Please explain the "rules" of dogs/walking/peeing and neighbors' property
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Anonymous
I'm not the poster you have responded to, but I disagree with your translation. You don't have to live in the suburbs to have a dog, but you don't have the right to let your pet defecate on someone else's property. You are in control of your dog aren't you, so surely this is common sense as trespassing is breaking the law? |
Anonymous
Having a dog is not a right. If you don’t have the resources for it, than, no, you shouldn’t do it. |
Anonymous
You do understand that “hand him over to a rescue” doesn’t mean euthanasia, right? |
Anonymous
In the city, the area of grass between the sidewalk and the street belongs to DC, it doesn't matter if it is in front of someone's property. Even in the nicest neighborhoods, many are basically a tree surrounded by dirt and weeds. Those are fair game. If someone goes through the trouble of planting there (and there are rules surrounding what you can and cannot do with that space) the polite dog owner will avoid it and go for the muddy weeded ones, but technically either is fine and DEFINITELY not breaking the law no matter how many "don't pee here" signs you post. |
Anonymous
PP here. Let me just clear up what I meant. I wasn't referring to the area of grass between the sidewalk and the street, I'm referring to the actual grass on a property owners lawn. The poster that I was responding to had responded to someone saying that "If you don’t have enough green space for your dog to poop on your own property, you should not have a dog". |
Anonymous
Dogs need to walk. And when the walk, they pee and poop. And they dont like doing it on the edge of their own lawn. They are so so excited to leave to walk, they will almost drag you to get on. Deer, squirrels, raccoons, foxes, bunnies, chipmunk, they all walk around and poop and pee on your lawn. They don't use toilets. Do you get angry at them? |
Anonymous
Deers, squirrels, raccoons, foxes, bunnies and chipmunks pooping and peeing on your lawn is totally different. They are wild animals not pets. |
Anonymous
Actually in DC the city owns much more than that. In many areas DC owns everything 45 feet from the centerline of the road, and in the part of the city south of FL Ave (Old City) they own the entire front yard. |
Anonymous
Dogs need to walk…I.Don’t.Care. I do not care about the needs of your dog. You deal with it. Having a dog is your hobby, not mine. |
Anonymous
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You chose to have a dog, the rest of us maybe not.
I don't mind it when dog owners keep the peeing and pooping in our yard to the foot or so off the street. If they let them pee beyond that, it's rude. And if they don't pick up the poop, it's rude. Our neighborhood has a "driveway pooper" who let's their dog poop on people's driveways and then leaves it there. Fortune, it's a lot less frequent since people are installing cams. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| I’m confused. Aren’t these dogs on leashes being held by humans? You are in control of where your dog wanders. To allow it on private property is not acceptable. Would you randomly sit in a lawn chair in your neighbors yard without permission? Some dog owners are clueless. Gives a bad name to responsible dog owners. Respect you neighbors private property is being a good neighbor. |
Anonymous
I am not a dog owner, but I recently dog sat for a week for a 10 month old golden doodle. This dos normally lives in a condo building and walks on sidewalks / pees on fire hydrants. I successfully walked this dog 4-5 times a day only on the strip between the sidewalk and road and the dog did not relieve itself once on any of my neighbors yards. This is a dog that is leash reactive and has terrible leash manners - I also managed to teach it to heel and walk with a loose leash in less than 3 days with a handful of treats. If I can do it - with no prior dog experience - I imagine people who choose to let their dogs relieve themselves anywhere they want are just lazy and inconsiderate. |
Anonymous
| We dont have sidewalks, so the grass comes right to the street. I give the dog an opportunity on my lawn first, but then we walk. I think the first few feet of lawn in from the street, accessible when leashed, are fair game for my dog, unless the owner has one of those little "no dogs" signs. We always clean up after ourselves. |
Anonymous
| A simple solution without having to post a sign is to simply tell the person with the dog in your yard not to trespass again. They have received a direct verbal command to no longer trespass with their dog in your area of occupancy again. I have an annoying neighbor who does not want anyone walking dogs in his yard yet he goes on walks with his dog on a retractable leash and his cat follows triggering all of the cat aggressive dogs in the neighborhood. He literally almost runs off the end of his sidewalk so his dog won’t pee in his own yard and takes it to pee in neighbors yards. By telling him not to trespass one time, he can be charged if he continues to come in our yard. That is one way to deal with a particularly nasty neighbor without offending the others. |