[nagdu] Advice Requested

[Julie J.]

What happens if you don't use this designated space?  Is there some sort 
of city ordinance that spells out where dogs can go?  If it's not 
college property I don't see how they feel they have jurisdiction to 
monitor it.

Or if you're looking for a way to not leave residue on the pavement, I 
can think of only two things.  Either the poop cannot touch the 
pavement, a relieving harness would do this.  Or the surface has to be 
smooth enough so stuff doesn't sink in.  Going to a different place 
would work or asking the school to put some sort of 
paint/sealant/material over the area to make clean up easier.  I have no 
idea how coating the area with some sort of sealant would work since it 
isn't the college's property in the first place.

On a side note...my husband saw a lady walking her two large dogs 
yesterday.  He watched her stop on the courthouse lawn and let one dog 
leave a deposit and then not clean it up.  I work at the courthouse.  
The first thing I thought when my husband told me this was that now 
people were going to think I wasn't cleaning up after Monty.   *sigh*

Julie


On 1/20/2012 5:25 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
> I live in the city. No grass for blocks, unless you count the type 
> smoked by the students. It is a designated area. It's the same spot 
> the other service dogs go. However, the other dog's waist is a solid 
> pellet the size of a role of quarters, while my dog leaves a mountain 
> the size of a dinner plate.
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> This area is very porous. It's a sort of pavement leading to 
> cobblestones.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advice Requested
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>> Maybe grass, gravel, asking for a designated area where no one will 
>> be bothered with the bits left behind,  or a relieving harness? Is 
>> black top any less porous than regular cement?  I haven't paid that 
>> close of attention.
>>
>> If the school is being so picky maybe they'd like to construct a 
>> special box with wood chips or something for you to use.   Of course 
>> it'd have to have shrubbery to hide the dog while he's going and 
>> there'd have to be air freshener too.  Okay that's a bit sarcastic.  
>> It's been a long week. *smile*
>>
>> Julie
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>> On 1/20/2012 4:03 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As you know I recently received a guide dog. As every guide dog 
>>> handler knows, it is important to pick up after your dog. I am doing 
>>> this as best I can, however, sometimes there is a "skid mark" of 
>>> solid waist left behind on the concrete wich is impossible to remove.
>>>
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>>> The school office of disability services is giving me a hard time 
>>> about my dogs parking. The school says that I am not doing a good 
>>> enough job picking up the solid waist. According to the school, the 
>>> skid marks ground into the concrete when I pick up after my dog are 
>>> causing a problem. Suggestions, thoughts, concerns?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
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