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Originally Posted by Piedmonter
A small (10 lb.) dog was attacked in our neighborhood the other night by an a large pit bull off leash. The small dog was very badly injured and only saved by his owner being willing to wrestle with the pit bull. The covenant restrictions of the Villages clearly do not allow dogs over 40 lbs. I am not necessarily in favor of that since there are many very nice, friendly labs, goldens etc. However, I do think that action should be taken when a larger dog shows itself to be dangerously aggressive. The Villages says that they cannot enforce the covenant. All they can do is send the owner of the pit bull a letter that when the dog passes away not to get another one like it. I am now very nervous when I walk my small dog at night. Perhaps the developer should consider amending the covenants to prohibit specific breeds known to be aggressive. For example, many campgrounds prohibit pit bulls and rotweillers.
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I agree with you, but.... someone has to be the one who allows people to adopt grey hounds and keep them, while knocks on the door of others telling them they, or their pet pit-bull or malamute must go ? How can they go by weight anyway ? That would mean if YOU allow your standard dachshund (maybe 25 #) to accompany you on your nightly run to Culver's, well,: do you throw out the owners who let him/her get obese, throw out the dog or make owners sell him or give them a certain period of time get get him on a diet and get back to 40# ? Or, just throw all of them out of the house they own ? We were told because we asked and were told: "we have a STRICT rule of not more than two dogs or cats per household... what a joke that was !
There is a bad trend starting compared to years ago, more every year. So many more people letting their dogs out without a leash, and many many people who allow their dogs to eliminate on the property of OTHER people, not their own lawn. Also the filth at some mail stations where people take their dogs to "eliminate". Why does the Villages designate areas right next to pools as "dog exercise areas" ? We have a miniature doxie and were shown our mail station and told it was an exercise area for dogs. I was a little skeptical, it was right next to a pool. I was right, the smell in summer, of the _____ some people do not want to take home, or they do pick up what they can but put it in the trash can by the postal station to "mature" in the sun...... ? Go figure