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Higgin's Mom · 07-12-2007, 05:33 AM

We live in a house in a retirement community in Florida that allows only ONE pet (can't have both a dog and a cat) per household. And if your pet dies, they STRONGLY SUGGEST that you do NOT replace it. They enforce this rather rigidly, though they made an exception when a widow and widower here, each with one dog, fell in love and got married. They are the only house with TWO pets.

There a lots of dog haters here, too. The lady two doors down accosts anyone who walks their dog past her house IN THE ROAD (allowed) and tells them NOT to come that way. She immediately runs out and washes the road with a bottle of bleach if your dog pees or poops in the road -- even though you have neatly picked everything up. I am almost at the point of laughing at her, but I really don't want to start a war.

There are one or two who don't pick up poop, and they are ruining it for everyone. I pick up after them, just so Higgins doesn't get blamed.

Now then, there is LOTS of poop lying around! We back up on a beautiful wildlife and nature preserve, some 80 miles of it and the wildlife is spectacular. Each day I watch otters play in our stream and roll around our backyard. The huge and numerous deer consider all the park's plantings and flowers their smorgasbord every night. The black bears are sneaky, but there is often bear scat on the lawns. And the BIG BIRDS! Ever seen Sandhill Crane poop? The hunting hawks and eagles leave pieces of rabbit all over the place (had a bunny leg on my carport). We have four beautiful wild turkeys, a really big Tom and his harem of three ladies, that walk all over the park. And there are many, many herons, egrets, anhingas, ducks, geese (messy!), and, alas, many venomous snakes and the occasional gator. THIS IS THE MOST FASCINATING PLACE I HAVE EVER LIVED! While no one feeds the wildlife, the critters know they are safe and are very tolerant of humans. It's like Animal Planet all the time!

So we pick up the wild poop, too. Happy to do it.

But I have often wanted to ask the many dog haters what they think of all that stuff lying around. I think my neighbor ought to wash the whole street, don't you?

07-12-2007, 05:33 AM	#31
Higgin's Mom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 852	We can only have ONE pet! We live in a house in a retirement community in Florida that allows only ONE pet (can't have both a dog and a cat) per household. And if your pet dies, they STRONGLY SUGGEST that you do NOT replace it. They enforce this rather rigidly, though they made an exception when a widow and widower here, each with one dog, fell in love and got married. They are the only house with TWO pets. There a lots of dog haters here, too. The lady two doors down accosts anyone who walks their dog past her house IN THE ROAD (allowed) and tells them NOT to come that way. She immediately runs out and washes the road with a bottle of bleach if your dog pees or poops in the road -- even though you have neatly picked everything up. I am almost at the point of laughing at her, but I really don't want to start a war. There are one or two who don't pick up poop, and they are ruining it for everyone. I pick up after them, just so Higgins doesn't get blamed. Now then, there is LOTS of poop lying around! We back up on a beautiful wildlife and nature preserve, some 80 miles of it and the wildlife is spectacular. Each day I watch otters play in our stream and roll around our backyard. The huge and numerous deer consider all the park's plantings and flowers their smorgasbord every night. The black bears are sneaky, but there is often bear scat on the lawns. And the BIG BIRDS! Ever seen Sandhill Crane poop? The hunting hawks and eagles leave pieces of rabbit all over the place (had a bunny leg on my carport). We have four beautiful wild turkeys, a really big Tom and his harem of three ladies, that walk all over the park. And there are many, many herons, egrets, anhingas, ducks, geese (messy!), and, alas, many venomous snakes and the occasional gator. THIS IS THE MOST FASCINATING PLACE I HAVE EVER LIVED! While no one feeds the wildlife, the critters know they are safe and are very tolerant of humans. It's like Animal Planet all the time! So we pick up the wild poop, too. Happy to do it. But I have often wanted to ask the many dog haters what they think of all that stuff lying around. I think my neighbor ought to wash the whole street, don't you?