Neighbours dog

LegacyUser

hey i know this is not the biggest problem in the world but i need some advice. basically my neighbours bought a dog at xmas and since then the dog has gotten quite big and is using our lawn as a toilet. everytime i want to mow the lawn i have to spend ten minutes pickin up dog crap!!! our back lawns are separated by a hedge but obviously the dog gets through it.

i was just wondering how do i go about telling my neighbour about their dog's mess or would i just be better off building a proper fence and ending the problem permanently?

has anyone else being in this situation and how did they solve it?

shellyboo

Unregistered wrote: »

hey i know this is not the biggest problem in the world but i need some advice. basically my neighbours bought a dog at xmas and since then the dog has gotten quite big and is using our lawn as a toilet. everytime i want to mow the lawn i have to spend ten minutes pickin up dog crap!!! our back lawns are separated by a hedge but obviously the dog gets through it.

i was just wondering how do i go about telling my neighbour about their dog's mess or would i just be better off building a proper fence and ending the problem permanently?

has anyone else being in this situation and how did they solve it?

It's against the law for a dog to be outside, unsupervised, and untethered in a residential area - or at least that's my understanding. The owners should be keeping the dog on a leash when he's outside so that he can't wander into your garden to do his business or anything else.

No way to stop it without talking to them, however - just mention to them that he's fouling your lawn and you don't think you should have to pick up after him!

coadyj

shellyboo wrote: »

It's against the law for a dog to be outside, unsupervised, and untethered in a residential area - or at least that's my understanding. The owners should be keeping the dog on a leash when he's outside so that he can't wander into your garden to do his business or anything else.

No way to stop it without talking to them, however - just mention to them that he's fouling your lawn and you don't think you should have to pick up after him!

I think the op is referring to his back garden, no law there

shellyboo

coadyj wrote: »

I think the op is referring to his back garden, no law there

There's no law in his back garden?

What if the unsupervised dog got in and savaged one of the OP's kids? Would the owners not be liable then?

It's the OP's property. He's every right to tell the dog's owners to keep the dog tied up if he's outside unsupervised.

Scoobydoobydoo

A hedge is not much good. I think you'll need to put up a fence of some kind.

Our neighbours have a dog also. There used to be just a hedge between our gardens but now he also have a wooden fence on our side of the hedge. No problems, except their dog barks a lot.

Really, it's their responsibilty to do this on their side, and can't be bothered until you complain. You could try. Their dog has no right to wander into your garden and it should be up to them to take steps to prevent this, what if you had small children out there?

coadyj

shellyboo wrote: »

There's no law in his back garden?

What if the unsupervised dog got in and savaged one of the OP's kids? Would the owners not be liable then?

It's the OP's property. He's every right to tell the dog's owners to keep the dog tied up if he's outside unsupervised.

Sorry, maybe i was misunderstood there, I believe that the two back gardens are adjoined by the hedge, there is no law stating that you can not release your dog freely in your own back garden, in the case you highlighted above it would be the ops fault because they owned the dog and didn't take proper precautions to not let it leave their garden

MikeC101

OP, there's a few ways to attempt this, but people meet with varying degrees of success depending on what route you want to take.

You could try sprinkling Cayenne pepper /black pepper along the hedge, spraying with vinegar apparently works too.

There is also a device that emits a very high pitched noise that can keep them away.

If you're feeling particularly vindictive you could run an electric wire along the fence - one zap and Fido shouldn't be back. Not sure of the legality on that one though.

But in fairness it should really be your neighbours problem to keep their dog inside their own garden - just tell them what's happening first, and if they don't do anything / care, then you can take further action.

star-pants

I personally would feel awful if my dog was getting into a neighbours garden and soiling their grass. I would just mention it to them, just when you see them next, say 'by the way, meant to say to ye, do ye know your dog can get out of your backgarden? He/She's been in mine anyway, just means they could get loose'
See what they say. If they don't care, build a fence or put up chickenwire along the hedge.

LegacyUser

fill a lemonade bottle with water and leave it in your garden, he wont sh!t there when he sees his reflection move.. save falling out with the neighbours too

Ann22

We're in the same situation. Someone across the road from us has about 6 cats and they skulk over to poo in our garden all the time but now a dog has joined in the fun. My oh cut the grass last week and it took him ages picking up big piles of mess, he's been throwing cups of water over him to no avail. There are huge bushy palm trees separating our garden from next doors and he gets through them:(. I was out at the line yesterday morning and the barks of him at me! He thinks our garden's his property..nuisance:mad: