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There is a guy who lets his black lab run every morning around the Calumet area without a leash. He lets it run anywhere it wants to go, even up onto the golf course fairways. He just walks along and looks at it. One morning I shook my finger at him in a "naughty, naughty" gesture. He scrunched up his face and jabbed his index finger back toward me in a menacing fashion

I called the deed compliance office this morning. Their response was that I have to follow the guy home and get his address and call them back. I explained that I should not be put in the position of being a detective. I said, that I don't know how this guy would react if I began to follow him. I said I think he could charge me with stalking. The lady I was talking to said that I would have to "follow him in a discreet manner, so he wouldn't see me." I'm afraid I almost laughed in her ear.

I told them that he is out with the dog every day at the same time in the same area, can't the Villages neighborhood watch take care of it. The answer was "NO."

Here are the options as I see them:

He can continue to hold himself above everybody else and be allowed to do it. That's selective enforcement and therefor everybody can do it.

The dog it going to bite somebody.

The dog it going to get run over by a car.

None of the above is particularly appealing.