Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Large dogs running wild
We were walking around Osceola Hills this evening and some guy was letting his two large dogs run around wild. They came charging up to us and really scared us.
He would not give us his name but I saw where he lives so I will go up to CDD at Lake Sumter tomorrow morning and file a complaint. Is there anything else we can do to convince him to ALWAYS have his dogs on leashes when they are off his property? |
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They're supposed to be on a lead even in their own yards unless fenced. Best to call animal control rather than CDD. CCD has no authority to handle this issue. The County does.
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Maybe instead of reporting him, you could have made a suggestion and told him where the new dog park is and suggested since he has large dogs that need to run, that would be a great place for him to take them. It would have been a nice way of breaking into the leash law topic.
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So is there anyone in The Villages management who has the authority to enforce the strict leash laws?
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Nope. The clue is the word "laws". If it is a law, it is up to the appropriate governmental agency to handle it, in this case animal control. Community Watch might have a talk with the dog owner, but is not required to do so.
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Large dogs running wild
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These are the very same type of people that would "tell" on others as children. "Telling" was frowned upon then, encouraged today. Last edited by RickeyD; 07-25-2016 at 05:41 AM. |
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I love dogs but leash laws are in effect here and I think leash laws are good. If I remember correctly about MY childhood, "telling" was only "frowned" on by bad kids and folks who ended up in prison complaining about snitches. I loved being a "good girl". I was shocked later to find out that good girls didn't have any fun. RickyD....if I see you out running around with your big dogs off leash, I'm tellin'. P.S. Ditto that large Pikichu figure in your front yard that isn't under the eaves.............................................
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why have any laws at all.......
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Sounds like the OP did try to talk to the owner, at least enough to ask his name. There are times when talking to someone does work. I'm not convinced this would be one of them. There are very few towns today that don't have leash laws. The dogs' owner had to know he was in violation of those laws and didn't care.
I don't know if the dogs were running to say hello to the new people, just running and having fun or were trying to protect their owner. I do know it frightened the OP. I would guess that it will take an authority figure to convince this gentleman that his dogs need to be on a lead except at a dog park. Sometimes the only thing that works is threat of a fine or worse.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay) "There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein |
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Everyone makes a slip now and then....first give them a chance...and down the road hopefully when you slip up by mistake, they will do likewise. |
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It is because of the few who feel the leash laws do not apply to them that I always have a walking stick with me when I take our dog for her morning two mile walk every day.
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My hesitancy with calling the authority is fear of the dogs being removed from the house. That many times doesn't have a happy ending. It would be a different story if they put the owners in the pokey.
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The Villages does nothing about loose dogs. They will give you the number of Animal Control. In Marion county section anyway.
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