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Anonymous complaint brings down dog sign
An anonymous complaint brought down three “no poop” signs in the village of Dunedin. The small signs like the white crosses scattered across The Villages are technically lawn ornaments and are deed restricted. District 10 commissioners could offer no help for the lady asking how to keep dog owners from letting dogs poop and pee in her yard. The Dunedin lady said her husband has cancer and is taking Chemo and in fragile health. She went on to say it was a health issue for them. The best the CDD chairman could offer was “I feel for you, it is a problem all over The Villages”. She said it wasn’t a problem until she had to take down her small white dog ornament. Are some dog owners that entitled and insensitive to their neighbors? Sad...
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Health problem, this excuse, that excuse. Follow the rules you agreed to follow when you purchased.
Don't blame others if you get caught violating them. Is her husband walking on the lawn in his bare feet? Jeesh!! Quote:
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:shrug: I'm thinking the OP was talking more about inconsiderate pet owners than deed restrictions. Maybe I'm wrong......
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If something were anchored in concrete (such as a front yard light pole) would it considered an ornament?
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People have been letting their dog poop on our lawn for over two years and they always pick it up, it doesn't hurt the grass or leave an odor, I don't see that there is a problem unless they are not picking it up and if that's the case I would keep an eye out for a day to see who is doing it and then talk to them.
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I should have thought that it was common decency, but if we need to have it spelled out and are not allowed to take retroactive measures... |
Up north some people leave hidden poison on their grass, I never let my dogs go anywhere I wasn’t sure of.
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Folks in TV with dogs don’t seem to like them peeing or pooping on their own lawn,
so they just walk them down to their neighbors! |
I’ve been picking up someone’s dog poop at the Dunedin mailbox for weeks.. I’ve been picking it up because I didn’t want anyone to think it was from my dog. But I’ve had enough It’s a small dog. Some people are just lazy
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Oh it’s pesticide, they put it on the lawn like fertilizer, strong enough to kill a pest elephant in the right quantities. My Welshie had an excellent nose I trained him carefully as I didn’t want anything to happen to him. But I saw other dogs. Dogs are so dependent on their owners....
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I don’t understand some dog owners, it’s your dog, please keep it on your property. It’s common sense and respect for others. Would you mind if I was coming back from a Square and pee’d on your lawn? Or worse?
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Must just be dogs causing all the damage and heartache. By the way, I see neighbors using this stuff, including one who has a "keep your dog off my lawn" sign: Black Kow Manure Compost |
Dog urine destroys the grass and vermin, especially rats’ second favorite food is dog poo. My dogs had their own sandpit in the backyard, but then I could have a fence.
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Someone had a motion sensor on their water system so the sprinklers would start when anyone went by.
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It’s called the Scarecrow Sprinkler. We currently have a raccoon invasion here and I use one. The hose is attached to the unit that goes off for about 3 seconds and makes a noise too. Keeps away deer from farm fields as well. Available at Amazon, not expensive.
I’d set it up not to sprinkle where people would walk. |
Why not use a camera pointed out over the yard connected to a recorder that videos the villains in flagrante delicto. Maybe park a vehicle in front of the house with a sign in a window of the vehicle (not the house or in the yard) that warns folks the area is under surveillance and being videoed. Then, when the camera picks up the doings of the miscreants on the private property within the yard publicize it on Youtube, Facebook or in the unmentionable online newspaper that publishes photographs of bad parking. Maybe the homeowners could file a complaint for trespassing with the police.
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As for urine destroying the grass, it doesn't kill the zoysia grass like it killed the grass up north. Especially the little dogs' pee. |
Here we go!
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My suggestion, put message on flag pole, flag messages are ok. |
I love the idea of enclosed dog parks. I have one across from my house and a kiddies park further away. My neighbor has a young child and a young dog. When they are headed off to the children's park, the dog walks beside them. When they are headed off to the dog park, the dog leads the way. The big dogs have their area and the smaller ones have theirs. There are benches for the owners to sit and socialize and it is a very inviting place.
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What about "When ya gotta go ya gotta go!"? May not be time to get to a dog park...
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I would be very concerned about any parasites left in my yard through feces and urine, especially if I pulled weeds or gardened there. Intestinal Parasites in Dogs
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That’s why I had the dogs’ sandbox. I had my dogs trained (while on the leash or without the leash) to go in their sandbox, which I would clean like a cat litter box. The sandbox had to be large enough for both the dogs but small enough not to bother the neighbors and I had small bushes to block the view. If it’s cleaned regularly with, say a long handled scooper, there is no smell.
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But I don't see it happening. Far too many people take their dogs out to defecate and urinate away from their yards, often in the yards of other people. Dogs are denning animals. They instinctively don't want to go where they bed and eat but elsewhere. Unfortunately when a dog goes someplace it leaves its olfactory calling card to mark the spot which inevitably invites other dogs to go there as well. |
You are right. That is the basis of crate training. But the backyard works fine as my dogs don’t bed or eat there. The training involved finding each dog’s ‘piece de resistance’. The Welshie would do anything for a small piece of medium cheddar cheese. And the golden retriever loved, absolutely loved a small piece of hotdog. They were rewarded after they did what I wanted.
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Thanks for the heads up.
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:D :popcorn:...:popcorn:...:popcorn: |
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Dead Doggy Grass (Poke Here) |
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