I have an annoying neighbour problem..........
I'd like to have some constructive advice on how to approach it..
I don't want to antagonize the neighbour into hating my dogs & causing
conflict.
BUT
He's using his back garden as a toilet
You can hear him going for a wee on a number of occasions so it's not a
one off.
It may be where he is under the influence of alcohol but that shouldn't be
any excuse....
This mornings toileting was at 3.50am....and woke me up

How do I approach it to try and get him to see that going for a pee in your back
garden isn't considered acceptable human behaviour..

We live in terraced housing that's shared ownership with the HA.

Maybe his bathroom is under maintanance and he doesnt have a loo at the moment?

I doubt it very much..............................
It's been going on for over a year only today I actually saw him
doing the deed (My bedroom backs on to the rear gardens)
I've heard it before - and couldn't quite beleive it, hoping it was watering the plants
with H2O but in the early hours of this morning it was definately urine

Throw a bucket of water out the window over him, smile sweetly and say you thought it was cats? :D

Filthy git!

M.

I don't suppose he has a compost heap there? It's traditional to add 'night water' as an accelerator - although usually by emptying the potty onto it, not adding it direct!

Nope no compost heap near his patio.....he pees in the little garden bed near the other
next door neighbours house wall.

Have no clue why he's doing it - other than perhaps he's had too much alcohol and can't
be bothered to walk upstairs to the loo?

Unless there is a smell I don't really see how you can deal with it.  By complaining you might start a feud and as you own dogs you might come off worse. 

ROFL @ lily Mc :D :D: :D. How about speaking to the neighbour the other side to see if they are aware of it and see what they think.  Or maybe contact the housing association.  I would be careful though for the sake of you and your dogs. 

I agree, after all our dogs pee in the garden, so I don't see the problem other than the man exposing himself.

As other's have said, your dogs do their business in your garden, why can't he in his own.  Although not exceptable human behaviour as it is not the norm, what are the health risks to you or him?  I'm not sure if there is any difference between that of a human or of a dog, but maybe thats different?  someone!!!???

The health risks would be from any potential disease communicable via bodily fluids which obviously is greater from a human than from a dog because there are very few zoonotic (passable from animal to human) diseases.  I don't think it would be a danger to anyone else but those using his garden though and even then I doubt the risk is anything but minimal unless he is peeing directly onto the salad vegatables :)  Not a pleasant thing to listen to though :( 

Anything but plesant ...uck..:rolleyes: but cant see as there is anything you can do unless he's exposing himself, if he's only doing it at night/early hours I doubt he's doing it for that reason. It may be to save water, (if he's on a meter) as in not flushing the loo, or as you say too lazy to go upstairs. I knew of someone who always used the outside drain for a wee after about 9pm, no idea why. You do need to be careful if you complain that he dosent take it out on the dogs, much as its awful, I think it may be best to ignore it.

I'd get my husband to pee out the upstairs window onto a piece of corregated metal. Should provoke enough noise to frighten the dirty s*d next door to death :D

:D  Excellent, just hope it doesn't splash the house :p

mmm, i'd have to make sure he got the trajectory just right :D I wonder if more pressure (ie more lager) would give a better aim?

Just tell him not to mess about trying to write his name :)
Anyhoo, why didn't you tell HG she has to put coins in the quiz meter?

I think there is a world of difference from a dog doing his business in the garden and a human being doing the same. if the same man was standing in his garden with his willy out .he can be arrested for indecent exposure .....if a human takes a pee in a public place, then he can be arrested , a dog cant!, there is no excuse for this chap to be doing this, maybe he knows you can see him and enjoys it........ How to deal with it, as you say you dont want to start a war between you, so maybe take a lighter aproach first,  see if you can catch him at it again (and if you are brave enough)  stick your head out of the window, and shout some witty comment to him...i.e  " you better not let my dogs see you do that! they may mistake it for  a sausage!!  LOL, or something like that, it maybe all he needs  to ambarrass him into stopping, if he thinks it gets to you, he will carry on, if you make light of it every time you catch him, he may give up, (not so much fun for him)

Trouble is, if he is so drunk he can't get upstairs to the toilet - who knows what else he might be capable of... especially if he's embarrassed or aggressive about being asked not to do it...

Oh, I wouldnt recommend saying anything to him if he's drunk could cause all sorts of probs......does he only do it in the wee (no pun intended :D) hours? if so, and it wakes you, what other noise is he making? or does just the sound of 'water' wake you?

Why not ask him when you see him (obviously not in the middle of the night!) something along the lines of whether his drains are blocked,  because there's a horrid toilety smell in your back garden and you can't think where it's coming from. (Act puzzled ;)) Say you're thinking of calling the council to investigate ...

Thanks may just do that...

Actually have been worried that the garden was getting whiffy..
But I disinfect and deoderise my shingle and patio with proper disinfectant
and odourkill..
So perhaps I have the reason why I can smell urine now :rolleyes:
It's not my garden but n-d-n's!!
Only problem is lady on end of terrace whose wall/fence he pees against
probably thinks it's my dogs & my garden if only she knew!!
Perhaps I will have a quiet word with her too.

Thanks for the suggestion I think this might be the obvious 'innocent' slant that
I needed and couldn't see it  :)

I'd tell the lady where the smell is coming from, Boxacrazy, especially as she may want to report you to the council/HA if she gets fed up of the smell, let her know for real where the smell is coming from :)

I don't know if it's my yankee blood or that I'm a grumpy old woman but I think I would just say "dude, why do you pee in your garden?! It's just weird man" I'd just be curious to know why he does it. Who knows, it might be a great way to control slugs or something.

My dad used to do it to keep the foxes away from the chicekn coop when I was young ... But to be fair, our nearest neighbours were a 5 minutes walk down the road. Wonder if it worked - I'd have thought the dog kept the foxes away anyway? *lol* I like the slug control theory!

Thats a good one JG :D

Get your husband to stand beside him and join him , may make him think.. joking apart some people are the weirdest ever..