Doug Kanter wrote:
> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> > "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
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> >> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> You may be better than most. I've asked dog units here to NOT let their dogs
> stop on my property. Some point to their little coprophilia bag and say "But
> I'm gonna clean it up". I politely say "That's fine, but even so, please do
> it elsewhere". Some of them argue, or sneak back at night and discover, to
> their surprise, that some people sit outside at night and watch the stars.
> That's when the trouble begins. Fun for me, not for them.

OmMani is the norm for dog owners I know. We don't allow our dogs to
roam, we clean up after them when we need to have them off our property
(on a leash of course), we socialize them properly, and we obedience
train them. 90% of idiots with dogs in America are clueless as to
responsibilites and common decency when it comes to owning a dog. They
fail to socialize the animal properly, fail to train the dog, fail to
assume responsibility for THEIR actions in allowing their pets to roam
and destroy the property of others (icluding defecating on the property
of others).

My dogs never leave my property except to go to the vet (in the car and
on a leash frm vehicle to office). When I did live in an area where I
had to walk them (or when I was into the AKC dog show scene), poop bags
were always carried to clean up after the animal and the animal was
NEVER allowed to roam off leash and destroy the property of others.

As far as greeting people coming in my house: my dogs stand patiently
by while I open the door. They do not jump or slobber the visitor. If
asked to do so, they will "kennel up" in their crates if the visitor is
afraid of dogs. All I have to say is "Cookies" and I have 4 dogs diving
into crates waiting for cookies and kennel time.

SD