Terri wrote in
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Shelly wrote in
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If I get my pet lease revoked onna counta
someone else's dog, I am not going to be a happy camper.
(They're not the only problem owners, but they're the ones who
are potentially going to cause me a bunch of grief.)
Dammmit. I HATE this!

I'm going to try talking to across-the-hall neighbor (she works
for the management company), to see what she thinks. I'm
weighing the pros and cons of pre-emptively telling the
management company exactly who the problem owners are. I really
don't want to do that, though, because I don't want to be a big,
fat tattle-tale. On the other hand, the stakes are kind of high.

You know? No one wants to rat out people but you and Harriet are
at risk here and quite frankly, I'm getting more than a bit tired
of the many irresponsible ruining things for the few who aren't.

Oh amen! I'm really frustrated with the dog-related bozocity here.
Just another of those things I woke up at 3am and thought about.
There really are several dog owners who are problematic. I'd been
thinking mostly about the folks who don't pick up after their dogs
out front, but *no* one picks up out back, except me and the owner of
a nice little Chowy mix dog. And it's not just the big dogs, either.
There's a woman with two Pugs (a breading pair), who lets them run
off-leash all the time. The male prefers my patio for leg hiking,
probably because Harriet and I spend a lot of time out there.

And then there's the Pit Bull in the next building. She's a
wonderful, sweet dog, but the first time I ever saw her on a leash
was yesterday, after the fliers were delivered. Hopefully, her owner
will retain the clue he got.

It's time to take a stand and fight for your rights. It's not
going to get any easier to find places that will allow dogs.

No, it's not. This is a fairly pet-friendly town, especially
considering that it's also a college town. I'd hate to see that
change.

Definately let management know who it is and make sure they know
it's not you and Harriet. In fact I'd go so far as to put giant
hot pink panties on Harriet just to make sure everyone sees YOU
making a point of picking up your dog's poop.

I did just that yesterday, in an effort to keep her from licking her
butt. Foulard boxers (ha!), actually. They were *very* cute.

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