Jackson Heights Life

 HELP ME START A CURB YOUR DOG AWARENESS CLUB. There are hundreds of dog owners who don't even think when they walk their dog --- the dog just goes where they want.  On my block there are at least 40 urine pools which I have to navigate as dog owners think it is only feces that the $450 fine applies to.  This is so disrepectful and self-centered of dog owners who let their dogs "go" on other peoples property which includes public  sidewalks.  I once stopped a man in Brooklyn Heights after watching his dog urinate on a neighbors brownstone stoop.  I asked him why he lets his dog do this rather than walking and training him to the curb.  He said: "oh, I never even thought about it".    So perhaps making dog owners aware of what they are doing may help a little. 
The curb is at the end of the sidewalk where the street begins.  The streets are cleaned every week by the city, whereas the sidewalks only get "cleaned" when it rains.  Someone tell me what dog owners do when their dogs are sick and they can't "pick it up"?  do they come back and scrub the " dog waste  "?   No way!  They may try but leave the rest for their neighbors to walk in.    THANK YOU.

I agree there is nothing worse than a huge puddle a dog urine in the middles of the sidewalk!  What is even worse is when we have a light rain which brings out the smell from all those puddles of the past!!!  I don't know why dog owners think it's O.K. for the rest of world to walk through their dog urine. 
 CURB your dog.....yes that means urine as well as feces!  By not doing so would be selfish and totally disrespectful.

That's fine but just know who holds the leash in the family!!  

I'll speak with my dog about this issue tonight!  

Thank goodness our pup is prissy, and refuses to go on the sidewalk. She makes a break for the gutter every time. Don't know why, but we've never had to train her to do that.

Interesting.  My dog does the same, but she makes a beeline for the edge of the curb every time.  I never trained her to do that though, so I suppose that's what she's comfortable with.

Mary Poppins........."Just a spoon full of sugar".................helps the..........welcome to JH and all the selfish dog owners!!!!!!!!

Just read this last night, and found a reason to reply this morning...

I definitely feel the pain of having to navigate through all the feces on the street.  What’s more infuriating is when you confront an irresponsible dog owner and get yelled at in return.  This is exactly what happened this morning, when I saw an older gentleman walking his dog who looks like the dog on Frasier but with longer scruffy hair/fur.  The man turned around, yelled at me at the top of his lungs called me a “f’in’ Spanish”…  I’m not even Hispanic…  He also told me to “go back to your f’in’ country!” and yelled some other things in what sounded like Russian.

However, I assure you that the neglect of the irresponsible dog owners is probably more frustrating for us responsible dog owners.  More than having to navigate the “land mines” ourselves, we have to drag our dogs away from them on the sidewalks.  We also can’t have our dogs sniff around the grass patches or trees/posts at night because there are usually more poops there that we cannot see.

I’d love to hear suggestions on how we can improve our neighborhood in this regard, as I’m at a loss.  The guy threatened to kick my ass this morning, for simply telling him his dog took a sh*t on the side walk.  What would you do?

Great link, thanks!

We always carry bags, and throw them out in the garbage bins in the back of my building, sitting right next to the side walk. 
I think waste stations are good, and maybe they'll stimulate more awareness/willingness for ppl to pick up after their dogs. 

Great link, thanks!

The one I posted in the Anything Funny folder is probably less helpful, but topical if it makes you smile.