[Blindtlk] Doggie Doo.

[Peter Donahue]

Hello everyone,

    The apartment complex where we live requires all dog owners to pick up 
after their dogs. To that end they've set up a number of pet relief stations 
around the complex. One is located directly across from our apartment. These 
pet relief stations are equipped with a plastic bag dispenser and a small 
waste can in which to throw the droppings after the dog finishes relieving. 
And if you don't pick up after your dog you're libel to get a visit from a 
Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy. The Bexar (Pronounced Bear) County Sheriff's 
Department handles courtesy patrol for a number of apartment complexes in 
San Antonio including the Oaks of Marymont  where we live.

    Failure to clean up after your dog could result in a fine and possible 
non-renuel of your lease. This place takes the matter of animal waste pickup 
very seriously. It's good that I had one up on them having been a strong 
believer in cleaning up after my dogs. All the best.

Peter Donahue




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Doggie Doo.


Mary,
It is definitely legitimate on the landlords part.  It is not a reasonable
accommodation for a tenant to request to leave the waste as all dog guide
schools, or at least to the best of my knowledge, teach how to pick up after
their guide.  I would encourage the handler to contact their school, or vise
versa, have the landlord contact the school to verify that this person was
indeed trained.  It is situations like this that make the dog guide
community looked upon in a bad way, and even worse yet, that we as blind
people are incapable of performing simple tasks such as this.

Just my opinion,

Steve & LD Misha

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mary Mc Gee
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:09 PM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Doggie Doo.

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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