[Dotneko]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

I am neither crabby or old, I just dislike a dog using my yard as their toilet bowl, and I especially dislike disrespectful people allowing their animal to foul my yard.

However, on reflection I could install an electric fence that would keep your animal off my yard.

That wouldnt work. You could get some sort of motion activated sprinkler, though.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

Dogs poop and pee in my front yard every day and not just once a day. As long as they pick it up I don't care. I don't know what kind of grass you have that dog poop and pee harms, our grass has no brown spots and it's beautiful and green. Maybe you need to feed and water it more to get it stronger. What really PO's me is smokers throwing their filtered cigarette butts in my lawn as the mowers don't pick it up and it ends up in pieces on my freshly mowed lawn. In closing, be glad you don't have Canada Geese hanging around your yard as they make a huge mess and they don't pick it up.

Filtered cigarette butts that land in my yard also get me WAY MORE angered than dog do-do, which is more natural. It is kind of an insult that Golf Cart drivers throw those butts out on yards - why don't they have a can with sand in it for their butts - a good citizen/resident would do that much for their neighbors. Also, birds have been known to go after the cigarette filters and end up choking on them. With all the chemicals placed on yards, we seem to have very few songbirds here in The Villages, at least compared to up north. We DO have plenty of crows here that must eat the songbirds' eggs. Maybe some brilliant scientist may find a way to cross a crow and a bluebird to come up with a nice song. (just dreaming)

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by TSO/ISPF

Brings back memories of the lady next door who kept our baseball when it happened to land in her yard. Don't know why, just does.

From her point of view, a baseball landing in her yard could just as easily have broken her window. We tried to use a tennis ball if we were batting around in the street when I was a kid.

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Filtered cigarette butts that land in my yard also get me WAY MORE angered than dog do-do, which is more natural. It is kind of an insult that Golf Cart drivers throw those butts out on yards - why don't they have a can with sand in it for their butts - a good citizen/resident would do that much for their neighbors. Also, birds have been known to go after the cigarette filters and end up choking on them. With all the chemicals placed on yards, we seem to have very few songbirds here in The Villages, at least compared to up north. We DO have plenty of crows here that must eat the songbirds' eggs. Maybe some brilliant scientist may find a way to cross a crow and a bluebird to come up with a nice song. (just dreaming)

Yeah sure, blame it on those nasty golf cart drivers. Who you claim are running around at 30mph. I doubt they could hit your yard with a cigarette buttif they tried. It’s most likely the same inconsiderate dog owners that let their dog crap on your yard. If they don’t care enough to pick up after their dog they probably won’t pick up after themselves either.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Bunny1

How about a dog owner who carries her dog from a block of $500,000 plus homes to a patio villa neighborhood each day and lets her dog pee and poop on our lawns. Sometimes picks up if she sees neighbors watching!

That proves the 11th commandment, "Watch out rich people got no souls"!

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Fredster

I’ve lived in many different communities over the years,
but until I lived here, I had not experienced so many entitled, inconsiderate dog owners
who had little or no respect for others property!
I’ve had dogs and they are not the problem!

The dog owners may NOT be MORE inconsiderate, there just might be WAY more of them here.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

I read through this whole thread and, have unfortunately come to the conclusion that MOST Villagers should not be dog owners, they don't have a clue. NO IT IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE DOG, BUT IT IS THE IGNORANCE OR LAZINESS OF THE OWNER.

Get rid of retractable dog leashes and use a short leash so that you can control where your dog relieves itself.
Do not take your dog to another area to relieve itself, it's your dog keep it in your neighborhood.
Carry dog poop bags and use them and take it home with you instead of throwing the bag in the curb or in the storm drains. Yes, you do that .... there is a storm drain outside my home and I have watched you throw your waste in the drain.

For those of you who KNOW how to own a dog a BIG THANK YOU.

I watched a lady's dog on a long retractable leash get ahead of her and BITE a man walking in the opposite direction. It was an unprovoked attack.

[Fredster]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

The dog owners may NOT be MORE inconsiderate, there just might be WAY more of them here.

More dog owners, more inconsiderate dog owners, I’ll buy that!

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Rzepecki

We DO get it! If you can get my dog to poop on demand, you need to tell me how you do it. You can’t poop on demand, why would you expect a dog to.

However, I do see dog owners who are disrespectful of other’s property. Dogs don’t need to walk on extension leashes and they don’t need to be in the middle of your yard. The edge 2-3 feet is enough and makes it easy to pick up after them.

On the other hand, get over yourself. If you find a way to keep the rats, birds, rabbits, worms, roaches, etc. from pooping in your yard, please let the rest of us know.

I often poop twice a day. Admittedly, "I am full of it". I think that I could poop on command most of the time, but that's just me. I also have been taught to "sit" and to "stay", but I have been having problems with that "fetch" stuff - that is a tough one!

[Fredster]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Looks like we got a "post counter" here, Boss!

You said it “I’ve got nothing better to do”,
so do you just blah, blah, blah, to run up post count?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by lpkruege1

It's only grass until you have to have it repaired. It's only grass to some, to me it's an extension of my landscaping, my home, my personal property. It's only grass until you step in the dog crap, and you walk into your house, and then smell it, and then find it on the bottom of your shoe. If you're lucky, it's not on one of your carpet runners. It's only grass, but it's my grass. Would you let your dog crap in someone's garage? If it ends up there because it was tracked into my house under my shoes, is there any difference? If I have to pick it up off my grass, and then put it into garbage can, and then have to smell it every time it put garbage in it, is it still just grass? Yes, but it's my grass, They have their grass, use it.

I live where several dog owners walk by. I told them that their dogs can poop in my yard - it is just free fertilizer to me. I cut my own grass and can't remember the last time I ever stepped in it in my yard, maybe near a dog park? And I would have definitely realized it by smell or sight before I got into my house.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

Labs are the smartest dog in the world. I always had Labs, you teach them something, they know it for life

labs are good dependable dogs that want to please an owner, but on the scale of intelligence, I am GUESSING somewhere between 5th and 10th. German shepherds are up there and also Australian shepherds.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Ramone

EVERY MORNING I MAKE THE ROUNDS ON MY CART AND SEE DOZENS WITH DOGS AND THE DOGGIE POOP BAGS. WHERE'S THE PROBLEM IF IT IS CLEANED UP. YOU SOUND LIKE THE VILLAGE IDIOT WHO ATTACKED MY WIFE AND DOG WHILE SHE WAS OUT WALKING MY SERVICE DOG (VIETNAM VET). YOU SCREAMED VULGAR LANGUAGE AT HER WITH MUCH SALIVA GOING INTO HER FACE THEN WHEN SHE STOOD THERE AND DID NOT RUN LIKE YOU HAVE DONE TO OTHERS YOU TURNED AND KICKED THE MEDIUM SIZE DOG THROUGH THE AIR. CAUSING LIMP AND BLOODY STOOLS. THAT DOG HAS NEVER POOPED IN YOUR YARD! If they don't pick up then rant, otherwise accept that rains and sprinklers will delute any residues away. Try being a decent person in a village we share.

WOW! Sorry she had to experience that. Anyone that kicks a dog in a situation like that deserves jail time.