If there's one thing that turns my stomach, it's cat poo on the lawn before mowing

[ARW]

Real cats will use it as a scratching post and laugh at you.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , ARW escribió:

This is a modern day problem. Trying to find the bit of the handle that you think no one else has used. Or hang around looking dodgy until someone else comes in or goes out and you can tailgate them, which makes you look even dodgier.

[T i m]

Even real cats don't generally stand a laugh at the passive IR triggered water jets though (as I have seen to my great pleasure). It was especially handy when I did have a veg patch as the jet would also water the garden, as it swept though about 100 degrees and back (catching any warm / moving 'thing' in it's path).

Now, if I'd only been able to feed the spray with liquid fertiliser at mains pressure ...

Cheers, T i m

[T i m]

I have and they work very well. You do need a local hose feed though and they don't fare too well in the winter.

Being as you say this is a neighbours dog (and presumably it's coming into your garden without the neighbour) and you may well therefore know who that is, have you ever mentioned what is happening to them and what did they say (OOI)?

Is there no way you could stop the dog getting in, especially as it sounds like a 'bigger' dog (as they are generally easier to stop than cats, not that you should have to of course)?

Cheers, T i m

[ARW]

I suppose you could wear latex gloves before entering and look normal:-)

And FFS the OP is whinging about a bit of nature. It's a couple of small amimal turds.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Pile of builders sand. Lost of dried cat crap in my garden wall.

[Bob Minchin]

I have had complete success in removing the problem using an ultrasonic cat scarer. Although designed to be battery operated, they eat batteries so I made dummy cells to fit inside and run it from a DC wallwart inside a nearby building with low voltage wire exiting through an airbrick. One unit is covering about 60 sq metres mounted unobtrusively in one corner. We our garden is completely open to the road and we don't even see any cats taking a short cut or even a "shit cut" since installing it about 9 months ago.

hth

[Chris Hogg]

Well of course I've mentioned it, to be greeted with 'oh it can't be our dog, she goes in the field' (they own a couple of fields adjacent to out property). So I just do a quick scout round before I cut the grass, with one of those old style coal shovels (inherited from the previous owner who obviously had the same problem!), and scoop up any poop and chuck it over the hedge into the field where it belongs. Messy ones get a can of water on them afterwards to disperse what's left. Saves a lot of hassle and falling out with the neighbour, and to do that, doesn't really bother me anyway.

[T i m]

Oh.

It gets better ..

I wonder what you do that inconveniences him similarly?

No, however, what I find strange / frustrating is you are the 'innocent party' here and yet you have to be worried about 'not upsetting' *him*? If someone suggested to me that my dog was fouling their property I'd take whatever steps necessary to stop it happening, would apologise and certainly wouldn't hold anything against them?

As a mate used to say ... 'I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees' (not that it's that bad in this case as you seem happy to deal with it your way).

Cheers, T i m

[T i m]

Result. Would you have a link to the one you actually used please Bob?

Any idea how it may impact any other creatures, like birds or people walking past with their dogs etc (the dogs, I doubt the people could hear it)? ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[harry]

I've been told if you provide a sand pit, they will shit in that. Never had to try it, there are no cats where I live.

[Chris Hogg]

I'm not particularly worried about the dog shit and I don't see it as being worth making an issue about; I don't find it as objectionable as some here would and it's easily dealt with. It doesn't bother me. We live in the country. There's animal shit everywhere: fox, badger, rabbit, bird, cow, horse, sheep. It's what they do. You either deal with it in a matter-of-fact manner or move and become a townie.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , ARW escribió:

Although entirely accurate, that's no way to describe the OP.

[Bob Minchin]

I used this one

The pattern of the pir is a low level fan across the grass so birds unless they land on the ground are not affected. We feed them from hanging feeders so they are happy. People need to come onto our land to trigger the PIR, passing on the pavement will not trigger it. My son can hear it each time and sometimes my ears will pickup the pulse envelope not the carrier.

The battery cover screws on with minuscule screws self tapped into plastic but with my remote power supply, everything was fitted, tested and then sealed with neutral cure silicone and has remained working. The PIR has a blue led for walk testing which provides an indication it continues to work. hth Bob

[alan_m]

I tried one of those. It worked for around a week and then the cats took no notice of it. And yes the box was still working.

[Tim Watts]

Or you buy a water cannon and make a sport of it:

:)

Or if that's out of range, a Nerf Super Soaker and a gallon of lemon juice.

[T i m]

And all in your fenced-in back garden Chris? ;-)

Ah, well, of course that's probably the issue, I already am (as I suspect are most of those who do have issues with such things and hence why the situation is different for those of us who are).

You might equally get upset by fly-tipping, stabbing's and a burning car in your road. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[Richard]

Never a dull moment in your neighbourhood.

[T i m]

Thanks for that Bob.

That's Good.

Also good.

Our daughter will probably also hear it then (she could hear one that was down the road).

That sounds like a neat solution. Neighbour (whose garden we use and want to also protect) has an outside socket so (after checking with him etc) we could use that to power one of those, possibly using the wall mounting option or mounted on a weighted box with the power unit (to keep it dry but ventilated etc).

Or, giving they are 'supposed' to work off 4 x AA for '3-4' months, I wonder if they were NiMh's and paralleled with a suitable (6V?) solar panel, that might also make it self sufficient so I could run the other at the other end of the garden (and it's also in the sun). ;-)

It may well indeed, thanks. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[Chris Hogg]

Well, not the last three, I'll admit, but certainly the first four from time to time and the previous owner did have passing cows wander into the garden on one occasion when they left the big gate open. We don't have fences, but Cornish walls (known locally as Cornish hedges*) around the garden, easily scaled by dog/cat/fox/badger and actually burrowed under by rabbits.

Fortunately we don't get much of those, certainly not the last two and only occasionally do we see fly-tipping.

Cheers!

• Pics of Cornish hedges here and here