Random Dog Keeps Pooping on The Nature Strip. What Should I Do?

LJetpck on 06/07/2023 - 16:54
Last edited 07/07/2023 - 10:03

For the last few months, every few days someone's dog keeps pooping on the council nature strip in front of our house.

There is no pattern to this, except that the poop always looks the same. I caught the owner and the dog on camera once but haven't been able to catch them in the act yet.

There are so many potential options available. Wondering what might be the best option here.

Edit: I have no problem with trying to confront the owner of the dog (if I catch them). However, I am trying to see what would be the most effective way to deal with this situation.
What would you do if this happened to you?

Poll Options

  • 1
    Citrus/Lemon peels near the grass
  • 5
    Spray a vinegar solution on the grass
  • 10
    Sprinkle chilli flakes or chilli powder on the grass
  • 191
    Try to find out who it is, and where they live, and 'deliver' the poop to their house
  • 23
    Try to catch them in the act, and confront them
  • 3
    Clean it up yourself (hose it down)
  • 16
    Do nothing, the rain will take care of it
Home & Garden

Comments

  • navyskies on 06/07/2023 - 16:57
    +28

    Wait for them to strike again, then feed the owner their dogs poop.

  • sss333 on 06/07/2023 - 16:59
    +3

    A previous related thread for ideas

    • Jetpck on 06/07/2023 - 17:00
      +1

      Thanks for the link. In fact, I got a few of the above ideas from that link.

      • darkmoss on 07/07/2023 - 12:07
        -1

        just eat it

  • brendanm on 06/07/2023 - 17:13
    +10

    Tesla coil

    • Protractor on 06/07/2023 - 17:23

      For the owner

    • skittlebrau on 07/07/2023 - 12:31
      +6

      Building.
      Construction complete.

      • stedmaster on 07/07/2023 - 12:57
        +5

        Unit ready

        It will be a silent spring

    • meong on 07/07/2023 - 15:22

      why does this remind me of Red Alert?

      • brendanm on 07/07/2023 - 16:00
        +3

        Probably because that was the intention 😉

      • skittlebrau on 08/07/2023 - 12:51

        Unit lost.

    • Mugsy on 08/07/2023 - 16:31

      Incredible!

  • Chiken on 06/07/2023 - 17:15
    +1

    Stomp it

    • Switchblade88 on 06/07/2023 - 19:59

      Waffle stomping requires a shower drain

  • Ghost47 on 06/07/2023 - 17:21
    +8

    Collect it all, figure out where they live and then start leaving it in their yard, mail box etc. until they stop.

    • Jetpck on 06/07/2023 - 21:26
      +3

      This seems to be the most popular option. But it does mean you need to figure out where they leave.

      • esosite on 07/07/2023 - 06:56
        +8

        Take one week leave, pick up a hobby such as crosswords/crocheting that you can sit for hours in your front yard area for the entire week monitoring. Once they strike, follow them home.
        Wait a further 1-2 weeks so they are oblivious, and then start slowly enacting revenge.

    • [Deactivated] on 07/07/2023 - 18:00

      Too subtle. Dress all in black at 3am, put gloves on, and push it right down into the windscreen vent of their car.

      • chriskq on 07/07/2023 - 22:49
        +2

        what is a windscreen vent??

  • AustriaBargain on 06/07/2023 - 17:21

    If you don't know their name or where they live, what will catching them in the act do? It's a crime to leave the poop but if there's no cops around and no one knows who he is then it's the perfect crime.

    • [Deactivated] on 07/07/2023 - 18:15

      Several years ago the local council ranger told me it's an offense not to pick up your dog s@#t on public land, so if I could describe the dog and tell him where it lived he would go and put the wind up the owner, warn them if keeps happening he will serve them with an order to produce the dog for a DNA comparison, obviously with a fine to follow. In further conversation he said if I could get video of it happening that would assist him with any court action that may arise.

      • Aysee on 07/07/2023 - 23:19
        +5

        CSI canine shit investigation

      • justgooddeals on 08/07/2023 - 16:26

        Sounds like shit dream.

  • Cheaplikethebird on 06/07/2023 - 17:30
    +12

    Print a screengrab of the person and put it on a pole or something with some text like STOP LETTING YOUR DOG SHIT IN MY YARD. Letting them know they're on camera with a sprinkling of public shaming on top should get them to stop pretty quickly.

    • Protractor on 06/07/2023 - 18:00
      +1

      In my yard? Isn't it council nature strip?

      Where is the photo coming from?

      • Cheaplikethebird on 06/07/2023 - 18:03
        +5

        Doubt the person who sees a picture of themselves on a pole is going to worry about the distinction between yard and nature strip. Also OP mentions they've caught the dog and owner on camera.

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 06/07/2023 - 19:10
      +6

      Print a screengrab of the person and put it on a pole or something with some text like STOP LETTING YOUR DOG SHIT IN MY YARD CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR DOG. Letting them know they're on camera with a sprinkling of public shaming on top should get them to stop pretty quickly.

    • cookie2 on 06/07/2023 - 22:17

      I love this idea. Shame works.

    • esosite on 07/07/2023 - 06:58
      +3

      Or better yet stick it on every pole within 2km radius.

      • capslock janitor on 07/07/2023 - 12:29
        +2

        "beware of irresponsible dog owner that shits on the nature strip"
        paste photo

        • Forfiet on 10/07/2023 - 05:33

          "beware of irresponsible dog owner that shits on the nature strip"
          I like the ambiguity on whether its the dog or its owner themselves that's doing the dirty deed!

  • AustriaBargain on 06/07/2023 - 17:34
    +2

    Also, bikies.

  • 87percent on 06/07/2023 - 17:44
    +2

    What I did was get a camera, and point it towards the nature strip. When I caught the person, which turned out to be a lady down the street, I collected it in a bag and dropped it on her front door

    • Protractor on 06/07/2023 - 18:14
      +23

      You'd have thought she would at least have dragged a dog along, to blame it on.

    • Jetpck on 06/07/2023 - 21:30
      +1

      This is what I want to do. I have caught the person on camera. Now just need to figure out where they leave. They are not from any of the nearby houses. I live on a main road and there are quite a lot of streets nearby so there are too many houses to check.

      • PeterSnoot on 07/07/2023 - 10:37
        +3

        Quite a dilemna, but I think they leave it on the nature strip.

      • Hangryuman on 08/07/2023 - 12:12

        you could print out a pic of dog and owner and post several copies on the street posts and such around the site of the shite with text 'do you know this dog owner ? - they have been leaving dog poo on our property' - with spare copies as you would expect the offender to rip down any signs on first sight of them

        they should be shamed - but then again sociopaths tend to not feel shame.

  • barge-in hunter on 06/07/2023 - 17:45
    +17

    Poo on the dog’s nature strip

    • whatgift on 07/07/2023 - 15:35

      Or its bed!

  • bdl on 06/07/2023 - 17:57
    +1

    Tell her it's over and you've moved on.

    • SlartiBartFozz on 07/07/2023 - 13:17

      She clearly still has needs, she won't stop until she gets what she wants. 💩

  • Protractor on 06/07/2023 - 17:57
    +2

    Is this why randoms (humans) crap on verges / driveways their morning jogs? Payback?

  • deme on 06/07/2023 - 18:07
    -1

    Have you checked it tastes the same?

    • Jetpck on 06/07/2023 - 21:32
      +6

      I have tried to ignore it for the last few months but it is getting annoying. Especially when you accidentally step on it after getting out from your car at night, or putting the bins out, etc.

    • Protractor on 06/07/2023 - 22:38
      -4

      I'm with you.
      Normality deals with it, it doesn't create a web circus.
      "Look at me" is the new religion. Maybe Ozb has seamlessly branched out into 'place of worship' for the unseen

      • Cheaplikethebird on 07/07/2023 - 09:39
        +8

        IMO replying to all the comments in a thread because you can't help but give your 2c is equally "look at me" behaviour.

        • Protractor on 07/07/2023 - 09:49
          +1

          I've told you a thousand times today, not to exaggerate.

        • SlartiBartFozz on 07/07/2023 - 13:20

          But i get paid to comment.

  • jace88 on 06/07/2023 - 18:46
    +2

    Suggest op avoid stepping in it.

    • Motek Benzona on 06/07/2023 - 21:35
      -2

      How dare you suggest personal responsibility for your own leg placement! Its 2023..you cant say that its someone else's job to look for dog poo these days and warn you

  • poboy on 06/07/2023 - 18:57
    +4

    Laxatives are pivotal my friend. Perch high atop the tree on your nature strip, awaiting the disgraceful doggie.

    Once within range, pull your pant to the side and summon your home brand soft serve, aiming it directly onto the pooch.

    Proceed to laugh manically and yell, "Now that's a dog act".

  • Davo1111 on 06/07/2023 - 18:57
    -1

    if you see them just say "next time i catch your dog shitting on my lawn, im going to personally deliver it to your house".

    They dont know you dont know where they live.

  • Hardlyworkin on 06/07/2023 - 19:05
    +1

    A sign in your nature strip advising that a picture of the owner will be distributed on local Facebook groups if the behaviour continues.

    • cookie2 on 06/07/2023 - 22:19
      +1

      Great idea. Or will it encourage (profanity) more so?

    • SlartiBartFozz on 07/07/2023 - 13:24

      Why not just do it. The woman clearly has made it her mission to make the OPs life unpleasant, so she deserves no mercy IMHO.
      I think Nextdoor will be much more effective than Facebook at shaming her.

  • elgrande on 06/07/2023 - 19:30

    except that the poop always looks the same

    Yes, but does is taste the same?

  • Switchblade88 on 06/07/2023 - 20:01
    +2

    If the nature strip is your territory, you need to mark it as such

    • Protractor on 06/07/2023 - 21:57

      There's that word again>>>IF<<<<

      Simple adult solution all along.
      (1) OP mans up. (2) Busts the shitter. (3) Confronts them. (4) sorted

      Rather than outsourcing life decisions to the web.

      • Jetpck on 07/07/2023 - 09:00

        I have no issue with manning up and confronting them. In fact, that was what I wanted to do when I first encountered the issue. But I just haven't been able to catch them in the act.

        And I thought I will check with the community to see what the best / most effective option might be. Also thought would be a good topic to discuss if someone else is having a similar issue.

        • srhardy on 07/07/2023 - 09:57
          +1

          Put a surveillance camera on the front offending area and better yet, a couple of camera signs!

          • Jetpck on 07/07/2023 - 10:10
            +1

            @srhardy: I have caught them on my camera. I think the owner knows about the camera because he was directly looking at it while his dog was doing the deeds. Then they both just walked off.

  • Kranbone on 06/07/2023 - 22:35
    +3

    Hate irresponsible owners. I'd return the poop back to the owners property. Probably would escalate things, but if you don't do anything, it'll just keep happening.

  • xdigger on 07/07/2023 - 00:54
    +2

    Display dominance and poop on The Nature Strip yourself, the dog will smell it and find a less threatening territory to mark.

  • Sammy2000 on 07/07/2023 - 01:41

    Catch them letting their dog poop, scoop poop in shovel, call out to dog owner, "Hey you dropped this!", Fling poop at owner.

  • MrThing on 07/07/2023 - 06:41
    +3

    poo on the nature strip with them

  • Archi on 07/07/2023 - 08:36

    similar to this i hate when dog owners let their dogs pee on walls and fences and hard build up areas along foot paths and entrances to buildings. especially when they are their way to a dog park.

    • SpainKing on 07/07/2023 - 13:17

      Yeah! Don't they know that's my spot to piss on drunken stumblings home?

  • Sinnerator on 07/07/2023 - 08:49
    +1

    once poop delivered to owners house, smear all over their front door and handles etc

    • payless69 on 07/07/2023 - 08:55

      Eat 2kg of califowr, pee in bucket and throw at offender door. ( I had a friend that had this happen to her because she complained of noisy folks living upstairs.
      Her timber front door had to be replaced!

      • SpainKing on 07/07/2023 - 13:18
        +1

        What does the cauliflower do?

        • payless69 on 07/07/2023 - 14:33

          makes your pee stink!

  • payless69 on 07/07/2023 - 08:52

    Catapult to owners backdoor ?

  • May4th on 07/07/2023 - 09:20
    +1

    make sure you do a larger one earlier every morning to mark your territory

  • Peon on 07/07/2023 - 09:48

    Best idea I've heard is to pour some bacon grease over it. The dog will then take care of it. Not sure if it works in practice or not.

    • Protractor on 07/07/2023 - 09:52

      The dog is not the issue. Why inflict cruelty on something dragged around by a lazy human with a low responsibility threshold?

      • Peon on 07/07/2023 - 11:15

        Yes very good point. Not such a good idea after all.

        • [Deactivated] on 07/07/2023 - 17:51

          Sounds like a brilliant idea. It won't bother the dog… they're disgusting animals anyway, licking their own anus, eating their own vomit - but it WILL disgust the owner making them avoid that spot/road.

      • capslock janitor on 07/07/2023 - 12:25
        +3

        dogs can eat own poop anyway, no harm ..

        • SpainKing on 07/07/2023 - 13:19

          I hear your own poop's sterile so if you didn't let it get all gross by dropping it on the floor you could hypothetically safely eat it too

    • capslock janitor on 07/07/2023 - 12:25

      thats humourous

  • srhardy on 07/07/2023 - 09:55

    Little dogs, little poops but BIG dogs, leave monster SHITS & I can see where this can be a problem as those BIG turns defy all efforts like hosing with vengeance! I asked my neighbour's to just shovel it into the garden but of course they just denied it was their dog and got the snoots. I tried explaining, I get it - dogs got to shit but for the love of all thats holy, please move it from the front grass to the garden where it can do some good!

  • shaybisc on 07/07/2023 - 10:23

    Pet Dog Waste Easy Pickup Pooper Scooper Walking Poo Poop Scoop Grabber Picker

    ebay

  • Reverse Snorkel on 07/07/2023 - 10:24

    Do what I did, buy some fake dome cameras for a few bucks, put them under the gutters and then plant a sign on the grass stating you are being watched with a picture of a dog pooping with a line through it. If people think they are being filmed, they will be less likely to offend.

  • TimmyTims on 07/07/2023 - 10:56
    +2

    I'll take a different approach here and ask, is it just your front lawn? Do you think you are being targeted? Or do you see little landmines on everyone's nature strip when you look down the road?

    I always pick up my dogs poop except if they do it in front of one particular house. The guy who lives there drives an absolute Bombadore which has a modded exhaust and is loud AF. He floors it between speed bumps down the road and often revs when passing me and the dogs. The dogs always get a fright

    So, if my dogs do their business in front of his house, I won't try pick it out of the overgrown grass. I bet it's a great surprise on the few days a year he actually mows.

  • Lurk Hartog on 07/07/2023 - 11:15
    +2

    Pop a squat, make eye contact with the dogs owner and poop on the nature strip first to assert dominance.

  • ass3ts on 07/07/2023 - 11:19

    In addition to the cameras, try adding floodlights with motion sensors as well, make sure they're bright enough to be clearly visible during the day, and even better if they make a clicking noise when they activate LOL. This combination worked for me.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 07/07/2023 - 12:08

    Buy a sprinkler with a wifi tap timer. Point at Ground Zero. Activate it when you spot them. The owner will soon find a new route to walk their pupper or doggo.

  • capslock janitor on 07/07/2023 - 12:24

    get a dog, go for walkies with it and find out who, then return the deeds

  • joelmuzz on 07/07/2023 - 12:33

    $50 trailcam and post the owner to local Facebook shame group.
    If it's a solo dog then law of the jungle, wait to fight it or let it be.

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