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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The arrogance of dog and cat owners never ceases to amaze me. They all think it's their RIGHT to have that animal, no matter what it costs the neighborhood in terms of their peace and quiet, lack of privacy, effect on their lawn and gardens, spreading of bacteria and disease, etc. It's really disgusting.

The answer, OP, is that the legal rules usually say the dog/cat is technically allowed to pee anywhere it wants [u]where it is legally allowed to go[/u], and it's also allowed to poop as long as the owner "cleans it up" (whatever they interpret that to mean). Of course, an animal is not allowed to go onto private property - and your front lawn is your private property, although the strip between the sidewalk and the road may not be considered private property for this purpose. Usually it is your property but technically an easement for walking and utility maintenance access so a bit of a gray area.

The moral rules for anyone with any level of decency say that everyone needs to keep all of their animals off others' property plus any property that others are responsible to maintain, period. For example, the HOA at our last property certainly considered the strip out the front to be our property, in the sense that if it looked bad, wasn't kept up to the same standard as the other parts of the community then we'd get a citation.

But most dog owners and cat owners don't care much about the law and they couldn't care less about what's morally decent. They only care about themselves, but hide behind the argument of what the right/best way to treat the animal is. They think that any cat they choose to own means the cat can roam where it wants, despite the fact that neighbors might not want it on their property, and that dogs can go on people's yards that are not physically fenced off. It seems to never occur to them that if they actually cared about what's best for the animals, they simply wouldn't get a pet if they don't have a decent sized yard themselves where they can keep it safe and happy and not trample on their neighbors' rights.

It's the age of entitlement, after all.[/quote]

Right, got it, only rich people are allowed to have pets, for you must have a fenced-in manorial yard for the animal to roam.

I don't have a dog. I have only a strictly-indoor cat (because I also like birds). But I could care less if someone's dog pees on the corner of my yard. I've got better things to do than hide behind the curtains and burst out the door whenever a canine dares to approach the Sacred Lawn.[/quote]

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