i live in an spartment community where we have somewhat strict rules concerning curbing your dog(s). my problem is that my ignorant neighbor refuses to pick up after his dog. all the time. i have spoken with the complex managers and they sent him a letter telling him to do so, in which he did for about a week. after that, i was back to avoiding the “land mines” in the yard. i have tried approaching him about it, and he is just this little ignorant brat about it. since he is “unable” to pick up what he needs to, is there a way i can keep his dog from wanting to crap in the portion of the yard i use ? like, is there a substance (similar to “doggy-no” that i can put out in the yard that makes the mutt want to not stay there and crap? something that would be foul smelling to it that it keeps on moving? or something along those lines… i have thought about using the crap i pick up or scrap off of my shoes as a decoration on his truck, but then i would be just as childish as him. any help here at all would be greatly appreciated…
To keep the dog off the lawn try spaying an extract of chilli peppers and pepper on the lawn. Steep habaneros and crushed black pepper in metho over night in a spray bottle and then add 9 parts water and a couple of drops of detergent.
Spray on lawn as a stream of liquid, NOT a mist or you wil ‘mace’ yourself. Go easy with it at first.
Whatever you do dont leave dark chocolate or ibuprofin tablets around to kill the dog. That is cruel.
There is also a proprietry product that contains a ketone? that dogs dont like the smell of. Dog-off or something like that. Dog-gone?
Pick up the poop and deposit it on his front step.
Take a nice close up picture of the poop, the dog, a picture of your neighbor, photoshop them together, then post this picture all over the apartment complex, along with his apartment number.
I don’t advocate taking action against the dog. Not it’s fault. It’s the owner you have to humiliate.
Of course, he might just take the dog to the pound & have it killed. He doesn’t seem too conscientious anyway.
Great suggestions, leave one of the pictures with a heap of the dogs droppoings in front of the guy’s front door.
When we were housetraining our dog I did some research and found that one way to encourage a dog to go in a specific spot is to move his ‘piles’ to the place where you want him to go. Dogs like to return to the places they went before, so if you have to move the droppings anyway, move them to a place you want the dog to go.
You can also try spraying a product called “Bitter Apple” around, it is found at most pet supply stores. It is made to keep dogs away from things you don’t want them to chew. I don’t know how big of an area you’re talking about though, it might get expensive to spray a big area, and you might have to reapply if it rains or snows. It’s about $6 a bottle. If you can get the dog to stay away from your area for a while, he will most likely remember and not try to return if he associates that part of the lawn with an unpleasant experience, so you probably won’t have to keep spraying forever. The most effective way would be to spray just before the dog gets there, so it is fresh. If you could do this a few times it would probably work. It doesn’t hurt the dog at all.
Good luck.
If you report him to management again, they may fine him, depending of course on the terms of the lease.
A local zoo sells bottles of lion pee that people spray on their plants to keep things away. Apparently smaller carnivores are very respectful of things that are marked by larger ones, and the dogs can recognize the scent.
If that’s not an option, you’re a larger carnivore, too…
however, I’d recommend the picture evidence solution first.
There is a chemical that you can buy in a shaker canister that you can sprinkle around the area that is supposed to keep the dog away. I found it at the garden store in the same aisle with the pesticides and such. We used it to get rid of a neighbor’s cat that liked to hang out under a bush in our back yard right near our bird feeder, but it is supposed to work on dogs too. I believe it is the way the stuff smells that repels them – however, if it is an area that you plan to spend some time in, that might not be such a good idea, because the stuff DOES stink!
I like ** levdrakon’s ** suggestion the best. Using the homemade “mace” or dog repellants is just mean to the animal, not to the owner, because he’s going to force his dog to stand there until he goes.
Whereas anonymously humiliating the owner will hopefully get the job done. Combine this with complaining ENDLESSLY to the management. Make yourself a pain in the butt. They might not act otherwise, but if you complain every day, they’ll eventually take action just to get you off their backs.