[RCM1210]

Different question.. What do you do if its raining all day? Years ago I had two Labs, one Yellow, one Black and loved them. If it were raining when they needed to do their business, I'd open the door and yes they were hesitant about going out, but you know they did. After they did their business, they bolted back inside. I did invest in an invisible fence so I wouldn't have to bolt back inside!!

Since we moved to TV, we've not seen ONE dog owner walk their dog(s) in the rain. Not one!

So I'm in the camp of: davecz1
"Our dog does all his business in his own yard. After that he gets his walk. Simple".

Plus, I believe in the invisible fences and short leases for more control of our beloved pets.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by RCM1210

Plus, I believe in the invisible fences and short leases for more control of our beloved pets.

Me too, I believe in renting or leasing dogs, that way when they get bothersome, back they go! Just kidding, RCM.

When it's raining, we head out to the dog park with an umbrella. My little dog doesn't like getting wet, but he forgets that because he loves the dog park so much. And our big dog is too dippy to notice the rain.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by RCM1210

Different question.. What do you do if its raining all day? Years ago I had two Labs, one Yellow, one Black and loved them. If it were raining when they needed to do their business, I'd open the door and yes they were hesitant about going out, but you know they did. After they did their business, they bolted back inside. I did invest in an invisible fence so I wouldn't have to bolt back inside!!

Since we moved to TV, we've not seen ONE dog owner walk their dog(s) in the rain. Not one!

So I'm in the camp of: davecz1
"Our dog does all his business in his own yard. After that he gets his walk. Simple".

Plus, I believe in the invisible fences and short leases for more control of our beloved pets.

We amassed an army of golf umbrellas up north. I saved two good ones & brought them down with us. When it's raining, I take the dog out using the golf umbrella--to keep me dry. The heck with HIM!

However, I don't take him for a walk him in the rain, because we know from experience that his paws kick the dirty water up from the roadway onto his underside, turning it and his legs filthy dirty.

[davecz1]

Originally Posted by RCM1210

Different question.. What do you do if its raining all day? Years ago I had two Labs, one Yellow, one Black and loved them. If it were raining when they needed to do their business, I'd open the door and yes they were hesitant about going out, but you know they did. After they did their business, they bolted back inside. I did invest in an invisible fence so I wouldn't have to bolt back inside!!

Since we moved to TV, we've not seen ONE dog owner walk their dog(s) in the rain. Not one!

So I'm in the camp of: davecz1
"Our dog does all his business in his own yard. After that he gets his walk. Simple".

Plus, I believe in the invisible fences and short leases for more control of our beloved pets.

Thanks! Dave

[tommy steam]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

Allowing the dog to go out fully extended on retractable leash onto somebody else's yard/property is called

TRESSPASSING. It's not public property!

The first thing that ought to go is the retractable leashes. There is at least one sad account here of an elderly lady in Spanish Springs, walking down the sidewalk, and a dog owner had the cord extended out quite far. The cord is so thin it's not visible and the lady tripped over it and had what could have been a brain and spinal injury but fortunately wasn't.

Also, they are a danger when walking in the streets of neighborhoods without sidewalks. If the dog bolts toward moving car wheels it's a disaster to try to get him pulled back to yourself in an instant.

I saw a guy with his retractable lead the other night, doing 2 inconsiderate things at Lake Sumter Landing, on the lakeside of the Sales Center. First he let the dog go up onto the grass/landscaping at the side doors of the sales center and it was doing its business there. As soon as the dog was done he let it go out about 15 feet from him on the retractable cord. He was on the inside of the sidewalk and the dog was on the outside, with the cord able to trip anyone who came around the corner. It was dusk and the cord was barely visible. I told him people have tripped over cords like that and the dog needs to be kept close to the owner.

He growled and had no intention of doing anything about it. Especially in a town square/downtown, the dog needs to be kept close regardless of what type of leash it's on. Not everybody wants an unknown dog coming up to them!

It will come. Someone will trip over one of these leashes and will get badly injured. The owner will be sued. It's just a matter of time.

[notlongnow]

I have now read this whole thread and I am not sure if this makes me more educated about dog poop or just a person with nothing better to do??
However a few things pop out for me.

First is there are far too many things in TV to do other than watching out of your windows to see if someones dog goes on your lawn.

Second is, did you really move to a community that has no fences, kissing Lanais, 10' apart, no sidewalks, 90+ degrees in the summer with only hot pavement to walk your dog on, with perfect grass everywhere (a favorite of dogs worldwide), a place to find new friends and live out the life you have always dreamed of, and all you can worry about is your neighbor, who could become your best friend ever, and their dog is trespassing on your lawn and could trip and fall and you could be sued, REALLY? If they are cleaning it up and it was just a dog and owner just out for a walk AND they cleaned it up, get over it! I am sure they are not try to do something to you personally.

Third is, I have been on this earth for 60 years, I know not that long, and I have never heard or known of anybody who has been sickened or ill from dog poop. All I can say is don't eat it just in case!

Fourth is, when I live there, I want to take my dog on a walk with Graciegirl and Patty55.
That would be a walk that I would remember forever, two wonderful souls

My post was edited and I don't even know what was changed? It looks the same to me but my post was not directed at the OP. I direct it at the subject of poop watch by anybody that puts that on their list of things that they need to worry about.
What ever was edited out by the Moderator was not intended as an attack and if it seemed that way, what ever it was, I apologize for it.
Everything else I still mean.
EB

[gomoho]

Nicely said EB, but those that hate dogs can't see the forest for the trees - unless a dog might be peeing on one!

[Lovey2]

A lady was half way up my driveway so her dog could go on my grass!! Luckily I wasn't dressed or I would have been outside telling her off. This whole poop issue is UNACCEPTABLE to me. I don't care if you pick it up, and as one dog owner said above, it only encourages other dogs to use you lawn, picked up or not. Get yourselves a cat, like I have, that does her business in private and in MY home. P.S. I am a BIG animal lover, and would love to have a menagarie...but trust me, I would no more stand with an animal "going" on the end of a leash while me either pretending not to notice, or looking on with love, than I would go on someones lawn myself. This is just rude and a little crass.

[Lovey2]

actually..."told her off" was a little hasty. I'm sure I would have just asked her nicely to not do it again...

[keithwand]

Originally Posted by Denise Frayne

A lady was half way up my driveway so her dog could go on my grass!! Luckily I wasn't dressed or I would have been outside telling her off. This whole poop issue is UNACCEPTABLE to me. I don't care if you pick it up, and as one dog owner said above, it only encourages other dogs to use you lawn, picked up or not. Get yourselves a cat, like I have, that does her business in private and in MY home. P.S. I am a BIG animal lover, and would love to have a menagarie...but trust me, I would no more stand with an animal "going" on the end of a leash while me either pretending not to notice, or looking on with love, than I would go on someones lawn myself. This is just rude and a little crass.

That is bold to come up your driveway. I would not be happy either.

[shcisamax]

Originally Posted by notlongnow

I have now read this whole thread and I am not sure if this makes me more educated about dog poop or just a person with nothing better to do??
However a few things pop out for me.

First is there are far too many things in TV to do other than watching out of your windows to see if someones dog goes on your lawn.

Second is, did you really move to a community that has no fences, kissing Lanais, 10' apart, no sidewalks, 90+ degrees in the summer with only hot pavement to walk your dog on, with perfect grass everywhere (a favorite of dogs worldwide), a place to find new friends and live out the life you have always dreamed of, and all you can worry about is your neighbor, who could become your best friend ever, and their dog is trespassing on your lawn and could trip and fall and you could be sued, REALLY? If they are cleaning it up and it was just a dog and owner just out for a walk AND they cleaned it up, get over it! I am sure they are not try to do something to you personally.

Third is, I have been on this earth for 60 years, I know not that long, and I have never heard or known of anybody who has been sickened or ill from dog poop. All I can say is don't eat it just in case!

Fourth is, when I live there, I want to take my dog on a walk with Graciegirl and Patty55.
That would be a walk that I would remember forever, two wonderful souls

My post was edited and I don't even know what was changed? It looks the same to me but my post was not directed at the OP. I direct it at the subject of poop watch by anybody that puts that on their list of things that they need to worry about.
What ever was edited out by the Moderator was not intended as an attack and if it seemed that way, what ever it was, I apologize for it.
Everything else I still mean.
EB

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by Denise Frayne

A lady was half way up my driveway so her dog could go on my grass!! Luckily I wasn't dressed or I would have been outside telling her off. This whole poop issue is UNACCEPTABLE to me. I don't care if you pick it up, and as one dog owner said above, it only encourages other dogs to use you lawn, picked up or not. Get yourselves a cat, like I have, that does her business in private and in MY home. P.S. I am a BIG animal lover, and would love to have a menagarie...but trust me, I would no more stand with an animal "going" on the end of a leash while me either pretending not to notice, or looking on with love, than I would go on someones lawn myself. This is just rude and a little crass.

I'm with you Denise. Thanks for making me think about it...I think I need to get a water cannon, practice my Cherokee war cry, and lose inhibition to charge out of the house naked.
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[graciegirl]

I have to admit it. I enjoy the poop threads. It brings out the best and worst in all of us.

Carry on.

[Patty55]

Halfway up the driveway would be what? Five feet? PUHLEASE....

Just for the record, I no longer walk my dogs, not because I care about lawns... don't care about mine or yours. I no longer do it because I care about the dogs. After hearing about the dried sludge fertilizer I don't want them exposed to E-coli, staph and strep. Instead I take them to the town squares and let them do their thing on the sidewalks.

[RCM1210]

I'm also in the camp of Denise Frayne. I'm still wondering where pet owners let or encourage their pets do their business when its pouring down rain! Pets will do their business on their own lawn if they have been trained to do so and/or have no choice . Then take them for a jog through the neighborhood. Trust me, they will jog along with you and be happy, if they are trained to do so.