[ilovetv]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

Barefoot, I enjoy reading your posts and feel nice when I do...you know I'm a big dog owner too...
Where I live most everyone walks their dog on the neighbor's grass from one yard to the next and not in the street. They stop when the dog wants to stop on the lawn to let their dog do whatever it wants to do. They walk the dog on the lawns instead of across the street where the lots are not yet built.

One person pm'd me to say thanks for starting a previous poop thread. She said it had never occurred to her until she read the posts that people might object to her dog toileting in their yard.

THIS is what we're talking about:

"..They stop when the dog wants to stop on the lawn to let their dog do whatever it wants to do. They walk the dog on the lawns instead of across the street where the lots are not yet built..."

And THAT takes gall.

gall noun \ˈgȯl\

Definition of GALL

2 : brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Patty55

Okey Dokey, I have six, all dressed alike to confuse people. When they run around on their retractable leashes you'd swear there wasn't more than four, I think it's called Trompe L'oeil.

All I know, is I'm happy. Is everyone happy?

I think it's called Trip L'oeil.

I'm happy.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Denise Frayne

My first time on here for a discussion, and I think it's a riot, quite frankly...especially the bully with the psychiatry degree. I did learn several things tho...1) people love their pets to the exclusion of common sense..fact, I do! 2) if I don't agree with you, I am a control freak and have bigger issues than a simple opinion and 3) the sidewalks in the square are a good place to dump my used kitty litter, as opposed to my neighbor's yard I had been using. I'll be sure to get on here in another year or so to see if I can pick up anymore enlightening life lessons. Ciao!!

Oh, I wouldn't wait a year. This is a self-recycling topic Couple months, tops.

[kittygilchrist]

or this thread might go on and on and...

[Lovey2]

hahaha!! Kitty, cfrance, ilovetv and a few others...you guys are too funny!! Much enjoyed your comments. Wish we had a "like" button on here like Facebook!

[gomoho]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

Ah....but this is where I disagree. There are numerous people right here in this thread who who mock and condemn and label as "dog haters" the homeowners who expect respect for their property.

Sorry if you felt mocked or condemned by my post, but as a responsible dog owner who toilets their dog in the street if they have to go on our walk, I am sooooooooo tired of all the complaining about the few that don't oblige.

[gpirate]

Originally Posted by 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.

I know when I get moved to TV I want to walk my two boxers with the likes of Barefoot, Patty, & Kitty. Seems to me they are true dog lovers just like me.

[Lovey2]

don't apologize gomoho...this should all be taken with some grains of salt....on a nice big glass filled with some lovely libation

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by gomoho

...as a responsible dog owner...I am sooooooooo tired of all the complaining about the few that don't oblige.

I gotta admit, gomoho, this is the one thing that I grow tired of about these threads too.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Denise Frayne

My first time on here for a discussion, and I think it's a riot, quite frankly...especially the bully with the psychiatry degree. I did learn several things tho...1) people love their pets to the exclusion of common sense..fact, I do! 2) if I don't agree with you, I am a control freak and have bigger issues than a simple opinion and 3) the sidewalks in the square are a good place to dump my used kitty litter, as opposed to my neighbor's yard I had been using. I'll be sure to get on here in another year or so to see if I can pick up anymore enlightening life lessons. Ciao!!

Oh Denise. You ARE NEW. Most of the sarcasm on this thread comes from the fact that the issue you chose to enter the fray with has been discussed, discussed, discussed and discussed. If you enter dog poop in the search above it will take you back two or three years and show you thread after thread after thread on the same subject. Before then the word POOP had not been used so much. It was called "going" or "using".

I don't have a dog either. I have cats. I love dogs though. I love people too. We all live on small lots and there are a bunch of folks who love their dogs. The ones who are letting their dogs do do do on someone's lawns and not pick it up are the same ones who used to let their kids run wild.

I am REALLY sorry that your feelings are hurt, but many like minded folks agree with you. Please don't leave or stop posting your opinions.

PS. Patty was mostly funnin' us. MOSTLY.

[CFrance]

[QUOTE=graciegirl;

"do do do"?


(I love pottymouth jokes...)

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by sobell

what's the problem? The poop was picked up! Apparently you don't have a dog , so you don't understand how important it is for them to get exercise as well as poop! Get over it and get a dog. Then you will understand & probably be a much happier person.

sobell - owned several dogs - loved them all - travel too much to own one now. that said - i find little in life more disgusting than enjoying a respite on my front facing lanai with a meal or a beverage and having to watch a dog of any size relieve itself on my lawn in front of me - and then watch an owner pick up a deposit it and bag it! that might be something you accept - but i cannot.

why do you think the villages offers dog parks - for exercise!

[Lovey2]

graciegirl, thank you but you misunderstand my own sarcastic self...my feelings are not hurt, this isn't nearly important enough for that...besides, I am only funnin' myself...MOSTLY!! I can see where this would be a very controversial topic, and am a dog and people lover too. I AM NOT, however, a do do lover...hahaha...as "The Doctor" said...it's all good!

[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!!!

[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.