COMMENT 136726
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2011-01-15 11:10 AM |
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We always have dog bags in the car to pick up after our dog, however we don't live in Montecito. I think the dog owners have more status there so don't stoop to picking up dog poo.
Perhaps they need to hire a walk behind person to do that for them. Ha!
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COMMENT 136728
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2011-01-15 11:13 AM |
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We have the same problem, we find a least 5 piles daily.
Nobody even cares that we have kids who play there. People with long leads let their dogs up next to the front door.
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COMMENT 136731
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2011-01-15 11:17 AM |
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You should argue the dogs are spooking your horses and shoot them.
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COMMENT 136732P
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2011-01-15 11:21 AM |
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Post little signs on the telephone poles and whatever else you can drive a nail or tack into. Have them say Need Bags? Then underneath tack a recycled store bag with bags inside it. It will be a gentle reminder to folks to pick up after their dogs.
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ROGER DODGER
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2011-01-15 11:23 AM |
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A wrist rocket sling shot makes a nice catapult.
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COMMENT 136754
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2011-01-15 12:04 PM |
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Picking up dog waste is the law! Animal Control will enforce it. I have a neighbor who didn't think he needed to scoop after a growing Lab puppy! Poop allover the place and people stepping into it. Animal Control came out to give him a stern warning and there is a police report to document that warning. If he continues not to scoop, he will be cited next time.
Take a photo of the dog in the act. Let Animal Control know. If you can identify the dog (car license plate of owner?) they will pay them a visit at their home to educate them about sanitation and dog waste nuisance.
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SHOREBIRD
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2011-01-15 12:04 PM |
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Take the pictures post them on your fence AND here on edhat so we will know who to publicly ridicule too.
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COMMENT 136768
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2011-01-15 01:17 PM |
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Yes! Great comments! I hate when I'm subjected to the results of an inconsiderate dog owner. I also compliment those owners who pick up after their animal. No excuses, owners!
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COMMENT 136775
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2011-01-15 01:29 PM |
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Do what shorebird said. Peer pressure can be a bitch and if they have to hear from their friends it could work.
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COMMENT 136795
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2011-01-15 02:17 PM |
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For many, many years we have picked up. I caught one neighbor allowing her Pembroke Welsh Corgi to go on our grass. (My uncle and aunt were breeders and my complaint has nothing to do with that breed). Another told me to get a picture. I did (of his dog on our property in the act) and sent it to him. Do you think the problem has stopped! Believe me. . . Animal Control is not in a position to take care of this. People have no shame.
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COMMENT 136800P
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2011-01-15 02:49 PM |
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There might be a law against taking a photo of someone and posting it. I think defaming is dangerous for you legally. But I agree dog poop needs to be picked up.
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COMMENT 136795
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2011-01-15 03:00 PM |
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Dear 800P: I did NOT post a picture. The neighbor/owner of the dog told me in so many words that it surely wasn't HIS dog constantly going on our property and to prove my point I should take a picture. I did that. I sent the picture to HIM and he still did NOTHING. And I'll bet the other neighbor with the Corgi continues to allow her dog to use our lawn daily. We pick up piles daily.
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COMMENT 136800P
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2011-01-15 04:18 PM |
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Dear 802, I wasn't talking about you. I was referring to the info in the OP which said the person was thinking about taking a picture.
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COMMENT 136820
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2011-01-15 04:22 PM |
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posting the picture on the fence is a great idea....
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COMMENT 136825
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2011-01-15 04:49 PM |
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Since you're in Montecito, send it to the Montecito Journal. They might possibly have a column about it --- maybe even post pictures. (I wouldn't bet on the latter.) If you write a letter to the editor and threaten to post pictures on edhat and everywhere, it might get attention --- and they seem to have a number of letters that are not signed, so if you ask.... Good luck! Sometimes the only way to make people be even minimally polite is to shame them.
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COMMENT 136844P
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2011-01-15 06:37 PM |
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Really? Your dog poops on someone's property and you don't pick it up? Pick up your dogs poop, people! This is supposed to be a civilized society. That begins with you and yes, picking up your dog's pooh. It's a basic thing; really really basic.
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COMMENT 136853
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2011-01-15 07:27 PM |
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Our dog walkers go one better. They pick up the poop and then dump the plastic bag full of poop into our hedges. Honestly, it would be better if they just kicked the poop into the hedges because it would disintegrate. But now it stays forever in those plastic bags. This is even a worse offense because they pretend they are doing something virutous picking it up and then turn around and become trailer park trash dumping the bag for someone else to clean up after them.
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COMMENT 136856P
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2011-01-15 07:45 PM |
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136800P A picture does not defame a person. Behavior defames the person himself. If I knew that a neighbor was allowing their dog to poop on my property they would find the poop on their own porch.
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BECKY
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2011-01-15 10:24 PM |
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Put up a sign. Either buy one -- http://www.allsignsco.com/nopoop.html -- or make one. A friend had good results with his hand lettered sign: "Pick up your dog's poop or I'll fling it at you."
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YPYETR
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2011-01-16 12:55 AM |
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I think a sign stating, "Your dog's feces will not remain here! Either you will take it with you, your way, or I will return it to you MY WAY!", would work.
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COMMENT 136886
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2011-01-16 07:16 AM |
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An offensive ongoing problem. Saying this I have noticed most people I see on my walks do bring out that little bag and scoop. Our neighbourhood has definitely looked better since the arrival of the clean up law. Unfortunately the offenders make their presence known too well when stepping along one steps in....
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COMMENT 136889
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2011-01-16 07:22 AM |
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So, if the remedies mentioned above have failed, why not try the Animal Control route, plus pictures here on edhat, plus collecting the droppings and returning them to the rightful owner. After all, chicken owners want the eggs, must be that dog owners want their pets excretions also....
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COMMENT 136890
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2011-01-16 07:33 AM |
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Post a few well-placed notices that say there are hidden security cameras placed up and down the street to monitor walkers and their dogs...
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COMMENT 136892
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2011-01-16 07:50 AM |
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I was landscaping our front yard and just had planted a society garlic and here come a large brown dog off leash!
I watch it coming towards my wife and I, and low and behold it uses the plant as a marking post, here come the owners, Jake! ,Jake!, off Jake goes, and there go the owners. Unbelievable off leash, in a busy neighborhood and absolutely no control of their dog
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COMMENT 136800P
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2011-01-16 08:27 AM |
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Videotaping people without their permission is illegal, 136980.
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COMMENT 136903
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2011-01-16 09:00 AM |
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No it's not, 136898P.
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COMMENT 136904
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2011-01-16 09:03 AM |
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Cameras at the roadside are not illegal if there is a notice (to address the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy for the lawful). For example, a sign could say "Your picture is being taken for a possible animal control violation". Go ahead and put a camera and notice up; it will provide a good deterrent !
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COMMENT 136990
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2011-01-16 02:02 PM |
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YPYETR--I concur wholeheartedly!!!!!!
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COMMENT 137030
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2011-01-16 04:49 PM |
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This is a truly disgusting habit of truly disgusting people.
Go ahead and take the pictures, but post them on the electric poles in your neighborhood so there is no retaliation.
BTW those brown spots in your lawn are from people who let their 100% dry food eating dog pee on your grass since dry food produces a highly alkaline urine which kills it.
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COMMENT 137053
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2011-01-16 05:28 PM |
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I would like dog owners to keep their dogs off my grass completely. Urine is more harmful to my lawn than feces. The sog owner could let the dogs go on the strip of grass between the street and sidewalk instead of my well maintained lawn. I would like to find out where these people live and take little walks to pour urine on their yards...Im certain they would not mind....
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COMMENT 137096
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2011-01-16 07:28 PM |
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Hi everyone, thanks for your comments. I think I'm going to go the surveillance camera route and post pics of the dog. I'm pretty sure there isn't a law against defaming dogs. We don't have posts to post signs and it would clutter our street anyway. We tried "curb your dog signs", they don't work. Then again why would they? The people who don' have the manners to pick up after their dog prob wouldn't listen to a sign anyway. Some people tie their poop in a bag and set it on one of our decorative rocks....what is their thought process in that? Sent from ipad, please excuse type-o's
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COMMENT 137113
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2011-01-16 08:15 PM |
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and then the horse sh!t , but wait it's now at Goleta beach after the rain,no evidence of course, just ask the proud jockey looking dude (5' ?')walking the horse or horses. Bikers beware !
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COMMENT 137201
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2011-01-17 08:47 AM |
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I think that's a good idea and maybe you should put a bag out next to it with a note saying that people can add their plastic bags to it for clean up and say thank you in advance ~ you can even point out the trash can you so kindly leave out!
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COMMENT 137222
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2011-01-17 09:21 AM |
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You know, I realize we're talking about dogs here. But I have to say, we have at least three cat owners on our street who let their cats roam all over the neighborhood at night. They come into our backyard and treat it like a public toilet and restaurant. On a daily basis we find either cat poop and urine everywhere on our brick patio (why they can't use the grass or flowerbeds, I don't know) OR small dead rodents or birds. I've tried to reason with these people. I love animals and I don't appreciate having to be faced with dead ones in my backyard that I have to dispose of and feel badly about. But what to do? Pile them up in a ziploc and when they reach the top, bring them to the neighbors? Cats are just as much of a mess maker as dogs. Maybe worse from the body count aspect.
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COMMENT 137478
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2011-01-17 04:35 PM |
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I used to walk my friend's dog in the El Bosque Rd area of Montecito and dog owners there also left the poop. Even at Casa de Maria where neighbors are allowed to walk and take dogs; there are bags avaliable at the entrance and a can for disposal and still there is poop left. I'd take a big bag and pick up whatever I saw, but was disgusted by such dog owners.
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COMMENT 137759
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2011-01-18 12:15 PM |
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We have a similar problem on Loma Media road. There's a patch of gravel at one corner that typically serves as parking, but has become what I call Poo Corner because it's filled with canine excrement! P-U! Love the little doggies in the hood, but the owners who don't pick up after them are losers.
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COMMENT 137775
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2011-01-18 01:06 PM |
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i have heard that spreading some cayenne pepper around the area that the dogs frequent will solve the problem.
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COMMENT 137821
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2011-01-18 03:59 PM |
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775: hmm, that gives me an idea - A nice little sign saying "I periodically spray poison on my lawn's perimeter. Let your dog use my lawn as a toilet at your own risk." Ok, maybe not. I do like the photo/surveillance idea (and the idea or returning it to the owner - perhaps in a flaming bag?). And I have to admit, the OP is very very considerate to put trash cans at the end of the drive for this.
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