Even cute dogs and kids need to follow the rules. Paul Goldfinger photo. © Ocean Grove, NJ lifestyles.
Setting: Eileen is looking out our window onto Delaware Avenue. A woman is walking her two dogs on our grassy strip. Eileen steps out onto the porch and speaks to the dog walker.
E.: Could you not let your dogs do their business on our grass?
DW: I’m cleaning it up.
E: The urine kills the grass.
DW: I’m doing the best I can.
E.: That’s why you have the dogs on a leash.
DW: Well, it’s not really your grass–it belongs to the town.
E.: I am responsible for the grass.We grow the grass and we take care of it.
Below is a link to a related article in Blogfinger, 2015.
Editor’s note: The ordinance which governs this matter says, ” No person owning, harboring, keeping, walking or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer, permit or allow the dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, street, sidewalk, passageway, road by-pass, play area, park or any place where people congregate or walk or upon any public property whatsoever, or upon any private property without the permission of the owner of the private property.”
SOLITAIRES:
Dog walkers in OG are a disgrace! I switched from grass to plants..but they walk there anyhow..Calling owner on it results in nastiness usually and/or “my dog is on a leash”
A on B’way
I walked my dog here for many years till she passed away in Novemeber. A resident on Pilgrim Pathway asked me to stop letting the dog go on his grass. I said sorry and never walked in front of the man’s house again. So that strategy worked. I water off my grass all the time and it’s ok. I’d rather have dogs than grass. But no #2!
I totally agree OhGee. A dog occasionally urinating on your grassy strip is not worth getting your feathers ruffled about. Besides, OG is a very dog friendly community and we just need to accept a yellow spot now and again.
My home is on a corner lot, so I have more grass strip than most. I also own a dog. For me, its a choose my battle wisely scenario. So I don’t bother being concerned with urinators. I give the grass some extra water instead, and it helps. Corner lots are high-traffic areas for all pedestrians, 2 and 4 legged. , That’s just the way it is. What does anger me are the owners who don’t pick up the #2’s. That’s just plain gross. The guilty parties are 99% summer clientele. Renters, tourists, and parents who give little Joey the responsibility of walking the dog. Those caught in the act – I have had no problem raising my voice & causing a scene. They are either too embarrassed to return, or they think I’m crazy and avoid my home.