Responsible Dog Owner Gets Attacked By A Woman Because His Dog Urinated On A Sidewalk Near Her House

“I ended up telling her that it's a public street.”

Damjan

• Published in Animal Stories
• October 24, 2022

Every dog owner has a responsibility and obligation to pick up after their dog. However, some things can’t be picked.

The only thing you can do is try to control where they urinate. And it can be challenging sometimes because, basically, dogs pee on everything.

They use it to mark territory, leave information for other dogs… there is a whole science involved.

But, let’s get back to the point. You can’t pick up after your dog when it pees, but you can limit its movements when you approach objects that you know might make it want to mark it.

And the Redditor whose story we are showcasing today is a responsible dog owner, but he got attacked by an angry homeowner anyway.

“My wife and I recently walked our dogs and used our typical route which passes by a house with a very nice but small manicured lawn. It's clear that the owner of this yard cares passionately for it and we have complemented them once or twice while walking by I usually try to heel the dogs closer to me for better control because usually around this part of our walk my dogs need to poop and I don't want them pooping in anybody’s yard.”

So, it is clear that this dog owner is responsible. This is what happened next:

“As we were passing this house the lady (middle-aged woman) was out doing yard work and my big dog ended up urinating on a small pile of pine needles that had accumulated off of the sidewalk on the street next to this women's lawn.”

Read the full story below:

OP asks:

He and his wife were walking their dogs. OP is always careful not to let their dogs do their business on people's lawns

They were passing one house with a beautiful lawn, and their dogs urinated on a pile of pine needles

After a while, they were confronted by the house owner about the "incident"

OP was confused because he doesn't believe it is an incident

The woman explained she is a recent skin cancer survivor and that she was planning to pick up those pine needles from the street. Clearly, it is a health risk for her

But OP is not clairvoyant, and she can use gloves or a shovel to pick up those needles.

Redditors agree - dogs pee on things

The neighbor was out of line

It was not her lawn, but a public place near it

She chased them down... Sounds a bit...

Well, this was an interesting story. We understand that this woman is a skin cancer survivor and that touching that pine needle stack might be dangerous for her health, but on the other hand, it was on a public sidewalk.

And she can use gloves or a shovel to pick it up. OP can’t really know the medical diagnosis for everyone on the street and things to look out for.

Damjan