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Pick up your dog's poop. Can never be said too many times. (So, pick up the poop!)
ReplyDeleteI think no sign or anything you can say will convince repeat poop offenders to pick up after their dogs. As long as they get away with it there will be poop on our sidewalks non stop.
ReplyDeleteI have lived in the neighborhood for many years and has anyone else noticed that the more this neighborhood is gentrified the more dog shit you see on the sidewalks?
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ReplyDeleteyou are not imagining it, there is a lot more dog shit than even a few years ago. Gentrification has brought residents with more money who can afford to buy and maintain the expense of a pet dog. In our neighborhood this means people in the 20's that come from assume the suburbs and don't have a clue to urban dog owner etiquette. This dog boom is apparent in all the new businesses which have opened in the past few years hoping to serve these new pet owners. The latest being the so called "dog cafe" on Ave A. The first time in my 37 years living here I see people bringing their dogs into supermarket and grocery stores. Don't dare say anything to them about either or the attack will be brutal.
"don't have a clue to urban dog owner etiquette" - They just don't give a damn. In my building, ever since millenials came in in significant numbers, recycling have deteriorated. And they're the generation that supposedly care about environment...
Delete1.12pm: Yes, there are more dogs, but I disagree about the new arrivals being the ones who bring dogs into supermarkets etc. Sure, some do, but I see far more older middle-aged people doing so.
ReplyDeleteAt 1:12 PM, Anonymous said:
ReplyDeleteThe first time in my 37 years living here I see people bringing their dogs into supermarket and grocery stores. Don't dare say anything to them about either or the attack will be brutal.
I will sometimes ask someone who has their dog in the subway or grocery store if it's a service dog; often the person is forthcoming and will tell me exactly what the animal is trained to do—pick up things if the person is impaired, or be a boundary enforcer if the person has PTSD, say.