Originally Posted by LuvNH (Post 2259879)

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.

Originally Posted by vintageogauge (Post 2259505)

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.

Originally Posted by TSO/ISPF (Post 2259556)

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.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2259929)

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)

Originally Posted by Bunny1 (Post 2259591)

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!

Originally Posted by Fredster (Post 2259614)

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!

Originally Posted by LuvNH (Post 2259683)

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.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2259938)

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

Originally Posted by Rzepecki (Post 2259693)

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.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2259920)

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

Originally Posted by lpkruege1 (Post 2259717)

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.

Originally Posted by LuvNH (Post 2259788)

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

Originally Posted by Ramone (Post 2259814)

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.