[Blindtlk] Doggie Doo.

[Deanna Lewis]

Mary,
Your topic caught my interest, as I am a guide dog user. I don't post a lot, but I will put in my two cents. Guide dog users are taught how to clean up after their dogs. It's really quite simple, you feel the dog and can tell that he/she is pooping. Then you stick your foot by their rear (so you know where the poop will be) and once they are done you bend down and pick it up. Yes, it may not be the most pleasant job, but it is our responsibility to clean up after our dogs. I live in an apartment complex, and my sighted neighbors do not clean up after their dogs. It makes me so mad that they are so lazy. I always have poop bags, and always clean up. Even if I owned a house, I would want to keep the yard clean. I hope that your friends can fix this problem. I hope not to offend anyone here, but this is just my opinion.
Deanna

--- On Thu, 3/10/11, Mary Mc Gee <mmcatitude at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Mary Mc Gee <mmcatitude at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Doggie Doo.
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 4:09 PM

Dear GD Experts;

            I hope some of you can give me a few answers.  I have beliefs
about this but I want to make sure I'm correct.  

            First, I owe you a little background information.  I have a
friend who uses a GD, a Lab.  He and his wife live in a mobile home park.
They have received several notices to cure because their yard contains a
great amount of doggie doo, which they don't clean up. Notices to cure mean
comply with the demand therein or be evicted from the park.  After they
receive one of these notices, they hire someone to clean up the yard and
it's OK for a little while until the doo accumulates again.  Then they have
another notice.  Now they've received a letter that the landlord will send
no more notices but will have the yard periodically cleaned and bill them
for it.

            When they asked me how to stop the landlord from sending them
these notices, I said, clean up after your dog.  Aren't GD users taught to
pick up after the dog at the GD schools?  I always thought so.  This owner
argues that he can't see the doo, consequently he can't pick it up.  I find
that hard to believe!  Aren't dog users supposed to go out with their dogs
so they can pick up after?  

            I'm afraid the landlord has a legitimate claim here that he can
evict them for having a dirty yard or bill them for having the maintenance
people regularly clean it.  Am I correct?  

            This is indeed a weight issue.  Please give your thoughts!

            Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Mary L. McGee

 

 

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