Sup anons, I have a dog poop problem:>move into new rental with turf front lawn>high density neighborhood, lots of apartments and multi-family lots>dog park nearby>people constantly leave their dog shit on my lawn>average 1 per day, sometimes 4 per day>1 million flies immediately crawling all over the poop>caught one neighbor in the act, ask her to stop leaving poops. she takes no responsibility, has an excuse, says there's lots of others doing itOkay, lawn's closed. Any anons have similar experience? Any opinions on fencing that I can put up to keep dogs off my lawn? Priorities are something that looks half decent, affordable, tall enough to deter animals, and sturdy enough to withstand wind without falling over. Most of the cheap stuff I see on Home Depot/Amazon looks very flimsy and most reviews complain the stakes are thin plastic. I measured the perimeter of the lawn, it's about 50 feet. I'd have to fence the entire perimeter because neighbors come from the backside of the lawn. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
>>2850455Just the idea of a fence is huge ankle high stone. There are scallop bricks, dogs want to mark territory vertical porous surfaces like cement/cinder block increase aroma, the scalloping makes it daunting to step on and the little fence implies your protection of the lawn plus it increase water retention. A couple fence posts and a rope for a month will break habits like 4 weeks plus 2 for them to make new habits.An upgrade would be to an electric motion deer scarer facing away from the sidewalk so when the line is crossed a sprinkler turns on day or night. Expect vandalism of the deer scarer if you have gotten to needing a deer scarer you got a criminal.
>>2850455>cheap fencingCan you weld or are willing to learn? Rebar can make strong pickets. 1" channel iron for stringers can either be drilled for the rebar (swank) or the rebar laid on the flat side and welded to it. Corner iron to periodic posts.
>>2850455If you want really cheap, quick and tough. Star pickets and heavy gauge mesh will work but its not exactly pretty
>>2850504>>2850516>>2850516Thanks anons. The poops are still appearing, there's a nice big Hershey's stain on my lawn this morning. I think what I'll try first is stakes and double rope for the perimeter. I think stones would be too low to determine dogs, and I cant weld kek. The mesh would be very effective at deterring, but I think two lines of rope should be sufficient and will look better.
>>2850455You can make her take responsibility by harvesting all the shits in your lawn, finding where she lives, and promptly returning them - ideally on her lawn, or maybe recruit Santa to help you by delivering it onto their roof via a biodegradable bag so they can enjoy it all year long.
>>2850455A hotwire for electric fencing cattle is going to be quite cheap for just enough to do a suburban lawn and will definitely make both rufus and karen change their mind about using your lawn as a toilet.
>>2851302I know where she lives, shes in one of the apartment units next door. The problem is she is very mentally ill with sanpaku eyes and will surely be willing to escalate things farther than I'm interested in. She gets no sleep and looks like shit. When I confronted her one of her dogs just broke free from her grip and ran to me, then ran around in the middle of the street the whole time we were talking... wtf...
>>2850455Rental? Not your lawn, not your problem. If it is your problem, then you get with your landlord, but you don't pay a dime for that stuff.
>>2851314It is kind of my problem because I dont want one million shit flies 20 feet from my front door and 4 feet from my garage. I'll talk to landlord about covering those expenses but hopes aren't very high
>>2851311I can fix her
>>2850455This guy I work with has the same problem with a guy in his neighbourhood so he just scoops it up when walking his own dog and puts it on the guys lawn.
>>2850455BB gun, fuck those mutts
>>2850455Just poison the heckin' doggos, anon.
>>2850455Damn. Anons are so out of touch and stuck in the basement that they have to use AI to generate images of greenery. Anon, touch grass, if you still can.
>>2850455Get motion activated sprinklers. No more dogs.
>>2850455pallets
>>2851311Probably a good decision then anon, it's wise to avoid antagonizing the old spinstresses - their isolation drives them to paranoid wrath.
>>2850455Price appropriate steel and finials then make a simple jig and weld your own fencing. (There is no more "wrought iron" in useful quantities which isn't a problem.)Pay once, cry once as solid sections can last over a century. Wood eventually requires replacement which will suck if you're old by then.
I remember a post about a guy pouring bacon grease on the turds so the next dog to come along ate them. It was a bit different than your situation and you may deal some collateral damage but either way, the turds will go away.
>>2851487>not building a DIY potato cannon but filling it with dog shitNGDIY
Get a motion activated sprinkler
>>285045get a cheap 120v flux core welder pack and a metal cut off saw. Then just collect metal bed frames from offerup, craigslist, f book marketplace for free people are always getting rid of them. Once you have enough material, you can weld up a steel fence for free and even sharpen the tops to keep meth heads out. I have a stockpile of bed frame rails for random projects like this.
