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The Board has received comments
and complaints about dogs running loose in the neighborhood, pooping
on other residents' property and dog walkers leaving the dog waste
or bags of poop on their lawns. Below are examples of
complaints and a response by a Board member of what you can and
should do when this occurs.
Examples FB Post
- (Aug 2015) I have
seen bags of poo all over the neighborhood. While I
appreciate that they bagged it, I still don't understand why
they just abandon it for someone else to pick up. Cleaning
up after YOUR dog is part of responsible pet ownership. FB Post - (Aug 2015) I
for one couldn't agree with you more, I walk my Minpin and I
clean up his messes and put it in a baggie and bring it it
home and put it in the garbage can. Why bother picking it up
and put it in a baggie if your just going to leave it there. FB Post - (Aug 2015)
I would like to thank the person who left their doggie bag
in our yard. Email to Board (edited) - (Aug 2015)
My neighbor's dog keeps pooping in my front yard. I spoke
with the neighbor about it but nothing was done and I was
told to pick it up and throw it back into their yard.
But why would I pick up her dogs poop. Its her dog and her
responsibility to take care of her dog and poop. And its not
just her dog anymore. Its been couple months now that people
come towards our home to walk their dogs and the dogs poop
in my yard but nobody picks their dogs poop up and they just
leave it laying there. Its starting to stink. I would like
you to do something regarding this so that people will start
picking up their dogs poop when they take them on a walk.
In
response to these comments and complaints, Peggie (Board
member) replied: We are in
within the city limits of Puyallup and the City Municipal
code (see code below) applies to your situation. The city
requires that dogs must be on a leash when not on the
owner’s private property and also requires that the owner
pick up the dog’s feces when it is not on their property.
Since you have already discussed the problem with your
neighbor, I suggest that you print this "information" and
show the dog’s owner. If that does not take care of the
problem, I suggest you contact: Puyallup City Municipal
code 8.04.080 Running at large
restricted.
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