Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: need feedback re community pet policies

[Sarah Lesher (sarah.lesher]

No limit on the number of pets.

Picking up poop is an ongoing major issue, since at least one, actually two
dogs, runs pretty much at will or with very little supervision.  I'm tired
of being suspected and threaten to color my dogs' excrement by feeding them
food coloring (with glitter!  Said to be harmless).  But I haven't so far,
though I bought in four colors!

Other dogs are always on leash or (including mine) heavily supervised on
common property.

But we have almost 10 acres; three of them where all dogs run free left
wild (because they can be flooded by the adjacent creek in extreme storms).
Cats are officially indoors but periodically escape! mild dramas about
recovering them but not about the fact that they are outdoors.

Even though dogs are supposedly not allowed in the common house, one is.
Hard to explain. Not an allergy question.  A service dog, standard poodle,
less allergenic, is of course allowed in.

Sarah Lesher, resident of but not speaking for Cantine's Island,
Saugerties, NY

On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 8:04 AM lisa pletka <lisampletka [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hello, co-housers
> I am a fairly new member at Santa Rosa Creek Commons, a limited equity
> intentional community in Santa Rosa, CA. Our community is now 42 years old,
> and there has been some contention around pets and how many are allowed on
> our campus. (Our long-standing policy permits only 4 dogs and 8 cats on a
> campus housing 35-40 people.) I am serving on an ad hoc committee to
> re-evaluate our pet policy.
>
> I would really appreciate hearing from other co-housing communities about
> the pet policies that work for you. Specifically, do you set a limit for
> the number of animals allowed per household or in the community as a whole?
> Plus any other restrictions you think are important.
>
> Thanks in advance for your feedback -- Lisa Pletka
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