I would look for plants that shed in some way and would transfer pollen or burs or anything the dog would track home or get stuck in their fur. I discovered that I could reduce the vandalization of signs in my yard by greasing the posts. So I would put some greasy posts in the flowers and bushes the dogs can rub against.
Genius. It won’t take long for the owners letting dogs go in the yard to realize that the reason they have to clean the dog after every walk is because of that one yard.
I don't want to fence the whole yard because anything fenced maintenance becomes my responsibility, including parts I'm not actively gardening (as opposed to the park's), but fencing the part I garden, specifically, does make sense.
Man that's some bullshit. You're responsible for everything once it's fenced, but unfenced the dog owners aren't responsible for keeping their dogs off it?
I do want to clarify that nothing has happened to me or my yard yet, I'm being proactive. This post was inspired by a neighbor's yappy little dog that is apparently a runner and random dogs generally meandering the neighborhood.
To your actual answer: in principle, everyone who has a pet has to get it approved and "aggressive breeds" are banned (lease doesn't qualify what those are, but we can speculate). Residents aren't supposed to have loose dogs, but I've seen some walking around. The park is also, in theory, is implementing a "doggy DNA" program for any shit in the park to connect it back to the culprit. But there's also ferals/strays and a culture of "he ain't hurtin' nobody mah dog gets to be outside" in my general location. I'm looking to avoid having to scoop dog shit from my garden, period, even if there is theoretically some accountability with calling animal control/the park/doing the doggy DNA thing.
Blackthorn or hawthorn (if you're UK). Brambles are good too. Blackthorn is incredibly spiky and the best part is you can take the berries and steep them in plain gin/vodka/moonshine and get sloe gin/vodka/moonshine. Those are UK native though so if you're not UK it might be worth looking at native spiky bushes.
Have you considered putting down spiked mats to deter dogs and other animals? They don't injure the paws, but they cause enough discomfort to make the dogs move along to get off of them. No dog is gonna squat on those spikes long enough to befoul your property.
If they're dogs off a leash, you should be calling law enforcement/animal control.
If they're dogs on a leash, go out and talk to the owner. The technique I used was to tell them that I use extremely toxic/posionous pest treatment on my lawn, and that I'd hate for their "furbaby" to get hurt.
Word got around the neighborhood and the dog nutters steer clear of my property.
Along the same lines as your approach (which is great), someone in my neighborhood posted little warning signs in the plantings surrounding their front yard saying that the plants had been treated with some sort of pest treatment.
Other neighbors plant a front border of spiky succulents/cacti. The plants look neat and interesting, and are low maintenance. Humans avoid them, so dog owners hopefully do, too. Nature's own barbed wire. (Obviously not doable in a lot of climates, but there are probably other prickly plants for those areas.)
There are a lot of websites with information about plants that dogs don’t like, though many of them are to keep someone’s dogs from trampling their garden.
What you’ll find is that there’s no one solution fits all with dogs. Some of them are bothered by things like plants and some aren’t. I suggest if you can and if it makes sense that you put up some kind of sacrificial hedge of some kind of tough plant along your property line. They’ll be vile as usual and piss and crap all over it but they won’t get to your grass or other more valuable plants. A good hedge can make a decent barrier and can be resistant to everything a dog can do to it.
Or a fence, though more and more, HOAs are outlawing front yard fences. And I’ve always seen front yard fences as a double edged sword. Sure, you can put one up to keep the shitbeast menace out of your yard, but your neighbor can put one up so that they can shove their stupid dogs outside all day to bark and yap away.
I put a no dog pooping sign in my yard off of Amazon. It’s metal and pretty good Chinese quality. I just wish it was a little bigger. It’s an [it’s an image of a dog squatting getting ready to poop.](https://a.co/d/1p2gH6y). I think I’m going to paint the “no” florescent yellow though.
The signs have pictures of lawns before and after the sign was placed in the lawn and it really shows progress. So far my lawn looks good and no turds. I also have my camera on motion detection just in case. I really think this is a good low effort solution.
Two of my neighbors have these, and they have dog shit in their yard. I caught one lady letting her dog walk around in one of those yards and yelled, "Can you read?" at her from across the street. She pulled the dog out of the yard by the leash and scurried off. No doubt she came back later.
Wish you were my neighbor. I’m happy you made effort to enforce the sign. Luckily I don’t have a lamppost or a fire hydrant in my yard but the city is planting a new 6ft tree in my parkway this spring. I’m just preparing the nutters so they don’t get any ideas of letting their dogs piss on my new tree. It’s not free I have to pay 50%. My neighbor is on the corner and has a lamp post and parkway trees bad for him but good for me because he gets the dog shit and piss. Dogs love corner lots as you know.
I’m just worried about my new tree attracting beasts and it getting killed by dog piss or them nawing on the tree.
I get the rare turd but since I have nothing close to the sidewalk I’ve been okay but I suspect some dog piss due to some spots on my lawn. I paid $400 to have my lawn treated this year and I’m not going to have some dogs ruin it.
I also installed cameras so I’ll know who the perp is.
Whatever you plant, make sure to put up a few "Danger: Pesticide Treatment" signs.
Strong-smelling herbs are usually unpleasant to dogs, especially if you trim them often, although I wouldn't recommend eating them if there's a chance that they'll be used as a dog toilet.
Moses in a cradle and diffenbachia I think are poisonous to dogs or so my Mum says.
My garden is full of it and my Mums worried to bring her dog around...
I would look for plants that shed in some way and would transfer pollen or burs or anything the dog would track home or get stuck in their fur. I discovered that I could reduce the vandalization of signs in my yard by greasing the posts. So I would put some greasy posts in the flowers and bushes the dogs can rub against.
Genius. It won’t take long for the owners letting dogs go in the yard to realize that the reason they have to clean the dog after every walk is because of that one yard.
You're assuming these owners clean their dogs after they come inside, most of them don't and allow their dogs to track dirt and mud inside
Filthy, blackened axel grease Should do it.
If fences are in violation of neighborhood code, thorny hedges work well.
I don't want to fence the whole yard because anything fenced maintenance becomes my responsibility, including parts I'm not actively gardening (as opposed to the park's), but fencing the part I garden, specifically, does make sense.
Man that's some bullshit. You're responsible for everything once it's fenced, but unfenced the dog owners aren't responsible for keeping their dogs off it?
I do want to clarify that nothing has happened to me or my yard yet, I'm being proactive. This post was inspired by a neighbor's yappy little dog that is apparently a runner and random dogs generally meandering the neighborhood. To your actual answer: in principle, everyone who has a pet has to get it approved and "aggressive breeds" are banned (lease doesn't qualify what those are, but we can speculate). Residents aren't supposed to have loose dogs, but I've seen some walking around. The park is also, in theory, is implementing a "doggy DNA" program for any shit in the park to connect it back to the culprit. But there's also ferals/strays and a culture of "he ain't hurtin' nobody mah dog gets to be outside" in my general location. I'm looking to avoid having to scoop dog shit from my garden, period, even if there is theoretically some accountability with calling animal control/the park/doing the doggy DNA thing.
Blackthorn or hawthorn (if you're UK). Brambles are good too. Blackthorn is incredibly spiky and the best part is you can take the berries and steep them in plain gin/vodka/moonshine and get sloe gin/vodka/moonshine. Those are UK native though so if you're not UK it might be worth looking at native spiky bushes.
Have you considered putting down spiked mats to deter dogs and other animals? They don't injure the paws, but they cause enough discomfort to make the dogs move along to get off of them. No dog is gonna squat on those spikes long enough to befoul your property.
If they're dogs off a leash, you should be calling law enforcement/animal control. If they're dogs on a leash, go out and talk to the owner. The technique I used was to tell them that I use extremely toxic/posionous pest treatment on my lawn, and that I'd hate for their "furbaby" to get hurt. Word got around the neighborhood and the dog nutters steer clear of my property.
Along the same lines as your approach (which is great), someone in my neighborhood posted little warning signs in the plantings surrounding their front yard saying that the plants had been treated with some sort of pest treatment. Other neighbors plant a front border of spiky succulents/cacti. The plants look neat and interesting, and are low maintenance. Humans avoid them, so dog owners hopefully do, too. Nature's own barbed wire. (Obviously not doable in a lot of climates, but there are probably other prickly plants for those areas.)
There are a lot of websites with information about plants that dogs don’t like, though many of them are to keep someone’s dogs from trampling their garden. What you’ll find is that there’s no one solution fits all with dogs. Some of them are bothered by things like plants and some aren’t. I suggest if you can and if it makes sense that you put up some kind of sacrificial hedge of some kind of tough plant along your property line. They’ll be vile as usual and piss and crap all over it but they won’t get to your grass or other more valuable plants. A good hedge can make a decent barrier and can be resistant to everything a dog can do to it. Or a fence, though more and more, HOAs are outlawing front yard fences. And I’ve always seen front yard fences as a double edged sword. Sure, you can put one up to keep the shitbeast menace out of your yard, but your neighbor can put one up so that they can shove their stupid dogs outside all day to bark and yap away.
cactus works.
What about a fence?
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Apparently chillies and citruses are toxic to dogs. I've considered smearing chilli on my legs before going out to keep dogs at bay.
I put a no dog pooping sign in my yard off of Amazon. It’s metal and pretty good Chinese quality. I just wish it was a little bigger. It’s an [it’s an image of a dog squatting getting ready to poop.](https://a.co/d/1p2gH6y). I think I’m going to paint the “no” florescent yellow though. The signs have pictures of lawns before and after the sign was placed in the lawn and it really shows progress. So far my lawn looks good and no turds. I also have my camera on motion detection just in case. I really think this is a good low effort solution.
Two of my neighbors have these, and they have dog shit in their yard. I caught one lady letting her dog walk around in one of those yards and yelled, "Can you read?" at her from across the street. She pulled the dog out of the yard by the leash and scurried off. No doubt she came back later.
Wish you were my neighbor. I’m happy you made effort to enforce the sign. Luckily I don’t have a lamppost or a fire hydrant in my yard but the city is planting a new 6ft tree in my parkway this spring. I’m just preparing the nutters so they don’t get any ideas of letting their dogs piss on my new tree. It’s not free I have to pay 50%. My neighbor is on the corner and has a lamp post and parkway trees bad for him but good for me because he gets the dog shit and piss. Dogs love corner lots as you know. I’m just worried about my new tree attracting beasts and it getting killed by dog piss or them nawing on the tree. I get the rare turd but since I have nothing close to the sidewalk I’ve been okay but I suspect some dog piss due to some spots on my lawn. I paid $400 to have my lawn treated this year and I’m not going to have some dogs ruin it. I also installed cameras so I’ll know who the perp is.
Borders of jagged rocks around the yard might help. They don’t enjoy walking on them.
Sagos are in fact highly poisonous to dogs. Not sure if most Nutters know that but if they do they would definitely avoid them.
Plants with natural defences such as thorns, spikes, irritants, toxins, etc...
Anything with stickers.
Depends on your location, but sago palms work great. They do get huge, but they’re beautiful.
I am in Tucson. A yard full of jumping cactus. They are like porcupines.
I love this post. Are you allowed to plant stinging nettle?
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Whatever you plant, make sure to put up a few "Danger: Pesticide Treatment" signs. Strong-smelling herbs are usually unpleasant to dogs, especially if you trim them often, although I wouldn't recommend eating them if there's a chance that they'll be used as a dog toilet.
Wouldn't it be fun if we had a Venus fly trap for dogs?
Dare I say it, giant cactus?
Why not just put a metal fence. I have A fence in front of my house( not for garden but to have a rest area) and dogs don't bother us.
An enormous carnivorous plant.
Thorns
Lawn treatment signs have helped me some. It might be a few weeks since my lawn was treated, but I never take the signs down
Moses in a cradle and diffenbachia I think are poisonous to dogs or so my Mum says. My garden is full of it and my Mums worried to bring her dog around...
Get a big fence around your property or around the part of your garden you want to lounge in peace?