose on 14/06/2021 - 09:34
        +6

        If they catch them in the act maybe. Depends on your council's laws I guess.

        • lngnnk on 14/06/2021 - 20:01
          +44

          You could say its just a dog act

          • Munki on 17/06/2021 - 13:30

            @lngnnk: But life's a bitch and you just have to deal with it some times.

          • ankor on 17/06/2021 - 14:28

            @lngnnk: Every passionate dog owner felt a disturbance in the force just now. Dogs are so loyal and friendly! :P

    • Cheapo Moose on 14/06/2021 - 09:37
      +3

      Not sure why the neg. I guess someone must have purchased a nature strip from council.

      • yippy on 14/06/2021 - 09:56
        +3

        Probably because most people consider it theirs seeing as they mow it. I gave you a +1 to even it out.

      • MrBear on 15/06/2021 - 11:04
        +6

        Because it is actually the home owners responsibility to maintain the nature strip.

        • Cheapo Moose on 15/06/2021 - 12:05
          -2

          Yes but it still doesn't give you ownership.

          • MrBear on 15/06/2021 - 15:48
            +3

            @Cheapo Moose: So what is your actual point about ownership then? I can't see one.

            • Cheapo Moose on 15/06/2021 - 15:53
              +1

              @MrBear: Not much of a point really. OP just referred to it as their lawn. šŸ˜€

              I'd be dirty too if some dog kept taking dumps on the nature strip, especially when you hit a fresh canine mine with the mower without warning.

        • Frozensage on 16/06/2021 - 23:33

          but anyone can park their car on it or the utility company can decide to come dig it up for pipe work.

  • rektrading on 14/06/2021 - 09:25
    +2

    The verge is Crown land. Get the council to clean it up.

    • darkmoss on 16/06/2021 - 09:20
      +5

      It's Council owned land, not Crown Land.

      • Bren20 on 16/06/2021 - 09:21

        depending on the road, it could be state land

      • rektrading on 16/06/2021 - 09:43

        Your state legislation may be different.

        Control of this strip of land is with the local council which, under the Local Government Act 1995, provides the council is to care for, control and manage public land. Put another way, this land is ā€œcrown landā€ under the control of your local government.
        https://pritchardlawgroup.com.au/naturestrip/

    • Bren20 on 16/06/2021 - 09:20
      +2

      I'm sure council will pick it up right after they're finished mowing and weeding

      • [Deactivated] on 16/06/2021 - 17:27
        -1

        I've never seen council mowing the nature strip in front of someone's house.

        • Bren20 on 16/06/2021 - 19:29
          +2

          And I've never seen council coming out to pick up dog poo

  • chrisd262 on 14/06/2021 - 09:29
    +15

    A fake camera on fence pointing at lawn?

    • spal on 14/06/2021 - 09:36
      +16

      Make it two. They will know that you mean business.

      • [Deactivated] on 14/06/2021 - 09:40
        +5

        A camera on each fence post is required for non-dog-poop-scooping owners!

        • squidz on 14/06/2021 - 11:50
          +1

          put a sign to say i have eyes on ur dog poo-ing

          • SlickMick on 15/06/2021 - 07:52
            +5

            @squidz: I've considered getting a camera, and printing off evidence and posting it on nearby lightpole.

            If I recognise the culprit and know where they live, they'll be getting thier lost items returned to thier door step.

            (I once had a bucket of oily dirt left on my door step when I had a leaky car that was polluting our body corp car park. I thought it was very effective.)

            • Cliche Guevara on 15/06/2021 - 13:01
              +8

              @SlickMick: Username checks out…

            • squidz on 15/06/2021 - 19:21

              @SlickMick: oo.. there are fb groups that name n shames all sort of bad behaviors….
              u'll b surprise these people know where every1 lives….

      • ak47wong on 18/06/2021 - 10:31

        One of these should really scare them off.

    • blorx on 17/06/2021 - 12:38

      And some fake cameras pointing at the fake cameras, for extra security.

  • SF3 on 14/06/2021 - 10:12
    +138

    The dog can recycle the šŸ’©. šŸ˜†

    Found this google comment about dog poop.

    Save your bacon grease, then pour warm bacon grease on the poop by using a zip lock sandwich bag (like icing a cupcake). I did this after repeatedly (and politely) asking my neighbor to stop his dog from pooping on my yard. Neighbor repeatedly stated "wasn't my dog" so I "treated" the dog poop. The dog gleefully recycled the new bacon treats and magically poop disappeared from my lawn!

    • kaleidoscope on 16/06/2021 - 12:12
      +5

      lol this is brilliant. I bet the doggy spread the bacon goodness to owner as well.

    • FittyFitty on 17/06/2021 - 01:44
      +2

      What if another mutt happened to stroll by, craving some bacon grease?

    • RocketSwitch on 17/06/2021 - 21:24
      -2

      OMG, THIS IS AMAZING, THANK YOU!!!

    • sAmiZZle on 20/06/2021 - 13:15

      Dude, this is ridiculous and sadistic! Why would you take vengeance on the dog when it knows not what it does? Be a man and take it up with the owner.

    • vinataba on 03/11/2023 - 16:07

      Brilliant idea, I am gonna try this

  • iamherenow on 14/06/2021 - 10:19
    +49

    Not sure. But the owners are inconsiderate pricks. Once didn't see it and mower splattered it on my shoes and pants. Another time passenger stepped in it putting foot out of car.

    Clean up your dog poop inconsiderate pricks.

  • twww on 14/06/2021 - 10:30
    +11

    Pick it up, dump it on their lawn.

    Perhaps they'll get the message.

    • Gervais fanboy on 14/06/2021 - 10:36
      +14

      Well the point is that they donā€™t know who the culprits is, in the first placeā€¦

      • Kangal on 16/06/2021 - 08:50
        +7

        Then he should put a Covid Sign-in sheet for all his visitors!

  • Master Bates on 14/06/2021 - 10:41
    +41

    Eye for an eye mate, follow them home and poop on their nature strip.

  • Fergy1987 on 14/06/2021 - 11:40
    +11

    If its the same woman who does it at my house, shes pregnant with a giant dog that basically sh1ts the size of a small child.

    • pegaxs on 14/06/2021 - 12:21
      +22

      Similar here. Although not pregnant, there is a ā€œinsta-thotā€ that walks her small Shetland pony sized dog past and has at times let it shit on my nature strip (and other houses close by) and not picked up after it.

      Problem is, I know where she lives (about 10 houses down), so I take the small hatchback sized dog turds back to her house and either mailbox her a note with them and/or just toss them back onto her yard/walkway/driveway/doorstep.

      She still lets her dog shit anywhere.

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 14/06/2021 - 16:30
        +4

        Throw it at the window. Only doing a favour and returning her property she forgot.

      • Timtamdoritos on 16/06/2021 - 00:13
        +5

        Throw it on her roof. It creates stinking magic when its drizzling.(read it somewhere).

    • Waltervp on 15/06/2021 - 08:23
      +4

      From the other comment; "Save your bacon grease, then pour warm bacon grease on the poop by using a zip lock sandwich bag (like icing a cupcake). I did this after repeatedly (and politely) asking my neighbor to stop his dog from pooping on my yard. Neighbor repeatedly stated "wasn't my dog" so I "treated" the dog poop. The dog gleefully recycled the new bacon treats and magically poop disappeared from my lawn!"

      • telljoolz on 17/06/2021 - 12:08

        Wow. This is an awesome idea.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 15/06/2021 - 09:43
      +6

      The woman or the dog?

  • orangetrain on 14/06/2021 - 12:23
    +4

    Subscribing to this for solutions. I know a couple that watches their goldie take big shits at a regular time twice a day.

    Will police or ranger take any action against the couple for clearly ignoring the poop? Can one sue them for costs ie replacing lawn or hiring cleaners?

    • WT on 15/06/2021 - 10:28

      take pictures and post it on their facebook

  • popsiee on 14/06/2021 - 12:32
    +3

    I saw a message some house owner wrote in chalk on the footpath something to dog owners shitting on his lawn in a polite way not lol :)

  • whatthecrappin on 14/06/2021 - 12:53
    +32

    Had the same, first time I picked it up, 2nd time I figured its going to be a regular occurence. Checked the survelliance and attempted to find the culprit by doorknocking the area with picture in hand, no dice. So I printed it out and put her pic on the tree on the nature strip as well as a sign to clean up after herself.

    Well I got the footage of some older lader literally running to tear it down. Next time i saw her, she was yelling about how I was spying on her. I just yelled back - clean up after yourself. Never happened again :)

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 14/06/2021 - 16:31
      +4

      Them: itā€™s crown land
      You: itā€™s crown land

      Haha

    • GourmetFoodie on 15/06/2021 - 06:47

      Brilliant work mate!

    • [Deactivated] on 15/06/2021 - 09:54

      Hilarious šŸ˜‚

  • Brucet on 14/06/2021 - 12:53
    +6

    spray some vinegar around that area, may help.

    • Stewardo on 14/06/2021 - 18:18
      +6

      Iā€™ve had success with dried chopped citrus peels. Dogs hate the smell and avoid the area.

    • timmy_tam on 16/06/2021 - 13:55
      +1

      i used vinegar, seems to kill grass too….
      i've since used it on the concrete sidewalk, but that runs off with winter rain

      • [Deactivated] on 16/06/2021 - 22:28

        Use used coffee grounds, it helps the soil too.

        This definitely works for cats. Untested for dogs

        • morse on 17/06/2021 - 13:04

          I tried putting used coffee ground on our lawn as a fertiliser, our lab thought it amazing and started eating it. We had to drag him away an monitor him in case he got sick from the coffee - so unfortunately I donā€™t think it would deter dogs.

  • Melb69 on 14/06/2021 - 12:56
    +2

    Best way is to keep an eye out for this owner and go out there and remind them to pick up after their dog. Not always possible. Mabe leave out a picket sign facing path inwards with please pick up after dog. Just be polite, but firm if you see the owner. Any owner walking past may not be the culprit. Maybe even leave some doggie bags on sign. Owner may have forgotten or run out on walk.

    • popsiee on 14/06/2021 - 13:09
      +3

      Normally the pro dog pooer's on lawns walk em at night .
      Night vision googles required lol :)

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 14/06/2021 - 16:32
    +1

    Motion activated floodlights?

    • GaryG on 14/06/2021 - 19:42
      +3

      That's goimg to be triggered by everyone going past not just the culprits!

  • dammit on 15/06/2021 - 07:17
    -2

    https://youtu.be/haJltM7pSqo This explains everything to you. Youā€™re welcome.

    • PopCounty on 16/06/2021 - 01:21

      The hell with this guy. Trans up is important for his molly. And not the community?
      Okay get her little away and clean after?
      I am sure his tone will change if some dog owners allow trans up at his property.

  • Reverse Snorkel on 15/06/2021 - 07:59

    I installed IP cameras.. That's a good deterrent.

  • MontyMacaw on 15/06/2021 - 08:05

    Pass on your stress to the council. Their land, their job. If itā€™s not cleaned up call them again - and again, and again, and again - you can see where Iā€™m going with this.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 15/06/2021 - 09:44
      +4

      Snap, Send, Solve. The App works for most things.

  • Waltervp on 15/06/2021 - 08:35
    +3

    A local guy with a big dog on a leash always let's it drop these humungous shits 1cm off the walking track. He scalds me about my little old dog always well behaved off the lead. Ah well…. I picked up his shit once and passed him the bag as he just happened to walk back. He is a little more enthusiastic about reminding me to put a leash on my dog…. It's a dog eat dog world….

  • Peck on 15/06/2021 - 13:53
    +2

    Not nice, but don't let it get to you. Just pick it up and move on.
    The chances are that they will be sharing it around to other nature strips too, and so you might only cop it 'now and then'.

  • gromit on 15/06/2021 - 23:51
    +4

    MY Neighbour used to let their dog out once a day to go crap and piss wherever it pleased in the neighbourhood. decided our lawn and the wall near our front door was a good spot about half the time. The poop I moved each night to the cement in front of their door and I have a gel gun that has "encouraged" the dog to pee elsewhere.

    They now don't let it out, I believe one of the other neighbours reported them.

  • streetsmart on 15/06/2021 - 23:59
    +10

    Happened to us last year too, neighbor in the street lets her dog poo in our grass nature strip and so many times in our driveway path too. It was so ridiculous, there was a week that we kept on getting poo in our wheels every morning. We do not own any pets because we just do not have the time and patience to clean up and there we were, cleaning up after someone else's pet! Anyway, ours was during summer, we sprayed apple cider vinegar around the perimeter of the grass area - on the cemented walking path, partner also sprinkled chilli flakes on the grass. Since then we did not see any more of it. I am sure we would have spoken to the neighbor if it still kept on happening but we wanted to avoid any negativity or confrontation so we tried what we researched online first and luckily it worked.

    • Timtamdoritos on 16/06/2021 - 00:10

      Exactly this. Worked for me as well. If you have grass, vinegar can damage it so keep it in small caps or ketchup container you get with take away food. White vinegar works just fine. Ensure you spray it again after it rains as rain will wash away the earlier spray.

  • alexlim2000 on 16/06/2021 - 01:06
    +6

    follow dog walker home and shit on their lawn.

  • Intoxicoligist on 16/06/2021 - 08:43
    +1

    Happens to me quite a bit as my front door opens directly onto a main road. I initially put up a sign with a set of doggie bags I bought. The sign blew away/was taken away, and the bags got stolen :(

    I've currently got a meme sign on a telephone pole telling people to pick up their dogs presents. Seems to work so far. Next step is a ring doorbell and printed pictures of the culprits on the telephone pole (public area so recording is allowed).

  • t_c on 16/06/2021 - 08:46

    …

  • jimmyjack72 on 16/06/2021 - 08:49
    +1

    My neighbourhood is a dog poo minefield. Nature strip, local park, including where the kids play equipment is, and the local school oval, where dogs are prohibited anyway.
    I've tried council complaints about the parks and nature strip, but they need to catch them in the act.
    The school is another thing. People think that outside school time it is a public park.
    Forget about kids falling in crap when they play soccer, footy etc at playtime the next day.

  • Cusack on 16/06/2021 - 09:27
    +2

    Put a polite sign on the fence. I'm sure you can find a cheap one in ebay. That would be an easy first step and would probably sort out the majority dog walkers

  • Dack Smith on 16/06/2021 - 09:43
    -6

    Are you in Victoria?

    The state that keeps giving with new COVID-19 cases?

    If so, thereā€™s nothing you can do as itā€™s the way it is down there

    • RSmith on 16/06/2021 - 12:30

      The state that keeps giving with new COVID-19 cases?

      Just trying to share the love.

  • OneJay on 16/06/2021 - 10:48
    +2

    Public enemy Number 2.

  • kungfupanda on 16/06/2021 - 11:44

    Thanks OP for your post, it happened to my house too and I have put up for 7 years - I think I will try the bacon grease next time šŸ˜‡ thanks to @SF3 for the idea

  • Herbse on 16/06/2021 - 12:59

    Throw it back at them

  • MorriJ on 16/06/2021 - 14:28
    +2

    Just hope it's a dog doing it? Not a jogger?

  • dbun1 on 16/06/2021 - 14:41

    Sprinkle chilli powder on the grass.

    Watch and wait - when you see the dog take a dump, use a small shovel to fling it back at the owner.

  • Ozschmargain on 16/06/2021 - 15:13

    Put a passive aggressive sign on your lawn about it.

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