think about the costs to first test for DNA and the enforce violation
Now LSL, you’re old enough to know better–do you really think people with yards will let their pets use it for a doggie toilet when they can go out and use parks, sidewalks and other people’s lawns instead
Rarely do you see them do it.
as you said, unless you have door camera aimed right, you won’t see culprit. And confronting selfish entitled dog owners who think the world owes them free toilet service will not end well. should we be willing to get physically assaulted by dog owners indignant for accusing their precious little babies
have you forgotten that when dogs do their do in the park, even if the rare owner does try to clean up, a plastic bag doesn’t remove the residue, leaving it for some unknowing park-goer to find-and smell-on their pants seats or other clothing
apparently yes, there’s a double standard according to Dr Deth
You may be in an apartment complex which creates a different situation, but I’ll answer concerning the common U.S. situation with homeowners.
Where the dog poops depends a lot on the dog. In breeds that are easy to housebreak – which are the only kind I would want – the instinct is to avoid elimination overly close to where they live. Is it possible to train a dog to always go in a preferred spot? Yes, but unless you are a skilled at dog training, it isn’t easy.
Almost all towns have a dog ordinance allowing you to walk your dog and clean up, whether or not on your property.. At least around here, AFAIK, it always allows dog owners to be what I might call responsible and some others have different words for.
If someone has a no-poop sign, I honor it by walking on the other side of the street, but think it a bit unfair to those who do not have the sign.
I pick up after my dog. Sometimes, especially if the poop is in the middle of the walk, I pick up someone else’s (or maybe it is from a wild animal – don’t know, don’t care).
Comparable to no dog pooping signs is “No soliciting.” Our township sells licenses to solicitors. Property taxes are ever so slightly cheaper because of that, and residents should respect this by getting rid of those signs and treating solicitors politely. Solicitation is comparable to the dog situation because a lot of potential homeowners would not want to move to a town known to be dog-unfriendly. Changing the dog ordinance would create bad publicity for our township and lower property values a smidgen, eventually costing most of us money.
The dog ownership rate in the U.S. is, last I heard, the highest in the world, so it is going to be an uphill battle to stop people from walking their dogs – and given that dogs will try hard to go where they wish, we are talking about an end to dog walking.
I wonder if the ordinances are different in countries where there are fewer dogs.
Where the fuck did i say that?
It is true that sometimes revenge against a malefactor can carry a more severe penalty than the original crime.
I mean someone slashes your tires, so you set fire to his car- Malicious mischief Vs Arson, but often revenge does have an element of upping the level.
to me, dogs have no useful social purpose in urban area except for maybe protection. Other than that, they are a problem to everyone else, and should be treated as public nuisance. Their piss affects trees and lawns; their poop is everywhere where other people congregate, leaving messes for either sanitation or lawn owners to clean up, and doggie do leaves a residue in parks that ruin park-goers experience; then add barking at all hours of day and night disturbing other’s peace and quiet; finally, they’re a menace to kids, mailmen, delivery drivers, and any other casual encounter. they detract from civilized city living
I don’t wanna live in a world with out dogs.
I like mine more than I like most people.
I’m pretty sure Cats will rules us all one day. They’ll stop this poopy problem, forthwith
Nor do humans.
Humans piss out in the open in cities too.
Playing loud music, car alarms, etc.
Dog bites kill maybe 30+ a year. Car accidents kill 40000+, smoking kills 400000+, etc etc.
Lets get rid of humans!
Anyway there are working dogs. Real working dogs. Real jobs.
There is a benefit medically.
Seeing eye dogs.
Or Granny’s pampered Pug.
Society has no use for stray, feral animals. Abandoned and dumped off.
Those are human failings, not dogs fault.
Just like cleaning up after these pets.
When I was a child growing up in New Jersey in the 1960’s, this was a legitimate concern. Dog ordinances went unenforced. People with fenced yards were letting their dogs run free, and as a newspaper delivery boy I did get – lightly but repeatedly – bit.
I do know a few people currently having a dog and a fenced yard, and they let out the dog to go in the yard in lieu of walking.
One U.S. change in recent decades: HOA’s. Despite the superficial appearance that land near your house is associated with that house, in ours, it is actually a common area, and it is against the rules to put up a fence. It is also against the rules to have signs in the common areas, although people do it.
As a result, dog owners do need to walk their dogs. Dog people disagree about this, but the decline in fenced yards might actually be good for the exercised dogs (and their exercised owners, and the lower crime rate when there are more people walking dogs on the street).
It used to be that SPCA adoption contracts required a fenced yard. Now they do not. IMHO this is good. Standard national breed club purebred dog contracts still often require fenced yards, but I think that is now widely and wisely ignored.
The one house on my block with a no poop sign has an owner who hugs and snuggles our sheltie whenever we meet walking. Go figure.