How do I handle my neighbor's dog peeing on my lawn?

A low, decorative fence is the most peaceful solution.

Talk to a vet, there might be something you can spray in the area that will turn the dog off.
Another approach and a few here will get very upset, but works great is play sniper with a BB gun ,just make sure the dog or your neighbours don’t see you do it, but a few well placed BBs in the butt and you wont see that dog in your yard ever again.

It’s the owner of the dog who should be receiving well-placed BB’s, not the dog.

There’s only one real option
A more severe option
(I’m pretty sure paint-balling neighbors would be consider assault.)

I’ve seen little yard signs in my area with a dog squatting and a “No” sign on it. It’s a politie reminder.

I do have to agree @gailcalled , our neighbours cat does her duty in Mrs Squeekys flower beds and drives her crazy, our cat is an inside cat,and our neighbours wont do a thing although we have turned the garden hose on her when we do catch her ,but she still does it.

It wouldn’t bother me. I’ve never heard of pee turning the grass brown.

@SQUEEKY2 These are cool.

edit: Oh, now that I think about it, this would work for the rude neighbor, too. It’s a motion activated water sprinkler (comes in water cannon form, too).

@Dutchess_III It does if re-pee-tedly done in the same spot. We fenced Prince out of our backyard grassy area when the grass at the bottom of the steps died.

Hey that same link had this as well maybe the poster should look.
http://www.havahart.com/store/animal-repellents/b3146-3

I my city you can call health services and the animal control.

IT WILL BE STOPPED

Sprinkle the areas in question liberally with a mixture of Cayenne and white pepper.
Get a Scare Crow. A sprinkler device that hooks onto your hose and is activated by movement and body heat. Set it out so that it points in the direction of the areas to be protected, aimed away from the sidewalks (unless you want to surprise the neighbors), with the sensor turned up
about ½ way.
Like @Tropical_Willie said: call animal control.

Well maybe that explains my back yard @janbb!

I like the sprinkler idea. But they’re expensive.

@SQUEEKY2 makes a good point but if you choose to use a BB gun, don’t use a BB gun of formidable power. Use an old Daisy (one cock is all) and shoot so that the BB hits with the way the hair lies, not against it so as not to penetrate the skin. Make sure you shoot them in the butt at a glancing shot and do not shoot at the head!

If I were walking my dog on a leash and someone hit it with a BB gun, I’d be pretty pissed off. Are we talking about dogs being walked in the street or allowed to run free? In any case, I don’t care for the BB gun as a first line of defense. (De-fence on the other hand, is a good albeit expensive solution.

Dig the area of sod, leaving a generous margin, and toss it in your neighbor’s yard. Try for some place where it won’t be noticed. fill in with sod from a less visible part of your yard. Then do the pepper treatment.
If there is any bushy are in your neighbor’s yard, that would work best. You could also toss some table scraps there from time to time. The dog will associate your scent, and think of that as a friend scent. Then you can say no to the dog, and it will be more likely to listen.

Don’t shoot the dog, okay?

Yeah, don’t shoot the dog.

You may already have handled it. Just because she didn’t apologize, doesn’t mean she’ll be bold enough to try the same stunt again.

Hurting the dog is just mean. Leashed, he has no choice on where to go anyway.

My dog pees in our yard every single day and we have no brown patches. Griping over pee in your yard seems a little petty, but I understand if the dog is also pooping in your yard and the owner is not picking up after it. Unfortunately, a fence is probably the only thing that’s sure to work if talking to her ended like it did.

The BB idea is beyond stupid, not to mention cruel. It’s not as if the dog is doing it on purpose. It’s an animal!

It would bother me. In FL our neighbor had brown spots all over his yard from his dog peeing in it, but it was his dog and his yard and I ignored it.

My first course of action would be trying to talk to the owner when I see it happen, just as you did. Since she is a bitch, I would get one of those little signs saying no dogs, and maybe a sign that your property is under surveillance. LOL. Next time I saw her I would let her know you will bill her for new sod.

I wouldn’t fence my yard. That costs money. Why should you have to spend money on a fence? Plus, maybe you don’t want a fence. A fence would probably help solve the problem, or maybe keep the pee only at the edge of the lawn, but I really don’t have much tolerance for dog owners who show no respect to other people’s property.

BB gun is awful and illegal in some states.

@gailcalled‘s suggestion of “decorative” fencing wouldn’t be too cost prohibitive. Just, maybe, 2 feet high.

I would resent it.

I said some people would get really upset over it,was I wrong?

If you’re obsessive about your lawn, you should have warnings posted.

Many people don’t care about dog poo and pee?

Not one who is greatly annoyed by waste bi-products of animals. I would check your brown spots for brown spot fungus or grubs before hassling your neighbors over something like this.

Can’t do much about the pee in your yard, but you certainly can scoop up her dog’s poop and deposit on her front steps. Yummy.

At least wait until the poor dog is done peeing.

I know I don’t like being touched when I’m trying to go to the bathroom.

Thanks everyone!

@longgone I’m hoping that’s the case and not the beginning of revenge of the dog poo. A neighbor has also seen the same lady roaming around our area so I’m hoping she’s the only one and it stops.

Why would you want to handle your neighbors dog when it is peeing?

Ah well, different strokes…..

If I were into that kind of thing I think I would grasp hold of the sharp, bitey end and hold the squirty end pointed away from me. But your best bet would be to get one of these. They go further.

@rojo Fungus is a good possibility to raise. If the spots are getting bigger and roundish, it definitely could be that.

I think you’re barking up the wrong tree.

Literally, seriously, it’s been my experience that you have to pee on a plant several times to kill it. I recently exterminated a baby poison ivy in my yard that way.

A lot of it depends on where you live. In areas where the soil is usually dry unless it’s been recently watered, brown spots in grass will show up very quickly. In areas where the soil is damp, no brown spot. Maybe it’ll be a bit greener in that spot, but that’s it.

@rojo Ah, semantics. I don’t mind the dog itself, just that the owner lacks consideration. I live at the end of a culdesac and she lives on the main street. I have no idea why she prefers to come all the way at my corner to walk her dog.

I notice a few people saying “Oh it might not be the dog” but the owner herself didn’t deny it. Plus, there was poop, and I doubt it was a human’s. She could at least pick it up. There is a possibility it wasn’t her, but her fast paced walk when I came out of my house seemed to be suspecting. Not to mention how quick she was to feel threatened instead of having a normal discussion.

It seems like there’s no surefire way to handle this, but I can probably go for the sign. I don’t want to spend more money on a fence.

Seriously.

Buy some ground red pepper (shouldn’t be more than a dollar at a discount store) and sprinkle it on any brown spots/poop you see in your yard. Re-apply after rain. A dog will mark it’s territory, then check for prior marks before re-applying. A snoot full of pepper won’t harm the dog, but will discourage it from wanting your territory.

I’ve used red pepper for coons crapping on the front stoop to great success.