[SeaCros]

What I have noticed since living here is people tend to do what they want and others complain about it. Seems to take a global issue of people in general and apply it to The Villages with people in their pets. Next there will be some type of question as to ask those with money to give it to those without.... LOL

[rrtjp]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Feeding samples to her dog at the deli counter in WHICH Publix? The workers allowed it and didn't get the manager to get her to leave? That must have broken some kind of health codes.
I love dogs, but that is disgusting. That is the kind of arrogant, delusional self-entitlement that make folks not like dogs. It is the owner who is the jerk, but the dog gets the blame.

How about a village where you are not allowed to call your pet a “fur baby” lol.

[Mikey1588]

Pets are and always will be an issue in communities. Dogs in particular have to be walked and need to poop outside. It comes down to respect and consideration for others.
Some people need to recognize they are not the center of the Universe!

Originally Posted by Rainger99

With respect to pets, it seems that there are three types of people.
They are

1) people who love them and think everyone else should love them.
2) people who don't like them and don't want other people bringing their pets onto their lawns or in stores or restaurants and they don't want to live next to neighbors who have noisy pets.
3) people who are neutral - they don't care either way.

I am attempting to come up with a solution where all sides are satisfied. Would it be possible to have one of the new villages be pet-free? You would know going in that you couldn't have a pet and that none of your neighbors could have one.

This would seem to satisfy all parties. If you loved pets, you would probably have more neighbors with pets in those villages that allowed pets. If you didn't love pets, you would live in a village where pets are not allowed - people from an adjacent village could not walk their dogs in the pet-free villages.

And if you are neutral on pets, you could decide if you wanted to live in a village that allowed pets or you could decide if you wanted to live in a pet-free village. This would seem to be a win-win-win. You could live where you wanted and everyone should be satisfied.

But would it work?

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Pachine58

If this is an issue, you can move. Lots of places have no pets restrictions. One would think you knew pets are huge in the villages before you bought here. So now everyone else need to change for you?

There are more than 100 villages. Everything would remain the same in the 100 existing villages - including the one that live in. If you lived in one of those 100 villages (and I assume that everyone on TOTV is), not a single person would have to change anything. To repeat, it is not retroactive to existing villages. The suggestion was for just one of the new villages (a single village) to be a pet-free zone.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

There are more than 100 villages. Everything would remain the same in the 100 existing villages - including the one that live in. If you lived in one of those 100 villages (and I assume that everyone on TOTV is), not a single person would have to change anything. To repeat, it is not retroactive to existing villages. The suggestion was for just one of the new villages (a single village) to be a pet-free zone.

You could not keep people walking their dogs out of a pet free village. The roads are owned by the county, and we pay taxes for the upkeep.

[Jandj1987]

Originally Posted by wisbad1

It’s not the pets, it’s the dumb people who think they can force their animals on us. I love dogs , not when I’m eating or in grocery store. Home Depot, that’s fine. Stood next to a lady feeding her dog samples at publix deli. Gross , I left. Not dogs fault, owner.

💯 - Just like dog owners who think everyone just loves their little skippy/fluffy, you can have stupid parents/grandparents. It’s not the children's fault they are misbehaving or don’t know how to act. But unlike pets, children are human beings. But just like pets, other people don’t have to like your grandchildren and don’t have the ability to think they are angels like the parents or grandparents. As far as delinquent adult children living with grandparents, well that’s easy. Grandparents can be manipulated easier by an adult.

[Sandy and Ed]

Originally Posted by SeaCros

What I have noticed since living here is people tend to do what they want and others complain about it. Seems to take a global issue of people in general and apply it to The Villages with people in their pets. Next there will be some type of question as to ask those with money to give it to those without.... LOL

Aw, come on, do you really thing any one would be that dumb to feel they are “entitled” (a new use for this word) to someone else’s hard earned money?? That’s just nuts!! (Lol)

[Boomer]

It would never happen.

Besides……..whether someone thinks it is a good idea or not, it could limit resale value — or not.

Boomer

[KimmieK]

No such Village In The Villages.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

How about a Village where everyone living there has to be vaccinated, and people who are not vaccinated aren’t allowed to set foot in that Village. While we’re at it, how about Villages where the residents must all be registered to the same political party. And what the heck, a Village where all residents are required to own at least one dog.

Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes all the same
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same

(Malvina Reynolds, lotsa years ago)

[Oldragbagger]

Originally Posted by Pachine58

If this is an issue, you can move. Lots of places have no pets restrictions.

One would think you knew pets are huge in the villages before you bought here. So now everyone else need to change for you?

The point of the post was not to suggest that anyone change. The OP never stated that. Yes, everyone loves their dogs and The Villages is chock a block full of them. We knew it and bought anyway for all the other reasons that everyone else does and with the hope that if a dog turns out to be a particularly unbearable nuisance the deed restrictions against such might offer somewhat of a remedy. All he/she asked was whether the idea of an option for a pet free village, for those who desired it and were willing to pay for it, was a viable idea. He didn’t suggest anyone get rid of their pets. He didn’t suggest anyone who wants to have pets would have to live there. But certainly there has to be a small amount of understanding that not everyone loves dogs and why can’t those people have an avenue to home ownership in this wonderful place that is absent of dogs, at least in their neighborhood. Not in any way unreasonable. This is still a free country. It seems the outcry is trending toward the dog owners being defensive to the point of insisting that everyone should have to tolerate dogs without complaint or question instead of recognizing it’s a win-win for everyone.

[RiderOnTheStorm]

Originally Posted by Bhighley

Speaking of win win - Could you setup a village without a bunch of grumpy old people?

How about a Village where residents must have an IQ greater than the national average? It would certainly make for more interesting threads.

[MrFlorida]

Why do people move here and try to change everything ? Isn't the lifestyle here what you came for ?

[KimmieK]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

I think there are.

Not at this time — restrictions, yes.

[NoMo50]

How about a Village for pets only...no owners allowed?

A truly utopian idea: A village where no complainers are allowed. This forum offers ample evidence there are surely people who lay awake at night, conjuring up some topic to gripe about.