Baffled
Sep 3rd 2018, 8:56 pm
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I see bottles filled with water left outside (in the gardens, by the gates). Any idea what they are for? I very much doubt they are left for any thirsty passerbys 
Sep 3rd 2018, 9:10 pm
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Re: Baffled
We were told they were for dogs to pee on, the usual wall coating can be badly stained and affected by dog pee, so the bottles are a better target for them.
Sep 3rd 2018, 10:03 pm
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Re: Baffled
They are there to stop mozzies from going into the house, Apparently they see a large image of themselves in the bottle of water and fly off fast.
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Sep 4th 2018, 3:15 am
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Re: Baffled
I was told they deter cats https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/g...g-your-1324378
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Sep 4th 2018, 7:30 am
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I always thought it was to stop dogs peeing as they see a reflection and move on.
Sep 4th 2018, 2:20 pm
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I heard in Italy that it was to deter cats
Sep 4th 2018, 5:27 pm
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We have 2 or 3 big water bottles just inside our kitchen. We have had many cats over the years and none of them have taken the slightest notice of them.
Old wives tale I fear. The only thing outside your door that will repel a cat is a big dog!
Old wives tale I fear. The only thing outside your door that will repel a cat is a big dog!
Sep 4th 2018, 7:48 pm
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Anyone I asked always said it was to stop dogs urinating there as if one does they all do.
Have never seen a dog myself pee on the bottles but as you know they will do so on anything given half a chance.
Sep 5th 2018, 7:45 am
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So which is it - to encourage or to stop dogs peeing .....
Probably another myth.
Sep 5th 2018, 7:50 am
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Re: Baffled
They pee on the bottles so it doesn't get into or onto the lamp posts, when Iron lamp posts were first used in London, they fell down after few months, just rotted away, this was because pee is acidic and was dissolving the Iron, perhaps the reason for the bottles many years ago?
Sep 5th 2018, 8:58 am
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They pee on the bottles so it doesn't get into or onto the lamp posts, when Iron lamp posts were first used in London, they fell down after few months, just rotted away, this was because pee is acidic and was dissolving the Iron, perhaps the reason for the bottles many years ago?
They pee on the bottles so it doesn't get into or onto the lamp posts, when Iron lamp posts were first used in London, they fell down after few months, just rotted away, this was because pee is acidic and was dissolving the Iron, perhaps the reason for the bottles many years ago?
Sep 5th 2018, 3:25 pm
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I don't think you need to encourage a dog to pee on a lamppost, it seems to be genetically inbuilt. For the same reason I don't think you can discourage them either. All you can do, is assume that dogs will pee on your lamppost and try to limit the damage. Or don't put up any lampposts but then you risk treading on the other stuff that dogs do.