Dog's Defecating On Front Lawns

I think Ashore is right - target the owners, not the dogs.
ApricotTripper has the best idea with the movement activated floodlight if the dog is with it's owner. How about a little "PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE CAR..." type recording that plays when the light comes on... something like "PLEASE STOP CRAPPING ON MY FRONT LAWN...". Hmmm, that would be good when the Mother in Law calls after dark too...

My first part time job as a kid was working in the Greek FruitnVeg shop across the road. There was a German Shepard that used to p1ss on the front door every day when it went past. He then waited with a bit of kerosine in a bucket and threw it at the dog when it went to p1ss on the door the next day. It took off up the street trying to wipe the smell off. All the owner had to was splash a few drops of kero at the door every now and then, the dog gave the shop a wide berth. Seems dogs hate the smell of kero. Can't condone this treatment now of course :rolleyes: but it did the trick. (perhaps best not to do it if the owner is attached to the dog with a lead... hmmm, then again....)

Thanks guys

Some good replies.

Really loke the idea of the water sprinkler but as those are currently banned in our area its out.

The light also sounds great as I am a electrician that will not be hard to set up. :)

The water bottles definitely do not work.:(

Tried the citronella out again last night and only had a small deposit left big improvement. Biggest problem there is the citronella os oil based and will if too much is used kill the grass.

Have also armed myself with your method midge but catching them is a problem. I have never seen the provider just the deposit. Nerang disposals sell a pretty good unit and also sell the bands:p

Thanks for all the answers and the humour if I find somthing that works I will post;)

We had a problem with wandering dogs at our place some time ago.
rang up the council and the braught out a dog trap and left it with me for a week or so.
made sure I told the neibours.
Didn't catch a damn thing:( but didnt have any more problems either.

Had a stupid mut from down the road kept comming into the front yard a while ago. Called the dopey thing over & zippie tied a big piece of cardboard to its colar with a message for the owner. Caught your dog... next time the pound!

Electric fence?

ammonia?

borrow a verrry large angry dog and tie it up in your front yard?


just call the pound.

cheers

G'day Soundman

Some more great ideas. If I can catch the dog the note trick is great. Recon the dogs are coming just before or in the wee hours after 0 dark hundred.

Used a maxi crop product called Skedaddle but it also appears to be of no use. Its a matter of breaking the dogs habit. Definitley like the activated sprinkler idea Australian version available from the Gold Coast. Pity about the water restrictions.

Cheers Sam

Perhaps some food would do the trick, I dont like eating on the dunny so perhaps the dog wont either. It stopped a cat crapping on my door mat (every night), I just feed it once a week with the cheapest nastiest home brand cat food and it stopped. If it starts again..... well, it is used to food now therefore likely to be easy to trap.

Cheers
Ben

There are certain " persons" who deliberately let their dogs out morning & evening so they crap on other peoples lawns & footpaths... bastards.

Go to the toy shop & buy one of those killer water pistols and load it with something smelly & perhaps some food dye & ambush the mut.

One old solution was a long bit of rag with a big knot in the end... the end bit soaked in kerro.... grab said dog my the tail & whak it up the date with the knoty kero end....the rspca wont like it but the dog wont be back.:D no probably wouldn't do that:rolleyes:

feed it catch it & call the pound.
A dog belongs in its own yard.

cheers

What about Cats? I hate friggin cats! Most cat owners seem to think they can let their cats roam free day and night. They dig and p*&^ and s#$@ in my garden all the time. I hate friggin cats!

TARLOX -

Ah, finally the voice of reason enters the discussion. A nice segway.

Cats, huh? Where do I start?

GW

Now in many places in QLD cats & dogs have the same rights & responsibilities.

If caught out of their yard they can be taken to the pound.

:D

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Originally Posted by TARLOX

What about Cats? I hate friggin cats! Most cat owners seem to think they can let their cats roam free day and night. They dig and p*&^ and s#$@ in my garden all the time. I hate friggin cats!

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yeh, I'm not too thrilled with them either. But still, I'm not keen on having to teach them how to snorkel in the wheelly bin. :o I tell ya, my karma's shot.

ooops, I spose I just put myself on a few animal lovers ignore lists :D :D
:eek: no, no, no....there all strays !...only do it to the big ugly toms that terrorise the wild life and the ladies (before they get fixed ! :mad:) )and scratch you to pieces when you grab them.

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Originally Posted by TARLOX

What about Cats? I hate friggin cats! Most cat owners seem to think they can let their cats roam free day and night. They dig and p*&^ and s#$@ in my garden all the time. I hate friggin cats!

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Rabbit traps work well if spiced with cat food...................Hmmm yum.
Just have a nice sharp knife handy to set them free...


Al :p

SKK sorry I forgot Johny took em all away

G'day All.
Just got back from my Mum's place.
She was having the same sort of problem with dogs crapping on the lawn.
She sprinkles Cloudy Ammonia all over the grass. It doesn't hurt the grass and the dogs can't get away fast enough.
Humans can't smell it.
If it rains, She does it again when the grass has dried.
It is available from most supermarkets.

As a kid with a morning paper-round, I only had to carry a water-pistol for about a week. I can heartily attest that they don't like cloudy ammonia; most mutts learned after only a couple of close encounters. :D

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Originally Posted by glock40sw

G'day All.
Just got back from my Mum's place.
She was having the same sort of problem with dogs crapping on the lawn.
She sprinkles Cloudy Ammonia all over the grass. It doesn't hurt the grass and the dogs can't get away fast enough.
Humans can't smell it.
If it rains, She does it again when the grass has dried.
It is available from most supermarkets.

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Cloudy Ammonia. No kidding. Thats sounds like the best idea, if it doesn't hurt the grass and we can't smell it. I'll remember that. Ta :)