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Originally Posted by redwitch
I love dogs. I love cats. Heck, I love critters. However, I don't love cleaning up after a dog that isn't mine. This used to be a major problem in one house in California. After cleaning up after the same dog for well over a month and talks to the owner were a waste of my breath, I got mean!
I patiently sat in my front yard with a water hose turned on (but not spraying). The second the dog stopped to leave me his present, I sprayed him. Three nights of this and that dog would circle around my house.
It's not the most fun thing to do, but it does work and if the owners don't like it, I'd suggest to them they walk their dog somewhere other than on a golf course. Maybe you can get a neighborhood brigade to do this. Poor dog will never want to walk in your direction again.
It really is a shame that some people just can't be responsible. It shouldn't be our job to get them to do what is right, but it frequently is.
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Hi, this is 73Goat's wife. This is the first post I've written, so I'm probably entering my post incorrectly. Anyway, we just bought a beautiful home in Pennecamp and we're very excited about becoming full time villagers; however, now I'm really worried. We have a 4yr. old Binchon that we love to take on walks in the morning and the evening. It's a habit that my husband and I look forward to everyday. This gives us a teasured time to exercise and talk with each other.
I'm confused, where can you walk your dog in the villages? In our Virginia home community, we have a beautifully landscaped piece of neighborhood property across our neigberhood steet where all our neighbors walk their dogs. All the dogs are leashed and everyone uses a bag to pick up he doggie poop, but we all freely let our dogs pee on the landscaping since it is not on anyone's lot.
I can't remember if there is a strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street in the villages. If so, that does not belong to the homeowner. Is everyone saying a dog cannot pee on this strip of land? Is there anywhere in the villages that my husband and I can walk..even without the dog...I mean a beautiful landscaped walking trail? Walking on pavement for half a mile is not good for our joints.
If we walk our dog in the neighborhood will we meet with hostility and suspicion even if he did all his business at home?