# Idiot, I don't care why your dog NEEDS to poop on my yard **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 5, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250 "2011-02-05T04:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/81 "2011-02-08T19:16:55Z")
I’m reading this thread in disbelief. Do you people not have strict pooper scooper laws in your towns? Try that shit (pun intended) around here and I believe you’ll get a fine. I think we’ve had that law for well over 20 years. I remember what it was like before that though. You couldn’t walk down the sidewalk of the street where I lived without looking down. It was truly a minefield. Like every 3-4 feet there’d be another pile. > [@pabstist](#): > > But it’s gross if he poops in my car. Gotta love the logic. It reminds me of a few months ago when someone bummed a cig off of me. “Thanks man. I’d buy my own, but do you know how much these things COST?” ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/82 "2011-02-08T19:21:46Z")
> [@robby](#): > > …The limits of your property almost certainly do not extend out to the street. Usually property lines are set back 10 feet from the curb, meaning that the so-called public “right-of-way” extends beyond both curbs by 10 feet. This is so the municipality can place sidewalks, utility poles, etc. in the right-of-way without having to get your permission. > [@pabstist](#): > > Well then, why when I had my property surveyed last summer did the property lines go right to the edge of the road? It’s marked that way, matched what was already in the books, and the official map filed with with the town shows it that way and was not challenged. That’s why I threw in qualifiers like “_almost_ certainly” and “usually.” 😉 Having property lines run out to the curb is not normal practice in most areas. Why? For one thing, if they ever have to widen the road by so much as an inch, the municipality is going to have to take some of your land by eminent domain. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/83 "2011-02-08T19:25:00Z")
I’m a bit of an expert on dogs and cars, since when our guide dog was still a breeder we’d drive her 50 miles from our house to Guide Dogs in San Rafael. She was trained to go before she got into the car, and GDB had a nice grassy space near the parking lot for her to go when she got out of the car, and she never once had to poop on someone’s lawn on the way - most of which was on Freeway anyway. A dog who just has to go a block from home is either badly trained, a puppy, or on his last legs. Dogs do have favorite places, but you can train them to go only in places which are appropriate. Ours goes in the park, never on someone’s lawn. Any my dog walking jacket has multiple bags stuffed into multiple pockets just in case I forget to bring a couple. If it happens again, I’m for bagging it and dumping it on her car myself - or maybe on her front porch. ---
**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/84 "2011-02-08T19:54:15Z")
My neighbor picked up his dogs’ poop and bagged it, but then threw it down the storm sewer drain. Shocked, shocked! he was to learn that it might not be a good idea to send bagged dog poop down into the Chesapeake Bay. Tool. ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/85 "2011-02-08T21:15:29Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > Because she’s too lazy to walk the the dog to the park or wherever? > > We’ve got people like that in my neighborhood. We also have a fairly large park. People living a block or two away from it will literally drive their dogs to the park to potty because, god forbid, they should have to _walk_ the dog there. Of course they can’t _walk_! There’s dog crap all over the sidewalks. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/86 "2011-02-09T04:32:41Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > [Here](http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/pubworks/sidew.aspx) is a cite showing that you’re correct. Cities often bill the homeowner for repairs. There ya go. I’ve seen it appearing in newspaper articles for municipalities in California, too. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/87 "2011-02-09T05:17:35Z")
> [@pabstist](#): > > No update, the woman hasn’t been back. And if she has, either I didn’t see her or she picked it up. I am not vindictive, and could never go through with the actions some have recommended, as much as I dream about it. That, and yelling is way easier. > > Let me tell you another story about the same woman, the only other time I have dealt with her. We had an accident on my corner, and she being a nurse stopped to help. When she went to leave, she tried to back up into my driveway. Missing it completely, she drove through my picket fence and into a 2 foot wide pine tree. I was standing 10 feet away talking to a cop and we both watched the whole thing, which may or may not be the reason she offered to pay to fix the fence (which came to about $130). I’m trying not to imagine what she’ll do for her third strike! Maybe the poop thing was an attempt to get back at you because she had to pay for your fence. People get grudges over the strangest things. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/88 "2011-02-09T11:37:16Z")
DC’s weird, the city property line starts in the middle of my front porch, my neighbor has the city property line running through his bay window, but we are still responsible for shoveling the sidewalk within 24 hours of snowfall. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/89 "2011-02-09T19:41:06Z")
I hate people. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/90 "2011-02-09T22:17:15Z")
> [@boozilu](#): > > My neighbor picked up his dogs’ poop and bagged it, but then threw it down the storm sewer drain. Shocked, shocked! he was to learn that it might not be a good idea to send bagged dog poop down into the Chesapeake Bay. > > Tool. Oh, like the fish aren’t crapping into THAT every day… 'Course, they probably don’t bag theirs. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/91 "2011-02-10T00:41:22Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > DC’s weird, the city property line starts in the middle of my front porch, my neighbor has the city property line running through his bay window, but we are still responsible for shoveling the sidewalk within 24 hours of snowfall. You all don’t own your whole front yards?? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/92 "2011-02-10T03:34:48Z")
Most don’t, on paper at least. I think the property lines thing is because it is an older city by US standards and lot lines got weird over the years. There was a woman who got a ticket for drinking in public once because she was drinking a glass of wine on her front porch. Some cop with nothing else to do proved she was actually on city property. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/93 "2011-02-10T04:10:56Z")
It’s time to start shitting on her front porch. Optionally light the bag on fire and run away. But seriously, don’t most places have an ordinance against this? You know who the bitch is and where she lives. Just call the cops and have them write her a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/94 "2011-02-10T05:03:44Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Most don’t, on paper at least. I think the property lines thing is because it is an older city by US standards and lot lines got weird over the years. There was a woman who got a ticket for drinking in public once because she was drinking a glass of wine on her front porch. Some cop with nothing else to do proved she was actually on city property. Heh. In Huntington Beach, CA, the only thing you have to do to be “drinking in public” in your front yard, is to have the front gate open. You can be on the porch with your beer, and the cops’ll come and get you. Well, they did most 4th of July weekends during the 90s. Maybe they’ve mellowed out since then. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/95 "2011-02-10T05:17:52Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Most don’t, on paper at least. I think the property lines thing is because it is an older city by US standards and lot lines got weird over the years. There was a woman who got a ticket for drinking in public once because she was drinking a glass of wine on her front porch. Some cop with nothing else to do proved she was actually on city property. I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around allowing the city to own that much of “my” property. Here, the city technically owns the boulevard (grass strip between the sidewalk and the street) but that’s only because there _is_ a sidewalk there. And it’s only three feet wide! > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Heh. In Huntington Beach, CA, the only thing you have to do to be “drinking in public” in your front yard, is to have the front gate open. You can be on the porch with your beer, and the cops’ll come and get you. > > Well, they did most 4th of July weekends during the 90s. Maybe they’ve mellowed out since then. Heh, in Irvine you can be sitting in your garage drinking a beer and if the door is open, they can arrest you. But then, that’s Irvine - maybe if it was an expensive wine… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/96 "2011-02-10T07:49:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Heh. In Huntington Beach, CA, the only thing you have to do to be “drinking in public” in your front yard, is to have the front gate open. You can be on the porch with your beer, and the cops’ll come and get you. > > Well, they did most 4th of July weekends during the 90s. Maybe they’ve mellowed out since then. > [@curlcoat](#): > > I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around allowing the city to own that much of “my” property. Here, the city technically owns the boulevard (grass strip between the sidewalk and the street) but that’s only because there _is_ a sidewalk there. And it’s only three feet wide! > > Heh, in Irvine you can be sitting in your garage drinking a beer and if the door is open, they can arrest you. But then, that’s Irvine - maybe if it was an expensive wine… 😛 Hell, in Texas, if you’re merely in a bar, you can be arrested for drinking in public. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/97 "2011-02-10T10:20:35Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around allowing the city to own that much of “my” property. Here, the city technically owns the boulevard (grass strip between the sidewalk and the street) but that’s only because there _is_ a sidewalk there. And it’s only three feet wide!.. 😛 Well Washingtonians are used to having their rights infringed, you know the whole no representation in Congress thing, but that’s another pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/98 "2011-02-10T14:43:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Oh, like the fish aren’t crapping into THAT every day… > > 'Course, they probably don’t bag theirs. Like WC Fields once said… I don’t drink water cause fish fuck in it. ---
**Author:** ![Poovenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Poovenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poovenge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/99 "2011-12-14T12:10:37Z")
The idea of owning a dog and not picking up the dogs’ feces is a disgrace. It is time to confront these arrogant people who believe they are above picking up their own dog’s feces. Please share ideas, stories, and thoughts with us. [http://poovenge.blogspot.com/](http://poovenge.blogspot.com/) ?Poovenge? The act of peacefully seeking revenge against lazy, careless, arrogant, self loving, selfish, dog owners, who are not responsible enough to pick up their dogs feces. P.S Having someone responsible enough to put their dog poop in your garbage is better than them just leaving it lying around. I would much rather have their poop in my garbage than on my shoe! Kids cant even play in parks without fear of dog poop! ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250/100 "2011-12-14T13:18:06Z")
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