Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Gun policy in Cohousing community

[Nancy Wight (wight]

> We were going to deal with the issue of guns last year but the whole 
> issue of pets was so difficult I think we used up all our energy for 
> controverial issues for awhile and the issue was dropped.    Our 40 
> acre property is posted no hunting.
> 

The issue of pets is very controversial with our community as well.
Even though we have not formally discussed it, from informal
discussions over the past 2 years I can tell it's going to
be a difficult one!  I would greatly appreciate it if you could
share with us how you resolved this issue - who knows, maybe
we could be spared similar pain.

It seems that some of the pet owners (specifically dog owners) feel 
they should be able to let their pets run free all of the time, even when
they are not home (quoting the lack of a "leash law" in the town).  Others
who are allergic to, have children who are frightened by, or simply don't 
like having to deal with dogs wherever they go on the site, object 
strongly to this.  There are many compromises available, but all of 
them restrict in some way the time and/or location that pets can run free, 
which is unacceptable to those pet owners.

Has anyone else solved this problem?

- Nancy

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Nancy Wight                                               (508) 659-4974
New View Neighborhood Development, Acton, MA            wight [at] wal.hp.com
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