Cohousing-L Mailing List: Pets

A few years ago, re the pet issue I think, Rob mentioned addressing people's
needs.  Addressing 'wants' (or 'not wants') can produce long lists usually
called rules.  Ask people what they need, I mean REALLY need, not want.
When we applied this to the pet issue we were able to come to agreement
without too much fuss because the needs tended to be universal.  eg,
despite our individual positions re dogs we all acknowledged: 1) need dog
poop cleaned up, 2) need commonhouse and food to be dog free, 3) space is
tight, 4) dog lovers love dogs.

And what Rob says: ditto.

Robyn Williams
Pinakarri Community
Fremantle, Western Australia

Pets	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Robyn Williams (zeniinet.net.au)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 11:57:42 -0600 (MDT)