This Really Pi**es me off , how do you fix it?

[CMLLawnServices]

This Spring I got the contract for two of my municipalitie`s Ball diamonds, and i soon found that people like to let their dogs Sh!t on our nicely manicured grounds, :mad:so when the grass grows just so u cant see it when u are mowing you run over it with your mower then you get the stuff all over your tires , then on your trailer then you step on it and u get it in the truck then in ur house! I have residental client who dont like to pick it up after their dogs, and u dont have much time left before it gets dark so u cant get home to the preassure washer or to the car wash and you have to track it all over your othre lawns . I just had to vent gettin a little tired of it. The hard thing is with the ball diamonds only the most brave people will let their dog do it when you are there, but as soon as you are gone they have a feild day. Our municipalitie has a "stoop and scoop" law but there is no one to enforce it :( The ones I catch i give then hell but it doesn`t even stun them. Should i Make Signs or just find out where they live and take a S@!t on their front step? :confused:
I`d like to here what all of you have to say.

[LakeSide Lawn and Landscape]

Ihate it also i have one customer who keeps dogs in the back yard and there is always sh#t everywhere:mad: I dont know what to do either,although i do like your idea of sh*ting on there door step:D

[MacLawnCo]

take your pants and boots off in the garage.

[Got Grass?]

It ya see it happen: scoop it up put it in a baggie & leave it on their hood or front steps with a note: "I noticed you dropped something, being the nice guy that I am I just wanted to return it to the proper owners"...

[TLS]

It's just part of our job really!

I'd rather mow over it then play baseball and dive for a fly ball to right field and slide FACE FIRST into it!

Its usually worn off before I even load the trailer. I have it on one of my gated properties, and it kinda sucks cause I use the WB there, but even then its off my boots by the time I'm back on the trailer.

Just think, up there in Canada, that c r a p will be FROZEN soon!

[CMLLawnServices]

LOL, it s all ready frozen

it sucks Im done for the year

[thfireman]

I saw a lady let her dog dump on my front lawn last summer. I watched to see if she would pick it up....H*ll No!

I put it in a clear zip-loc bag and went to her house. I rang the door bell and her husband came to the door. I asked for her but he didnt want to give her up so I told him that his wife left this in my yard while walking their dog. I handed it to him and he took it. I told him that there was a law against it but nextime I would bring it back to them and empty it on their door mat and rub it in.

No More Stops In My Lawn. She stays on the other side of the street now.
:blob2:

[jason r.]

I love my dogs but I hate customers'dogs. I actually have 2 customers that do their own back yards and pay me to do the front and side yards. When I give estimates that is one thing I always look for. The price goes up if they have dogs. They have to pay for me to put up with their crap:p

[lee b]

Having lived on a farm my entire life and slopped through hog, cow, and goat crap all the time, I just don't see why anybody would complain about the occasional dog turd {sheltered life, I suppose} . Heck sometimes I've been knee-deep in crap, literally. You know what they say, "S#!t Happens". :D :D :D

[nlminc]

thfireman, Some nice southern hospitality in the neighborhood! lol I got a kick out of that story. You did the right thing,

[Darb]

A friend of mine that is a LCO told me about a time he was mowing a yard and got the crap on his mouth. He stopped for the day. He said after that he refused to have customers that had dogs. Now he doesn't mow residental, only commercial and come to think of it he doesn't even mow.
Darb

[DanaMac]

When I was mowing years ago, I hit a pile under a tree with the trimmer. Flung all over my face. Could not get the smell out until I showered. After that if there was crap, I would not trim near it or would not mow where there was crap. So there were huge areas of unmowed grass around different peoples yards.

One guy would have the side discharge face the sliding doors and let it fly!!

[LLMSERVICE]

I once had a client with three dogs and they never picked up after them. After a number of polite and subtle reminders that we would start charging extra to clean up, I cancelled them. They were incenced but I had staff literally gagging when cutting there. It was a health and safety issue.

Now I only have one like that...but how can I cancel my own brother.

[GreginAlaska]

A 300 whisper built on an AR-15 frame, a night vision scope and sub-sonic 180 grain expanding rounds...end of dog problem...beginning of legal problems.

:D

[Tvov]

We're down to pretty much only one customer with the crap problem. It is a small lawn, easy to maintain, and the people are nice. Their dog is old, and probably won't be around much longer. If the people weren't so nice, we would drop them because of the PITA (oh my god, is that a pun?!) aspect of the yard.

We just did a leaf cleanup job were a big golden lives. The owner constantly cleans up after the dog, but still apologized in advance for any she missed. It's good having customers like her.

[ProMo]

try a proslide it spreads it out like a pizza customer cant miss it then the grass dies most of my customers didnt like that and the piles are no longer there:rolleyes:

[Bill Davis]

I tell customers if they want me charge them a dollar a minute to pick up dog stuff or balls or hoses I will gladly do it. If a customer says they will do it and they dont do it I just go around it.:D :D

[Runner]

Here are a couple of threads that address this issue, and also mention some remedies.

http://207.44.158.62/~admin2/showthread.php?threadid=21461&highlight=shovel

http://207.44.158.62/~admin2/showthread.php?threadid=9956&highlight=shovel;)

[Gravely_Man]

This is one of the more nasty parts of our jobs. Nothing makes my day like stepping in something or hitting it with the weed eater. Not a good thing and is pretty bad to get that on your equipment and then take it to the next customers house as some if it is going to fall off in their lawn.


Gravely_Man

[Expert Lawns]

http://207.44.158.62/~admin2/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32548&highlight=charge+dog

here's one from when i had (have) this problem. i finally told him that if he didn't have it picked up, it would be extra $$ or i would mow around it, leaving the lawn looking NOT perfect. and the thing of it is, he has 5 grandkids living with him. PUT THEM TO USE!! :)

[CMLLawnServices]

I don`t think you can get a .223 round that is 180 grain, try 70.