[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

If I had lived in Ocean City, MD, I wouldn't have cared about what the dogs did either! Our vacation spot for decades.

Seriously, you make a good point about your neighborhood being young families with dogs, walking and talking. I think it would make a big difference if you were in a homogenous neighborhood, with everyone doing the same thing. If I'm outside with my dog, talking to a neighbor with her dog and the dog pees on the yard... oh, well. No big deal.

But it's different to be looking out your window and see a stranger walking by, allowing his dog on a long leash to roam around in people's yards. This is not your typical suburban neighborhood. These are tiny lots with houses 20 feet apart; we already live in each other's back pockets. The need to respect privacy and property is great.

That attitude of yours. I can't decide what about you I love the best.

And I would love to personally meet your pup. I have a feeling we would really get along.

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by OCsun

The last neighborhood i lived was full of young families with dogs. When we walked our dogs, we stopped and talked to each other. Our dogs sniffed each other and peed next to each other. Nobody ever complained as long as we all followed the golden rule. If they poop you scoop, if they pee its free.
We spent more time making sure our neighborhood was safe for the kids and that there was always a parent at the bus stop each morning and afternoon. Anyone in the neighborhood who complained about an occasional child cutting through their property to get to the park or a dog peeing on their lawn was condered an old sour puss!

And that's all I have to say about that!!!

Sounds just like here. Some people let their dogs go in the yards of others and speak ill of them if they dislike it. Some people dislike it.

[Here2Stay]

The things we worry at our age is rather sad....when you actually can count in your head the number of months left in your :"life span"; think you might want to enjoy your life instead of finding fault in so many 'little things" We can all find silly things to complain about, however, with a life span of about 360 months....(based off our family history) I think every minute being positive is far more important. Think about it! How many months to you have left! Is this really worth your time!

Shame on those who don't pickup after their pets, I agree with that...otherwise its JUST grass! Just freaking GRASS! Say whatever you want....unless they don't pick up....its just "freaking grass"!

[billethkid]

also remember the first line of defense/offense is to tell them to stop using your yard....which means a face to face encounter and 95% will not do that....but will easily sit at the keyboard and hammer away about the "disgust".

And also remember what is being discussed, as usual, are the isolated incidents.....the other 98% are doing just fine and normally not discussed.

Lastly get up quick and turn on the sprinkler system!

btk

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

That attitude of yours. I can't decide what about you I love the best.

And I would love to personally meet your pup. I have a feeling we would really get along.

You got it! He's going to come stay with you for three weeks in September. Thank you SO much!!!

[D&Lsunfun]

The entire pool/park area has been turned into a "doggie park", (Tamarind Grove)
with the smell, barking and extra car/cart traffic just to get to the "most beautiful pool". The beautiful park is nothing more than a dumping area. Owners allow their dogs to run without leashes, so how do you pickup the feces. What a unpleasant surprise for the landscapers. This is not a doggie park. It is a neighborhood park/pool, for people.
Same thing for owners that think it is okay for dogs to be walked on the golf course after hours. Not a doggie park.

[nanci2539]

I'm kind of chuckling at these posts. I have cats but I do love all my friend's dogs. When I lived up north, my neighbor took her little dog over to introduce her to me. She came into my home before I had a chance to say my cat was roaming around. He was a 26lb Maine Coon. Ben, my cat, backed her dog into a corner where she, the dog, got so nervous, she pooped on my brand new rug!

End of story!

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by nanci2539

I'm kind of chuckling at these posts. I have cats but I do love all my friend's dogs. When I lived up north, my neighbor took her little dog over to introduce her to me. She came into my home before I had a chance to say my cat was roaming around. He was a 26lb Maine Coon. Ben, my cat, backed her dog into a corner where she, the dog, got so nervous, she pooped on my brand new rug!

End of story!

LOL that's a good one. no poop in this story but we had a feral "Mama Cat" just tame enuf to pick a closet inside for her kits, but nobody could come near her. Then we dogsat my mother's german shepherd, who poked his nose in the br door where Mama Cat had her brood.
I can still see the shepherd wheeling backwards down the hall with Mama Cat smacking his nose.

[CFrance]

Okay, since this thread's kinda hijacked already... We had a beagle mix when I was growing up. We had a cat too. I was in the kitchen one day when the cat came racing through with the beagle in hot pursuit, and down the cellar steps they went. That was a big cellar, so they were down there a bit hissing and barking, when up comes the beagle with the cat in hot pursuit...

I love love love cats and dogs.

[notlongnow]

See, the dog poop thread has transformed into a great place to tell stories about some of the most beloved members of our families and remember why we love them so much.

Oh, and every once in a while they poop on the neighbors yard and we clean it up! I have had loved family members do more damage than that! Maybe I should try the sprinkler idea on them?
Now how do I get them to go stand in the front yard and not suspect anything?

I love it when there is a happy ending to a story.

EB

[Easyrider]

Originally Posted by Here2Stay

Shame on those who don't pickup after their pets, I agree with that...otherwise its JUST grass! Just freaking GRASS! Say whatever you want....unless they don't pick up....its just "freaking grass"!

Some people do love their grass just like some people do love their dogs. If the grass belongs to them and is their property I totally respect their right to do so and in the process they have the right to be just as irrational as some of the dog owners about it..

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Here2Stay

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Shame on those who don't pickup after their pets, I agree with that...otherwise its JUST grass! Just freaking GRASS! Say whatever you want....unless they don't pick up....its just "freaking grass"!

but it's not the pet owner's/dog walker's GRASS! i wonder when entitlement replaced respect.

[Easyrider]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

but it's not the pet owner's/dog walker's GRASS! i wonder when entitlement replaced respect.

Neighbor came from their yard straight across the street to my yard with her dog and took care of business 10-12 feet up into the yard. She did go after it but....

I had a little discussion with her on the spot and the problem was solved right then. No need to be excessively ugly but just let them know you would appreciate it if it not ever happen again and it works!

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by nysnowbirds

I love dogs. However, when I watched a neighbor walk her two dogs and stop at my lawn this morning while her dog did his business on my lawn, I was shocked. She was not at the edge but well off the street with the dogs on a long leash in the middle of my lawn and waited a while until the dog decided to do his business on my lawn. Yes, she picked it up and yes, one has limited control over such things. But this behavior was rude, inconsiderate and selfish. Why not walk the dogs on YOUR LAWN? Or since we are a developing village (Hillsborough) with many acres of vacent land, why walk your dogs on your new neighbors lawns? It is just RUDE!

She certainly must be our neighbor from up in Vermont. This woman walks three dogs on a long leash and lets them go wherever they wish......up our hill which is a steep front lawn.........or most blatantly RIGHT ON THE SIGN WHICH IS A LITTLE WHITE DOG WITH THE RED LETTERS "NO".......that's their favorite spot to do their business.

She even cooks special food for these pooches........who are her life.
I "GET IT"........but yes, it is rude.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

but it's not the pet owner's/dog walker's GRASS! i wonder when entitlement replaced respect.

I agree. Would you go poop in your neighbor's lawn? Where did that right come form?