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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your neighbors are "ugly" because they don't want your dog peeing/pooping on the grass in front of their house?  Aren't you an entitled piece of work.

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Where do you suggest dogs pee?[/quote]
In their own yards, dummy.[/quote]
Hm, and dogs that live in apartments and condos, where should they pee. [/quote]
In the designated 'dog walk' area provided by the dog-friendly complex? [/quote]

That doesn't in 99 percent of dog friendly buildings in any large city, including DC. People in cities are less uptight about this kind of thing though. It's a good day if you  have a 40 year old human naked and spread eagle taking a dump on your lawn![/quote]

Yes and no. Ten years ago I would have said that yes people in cities are less worried about this kind of thing and I never really cared if people let their dog pee in our tree box (though if the pee ran across the sidewalk and especially if I witnessed this I'd be annoyed and grossed out -- but I also assume that the city sidewalks are covered in pee and worse things at all times and that's why we don't wear shoes in the house).

But dog owner behavior in DC has deteriorated aggressively in the last 10 years and especially in the few years since Covid. I am guessing a lot of people who previously would not have gotten dogs have done so thanks to WFH and this has made the average DC dog owner just ruder and more entitled. I find myself getting annoyed with them way more often because I constantly encounter awful dog owner behavior -- aggressive and untrained dogs are more common and people let dogs off leash in far more places where they really should not than they used to. We've had people attempt to colonize a park in our neighborhood as a dog park and they are AWFUL -- they take down the city-placed "no dogs off leash" and "dogs are not permitted on playing turf" signs regularly. I have personally watched people walk dogs into restaurants and cafes where there are multiple "No dogs -- it is a health code violation so please don't do this" signs. It's crazy.

So I think people in DC (at least the non-dog owners) have gotten more "uptight" about dogs generally and this likely leads to more people being mad about dogs peeing in tree boxes. We don't really do anything with our tree box except ask the landscaper to weed it and cut back the patchy grass that grows there (we've got one of those huge ancient trees with the knotty roots and there's just no point in doing anything more) so we aren't going to be freaking out about that anytime soon. But I have seen more of those "No Pee Zone" signs in the neighborhood as well as the ones that say "You're on Camera" to try and dissuade people from letting their dogs pee in the box. There are also more actual dog parks in the broader neighborhood than ever before (I can think of 3 that have opened in the last 5 years or so or are in the process of being installed). So I think more people are losing their patience with dog owners and no longer want other people's dogs to be a factor in their lives.[/quote]

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