How to stop dogs pissing on my bikes!?

[bell]

Surely someone has some tips for this bastard problem?
My bikes live outside as we have no garage and one of them has a cover. But one of our friendly local dogs pisses on the cover and it's a bastard if you want to take the cover off without getting dog piss on yourself or even fold it up and put it inside the house...you get the picture.
So, any suggestions (other than options involving toxic dog biscuits and firearms please) ?? Years ago I remember people used to put plastic bottles filled with water around their yard as some kind of deterrent - no idea if it worked or not. Or, wife's suggestion: I could piss on the cover and mark it out as my territory again....

[scumdog]

First off you'll have to clean the cover - and don't use ammonia based products as to a dog it could smell just like pee - and your own pee would just be a 'challenge' to them too! ( ever notice how a pack of dogs take turns at pissing on the same spot?
Each trying to make it 'theirs'

Have had success with mothballs around my bike but then it's in a sheltered garge.

Borrow some 'Livestrand' electric fence set-up off a cocky for a week or two?

[Mental Trousers]

The electric fence thing was the first I thought of. Anything pissing on one doesn't do it for long.

[Indiana_Jones]

Damn, I was gonna say shot him up the butt with a .177 air rifle lol

-Indy

[Sniper]

You can buy a spray chemical from a vet that will deter the dogs

[Mikey27]

curry powder always works around rubbish bags, preferably hot...

[Crisis management]

Clean the cover as scumdog suggests then try a dog / cat repellent spray (the sprays intended to stop them pissing on the carpet so should work!) We have used them when house training dogs and found them very effective.
Failing that, lie in wait for the culprit and paint his arse with turps, thats even more effective!
Good luck.

[SARGE]

Or, wife's suggestion: I could piss on the cover and mark it out as my territory again....

or ...


buy a Honda .. they aint worth pissin on

[ajturbo]

ride faster

[Macktheknife]

Clean the cover first, then apply a liberal dusting of ground black pepper to the area (about 2 feet wide of the bike), re-apply daily for about a week. After they have got a nose full of black pepper a couple of times they lose all interest in going near the area.
DO NOT use the water bottle thing, it actually encourages them to shit there as well, not kidding.
If you want to be a prick about it, mix in some hot chilli powder too.

[adam666]

I have always found plastic bottles filled with water to be quite effective.
(and the best as its chemical free and costs nothing)

the theory of course that dogs/animals will not tend to poop or piss round a fresh water supply

mowing the lawns smells so much better

cheers
Adam

[scumdog]

I have always found plastic bottles filled with water to be quite effective.
(and the best as its chemical free and costs nothing)

the theory of course that dogs/animals will not tend to poop or piss round a fresh water supply

mowing the lawns smells so much better

cheers
Adam

A-hem! I have SEEN a dog crap on top of one of said bottles!! No shit!

[pixc]

lie in wait for the culprit and paint his arse with turps, thats even more effective!
Good luck.

OMG...Ive seen that done before when I was a kid. Its awefully mean..but effective. Never forget the poor thing screaming down the road draggin it ass on the grass. Never did see it again

[Storm]

Or , if you are real nasty(and electrically inclined), what you do ,is you hook up a power supply 12V/24v/230V(if you really want to do it once, do it proper )between the metal of your bike and the ground. When the offending animal piddles on the metal, they become the conduit to earth (via the tender parts )
and dont do it again

DISCLAIMER - I just heard this from someone else and any injuries/fatalities are not my responsibility

[Storm]

Or wait up for it, catch it in the act and beat six kinds of s&%t out of it.

(Can you tell other people letting thier animals run wild gets my goat? )