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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  I am new and a little nervous at this but wanted to do my first post. I have had Yorkies since 1978 and LOVE dogs so don't think I don't understand ugly neighbors are such a pain. Still, I can't blame them for not wanting unsolicited dogs and/or possiblefeces and urine in their yard, though I don't understand it. I don't think owning my dog gives me the right to infringe on any of my neighbors' yards, sidewalks, etc., even with my little 5.3 lb. Tibbe who is cuter than anything! Many people just do not "get" dogs and think dog owners take liberties - and so many do. My older neighbors are especially grumpy about this but I try to figure maybe those poor people have something awful going on in their lives and maybe just one more little thing is too much. So, little Tibbe and I are the best of neighbors and I pick him up when I walk in front of some neighbors' houses and try not to think too badly of them. They smile more now that I have a pattern of doing this. They know Tibbe will never soil their lawn. I personally do not get the problem with a bit of poop on the grass but still try to understand and tolerate their sensibilities when their property or its environs involved. We're making friends that way! |
When you invest a good deal of your life and hard earnings into a home and the expense of a nice yard (curb appeal/house value) you don't want big...or in the case of Yorkies, "little" brown spots, whatever diseases they bring with their waste (the children who live in the house probably play on THEIR lawn), etc on it. It doesn't mean you don't like dogs, doesn't mean you don't like children, other people, it means it's your investment and it is not the right of others to mistreat it.
If you invested in a nice car would you like it if someone ran a key down the side of it? Probably not. If that happened would you like someone to say, "oh they probably just don't like cars..." "you can always just paint over it"
If someone doesn't mind dog poo and pee on grass then let your animal do his/her business on your own lawn...don't bring it to another person's lawn.
All that being said if I saw a doggie bag was being carried by someone walking their dog, despite I wouldn't want their dog's feces bacteria on my lawn, if their dog did go and they immediately picked it up I wouldn't get too bent out of shape; however, I would if they did it daily, because clearly they have their dog's business down to a good time and they can let 'em go on their own lawn before they go for a walk.
But I was raised in a different time where - for example -- as a child if our ball went into someone's yard, you rang the bell and got permission to retrieve it. Those days are long gone...