As confirmed once again by this thread still going this is apparently a larger problem than most ever thought and one that definitely raises blood pressures. To some the dogs have become family, or even replaced family, sometimes to the extreme.
It is really hard to understand why one would own a pet that they cannot control. Many have said sometimes pets just do what they do and sometimes they get loose and sometimes you just cannot stop them from going. Some of the same have expressed ire with out of control children they have seen as they too also appeared out of control. For some reason they didn't seem to have the same compassion for the parents of those children or even the children as they did for the pets. Children are people and should behave but surely would receive compassion over animals.
Thanks to the many that walk their dogs everyday and are always mindful and keep the dogs close to them and out of yards. Whether it really does any harm or not most people I think just feel it is disrespectful for anyone to allow their animals to scratch around and leave excrement on their property without their permission. A lot of times the scratching with front and back feet after the deed is done does pull up grass. Not all dogs do this but the ones that do tear up grass. Then the owner has to make a trip out to retrieve the package as well. A single occurrence would probably not be a big deal for anyone but numerous occurrences day after day does become a problem.
It's really not anyone's right to look at another’s lawn and say it’s just grass or it is not pretty enough to worry about keeping off their property. It's their property and it's important to them.
It’s obvious a lot of pet owner’s don’t think it is a problem since they are so enamored with the pet they actually think they can do no wrong. This is OK for them but there’s nothing that can be said that will justify not keeping them under total control and realizing not everyone agrees and has a singular right to control anything that happens on their own property.
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