SFist: A Little Noe Valley Local Color: Pee-Pee Tree

andyc

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:19:56 -0800

i think the disinfectant was for the walls and sidewalk in that area, in fact, it looks like they replaced or resurfaced a lot of the sidewalk with some kind of plasticy fake brick thing. that corner really did have a bit of a stank to it.

guest

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:07:24 -0800

This pee tree letter should be submitted to passiveagressivenotes.com...

holly

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:27:31 -0800

Ha, my dogs prefer to pee on pretty things too! But I don't let them. Really, when it builds up the dog pee can get really really stinky. One dog's pee = barely noticeable. 2 or more dogs' pee = really really bad. Just ask my backyard.

guest

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:58:40 -0800

You can keep your dog from peeing on the trees by merely not letting them stop until they get to the spot where you want them to pee. There's a guy in my neighborhood who has made the base of his street tree fancy with flowers around it, etc. My dogs are clearly dying to pee all over it. I just tighten their leashes and keep them moving. But pee is probably less harmful to the tree than soap and disinfectant.

RicardoSF

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:29:00 -0800

Point taken, Holly. (though it is truly barely noticeable...). Street trees, once peed upon, are dog-pee territory. Just plain water is probably better for the world, and works better, than 'soap and disinfectant' though...

holly

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:15:59 -0800

I have two dogs, and their pee most definitely DOES smell. NOt the same as cats' but more than "hardly," for sure. It's not too hard to train them to pee somewhere else or to keep them away from the tree, but once a couple of dogs pee on something every single other dog that comes along will want to pee there too.

guest

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:10:57 -0800

aren't soap and disinfectant bad for trees?

RicardoSF

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:02:55 -0800

Street trees (and anything else on the sidewalks or in the walkways of dogs) is dog pee-worthy. Not only can you not stop a dog once it's started, but... it's their territorial right. If you don't want them to pee on it, put up a (uncoded and possibly illegal) wire guard or wall around your street tree. Poop is another story: Harvey Milk penned the SF City Law: SF Health Code #40. Scoop Thy Dog's Poop Dog pee hardly smells (as opposed to cat pee: think Sauvignon Blanc...). So what's the big deal? Or do we really have human's peeing there? It's Noe Valley, not SOMA, right?

KWillets

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:39:53 -0800

Royal wee.

fizzandpop

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:36:49 -0800

Word to the wise, you can't stop a dog peeing when it starts. That' one of the unshakable rules of the universe.

Brock Keeling

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:28:12 -0800

royal we... yes! i love the little face and tree.

sangfroid826

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:09:51 -0800

We prefer to think of it as the "Royal we". Pluralis Majestatis 4Eva!