Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Dogs in Community

[Angela Alston (angela]

Sadly, owners who fail to train their dogs properly give dogs a bad rap.

Your dog wants to please you: if you are clear and consistent about  
how s/he can please you, everyone is happy.

my two cents!
angela

Angela Alston
Dallas Cohousing
http://dallascohousing.org
972 669 8798

On Jun 24, 2011, at 3:07 PM, Wayne Tyson wrote:

> Frances and CoHo:
>
> A well-trained dog (and all animals should be well-trained including  
> human
> children) does not need to be on a leash; in fact, they are better- 
> behaved
> when off-leash (being tied to the Alpha "dog," its "owner," their  
> defensive
> behavior is keyed up). It is unfortunate that people who are ill- 
> informed
> about animals must make "regulations" and impose them on others, and  
> almost
> never understand (after all, when one is possesed of superior  
> knowledge,
> what does none need to understand?) that it is the very regulations  
> that
> cause the unacceptable behavior. Actually, dogs and other animals  
> are much
> better behaved than people.
>
> Recommended texts: "Animals Make Us Human" by Temple Grandin and
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCMm5uoZtXw
>
> WT
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frances Freewater" <freedoan [at] sonic.net>
> To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Dogs in Community
>
>
> > I AM A DOG OWNER....LIVE IN YULUPA CO HOUSING IN CA.
> >
> > OUR COMMUNITY HAS A AGREEMENT ALL DOGS ARE ON A LEASE
> > AT ALL TIMES.......I'M GOING TO ASK THE COMMUNITY IS THE DOGS
> > COULD HAVE A FEW AGREED UP HOURS THAT THE DOGS COULD
> > BE OFF LEASE?
> >
> > WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS..
> >
> > THANK YOU,
> >
> > FRANCES FREEWATER
> > On Jun 22, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Mary McKeever wrote:
> >
> > > I'm interested in hearing how different communities deal with dogs
> > > in their
> > > communities -what are the policies/agreements regarding dogs and how
> > > are
> > > issues addressed and/or 'enforced'.  For example:
> > >
> > >  - can dogs be off-leash in any parts of the community and if so,
> > > under
> > >  what circumstances
> > >  - can dogs be in the common house and if so, under what
> > > circumstances
> > >  - how does the community deal with dog poop in common areas
> > >  - how are issues handled when practices are not adhered to by
> > > residents
> > >  and/or visitors.
> > >
> > > We are a small community of 18 homes, 8 of which have no yards.  The
> > > others
> > > have small fenced back yards and we have a smallish common lawn
> > > between the
> > > homes and the Common House.   We are surrounded by lots of open  
> > > space
> > > including a large fenced in dog park.  We have 10 dogs in the
> > > community,
> > > several of which are allowed to run freely in the common area with
> > > limited
> > > supervision/owner site or voice control.  When more than one dog is
> > > out
> > > unleashed (or even when one is leashed and another isn't)  there are
> > > invariably "fights" and/or rough play among the dogs.  Some
> > > residents are
> > > not dog owners and are fearful when dogs are acting aggressive.  The
> > > sheriff
> > > was called in one instance.  Yet the situation persists.  Is it
> > > unreason
> > > able to expect dogs to be leashed and under owner control when in
> > > the common
> > > area?
>
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