Curb your dogs: Please, no more urinating and defecating in any yard

It's not a new problem or issue to solve. Ever since there have been dogs, there have been dogs that urinate and defecate on lawns, shrubs, and flowers belonging to someone other than the dog owners, and at the urging of those owners walking their dogs with the primary purpose of voiding those little and large darlings' bowels and kidneys. It must stop! (Dogs do have kidneys, don't they?)

With the coronavirus keeping us home more than not, we notice these things much more. Some dog owners have a specific time of day to walk their pets; others pick weird times of day, probably to avoid homeowners from watching the crime of nature take place, especially on their property, ruining grass and flower growth and without one damn apology.

We recently acquired a sign of a dog with one of its hind legs lifted. Obviously, the dog is male and peeing. Across the body of the dog it says "No!" in hope the dog-walkers will keep those precious and precarious animals from making a stop at our mailbox to do their thing. We prefer not to confront the owner, just let them see the message and hopefully heed it and take steps, such as jerking the leash, to prevent the culprit from relieving itself on our flowers, grass and shrubs.

A few months ago, we noticed a neighbor placed several "Please curb your dog" signs along its yard frontage. Then we saw a next door neighbor add a "No!" image of a dog squatting to drop its excrement, fancy word for "stuff," in his yard. After watching two or three neighbors walking their dogs but not doing the neighborly thing by holding back Rover or Mutt, keeping the dog pee from hitting our property, we opted for the sign with the dog with leg lifted, hoping the humans will get the message.

I want a sign that says, "If your dog craps or pees on our yard, please leave your address so we can return the favor." My wife vetoed that idea.

I'm not sure what's happened in the yard of another concerned neighbor, one who also walks dogs and who recently added interesting yard art along their curb. It's of a little man, a squatting gnome, taking a dump. Next to it is a small sign that says "No!" Makes me wonder if there's someone walking a dog or if a dog is walking someone.