Originally Posted by gerryann (Post 976541)

If you actually SEE folks with dogs walking where they shouldn't, or not picking up a mess.....PLEASE! PLEASE! dont let it go.....take a picture! Talk to them! Embaress them!!!
Why do folks just rant on here to owners who are responsible? Expose the ones who are doing the deed!....it does no good to complain here. The very small percentage of villagers who are on TOTV are most likely NOT the ones violating the walking and poop rules.
Get pictures and post them here!!! The dog owners want it to stop just like the non owners want it to.

Originally Posted by D&Lsunfun (Post 976629)

to the dog owners: I live in Tamarind Grove and walk through the mail/pool area everyday
I can tell you at least 4 days a week I can find, poop on the sidewalks, poop bags left in the parking lot or in the bushes, and after a rain it smells from all the urine. The mulch areas are dug up from the dogs, scratching after going to the toilet. The area is usually congested with cars and carts from the dog walkers. Unless you are the man that drives his cart along the fence line and has his dog follow behind, this dog owner rides all over the "green area" in his cart. Why?? Because there isn't a sign that says: NO carts. (so I have heard).
If you need to take your dog in the car to a place to exercise and toilet, try the dog park or your own yard and save the common green space. No one loves your dog like you do. As for all you people that would never, come watch some of your dog lovers in action, if they don't see someone watching the poop remains. Especially when the dogs are off leash or on the 10 foot leash device.

Originally Posted by D&Lsunfun (Post 976629)

to the dog owners: I live in Tamarind Grove and walk through the mail/pool area everyday
I can tell you at least 4 days a week I can find, poop on the sidewalks, poop bags left in the parking lot or in the bushes, and after a rain it smells from all the urine. The mulch areas are dug up from the dogs, scratching after going to the toilet. The area is usually congested with cars and carts from the dog walkers. Unless you are the man that drives his cart along the fence line and has his dog follow behind, this dog owner rides all over the "green area" in his cart. Why?? Because there isn't a sign that says: NO carts. (so I have heard).
If you need to take your dog in the car to a place to exercise and toilet, try the dog park or your own yard and save the common green space. No one loves your dog like you do. As for all you people that would never, come watch some of your dog lovers in action, if they don't see someone watching the poop remains. Especially when the dogs are off leash or on the 10 foot leash device.

Originally Posted by Wandatime (Post 976650)

I completely understand your frustration. It frustrates me to no end to see dog poop and cigarette butts and empty water bottles and plain old trash in the common areas. I see this daily. And if I see trash on the walkway, I pick it up. Just because there are some complete @##holes out there doesn't mean the rest of us should be painted with the same brush. Most people are considerate and responsible. A very few are not. This applies to dog owners, cigarette smokers, drinkers from water bottles, Kleenex users, etc.

Originally Posted by D&Lsunfun (Post 976629)

to the dog owners: I live in Tamarind Grove and walk through the mail/pool area everyday
I can tell you at least 4 days a week I can find, poop on the sidewalks, poop bags left in the parking lot or in the bushes, and after a rain it smells from all the urine. The mulch areas are dug up from the dogs, scratching after going to the toilet. The area is usually congested with cars and carts from the dog walkers. Unless you are the man that drives his cart along the fence line and has his dog follow behind, this dog owner rides all over the "green area" in his cart. Why?? Because there isn't a sign that says: NO carts. (so I have heard).
If you need to take your dog in the car to a place to exercise and toilet, try the dog park or your own yard and save the common green space. No one loves your dog like you do. As for all you people that would never, come watch some of your dog lovers in action, if they don't see someone watching the poop remains. Especially when the dogs are off leash or on the 10 foot leash device.

Originally Posted by D&Lsunfun (Post 976906)

not unhappy, disappointed to find people without common sense or consideration of others.
soon the paradise we all love here will become any common city area with litter.

Originally Posted by Chatbrat (Post 976344)

There is a posting on the bulletin board stating that the green space is not to be used for dog walking. Please do one thing or the other, remove the sign or enforce the ban. As it currently stands, there are lots of people flagrantly violating the rules.

Originally Posted by Uptown Girl (Post 976486)

Sadly, you're barking up the wrong tree.
The people of TOTV have no authority to enforce the ban or remove the sign.

The Villages addressed this topic last year, after some residents decided Tamarind Grove Mail Station would make a convenient dog park- to exercise their dogs off leash. When the mail station parking lot became congested with people from other villages coming with doggies and some loose dogs caused problems, local residents complained to the powers that be.

For a short time, about a week, community watch drivers were stationed in the parking lot-all dog owners were asked NOT to use the area as a free run for their dogs. They discouraged taking the dogs there at all.

After more complaints, the new 'rule' was relaxed, allowing owners to take a stroll in the green area with LEASHED dogs, for quiet enjoyment. (Droppings were expected to be picked up.) Evidently, some kindergarteners can't be given an inch of leeway, for the 'green' privilege has been abused again (by some) so now it is off limits in general for dogs- per notice. I think there was also an article about it in The Daily Sun as well. People KNOW.

Unfortunately, we have residents who don't follow rules and don't care if they alienate people.
Just be glad they're not related to you. :mornincoffee:

Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 976510)

I still do not know why or understand why there are so many resident dog owners who just will not use their own yard....and are perfectly comfortable using yours or the mail station.

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 976601)

Speaking of picking dog doo up, I walked my "girls" to the local mail station today (they never want to poop coming right out of the house, they have to get primed, I guess) and after they did their business, I picked theirs up along with 3 other piles that someone(s) left behind.

Originally Posted by D&Lsunfun (Post 976906)

not unhappy, disappointed to find people without common sense or consideration of others.
soon the paradise we all love here will become any common city area with litter.