Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Companion animals in community

[Mac & Sandy Thomson (ganesh]

At Heartwood we have a pet policy that basically says that pets can't harass
wildlife, other pets, or people.  It's the owner's responsibility to make
sure their pet isn't doing that.  Right now our whole community is pretty
much a dogs-can-romp-and-play-off-leash area, but some neighbors are not
comfortable with how much freedom the dogs have.

One solution I'd like to see us try would be to create a big community
fenced in dog run.  Individual dog owners wouldn't each have to build a dog
run and the dogs would have other dogs to play with so they might be less
likely to bark than they would be if they were fenced in all by themselves.

- Mac
Who found a local rancher to adopt his dog, Sage because Sage was having
trouble getting along with the other community dogs and cats and we didn't
want to keep her fenced in.  (And because we now have 3 young children,
which is more than enough little dependent beings to take care of.)

-- 
Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com


"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin'
somebody else's dog around."

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On 12/10/02, Karen wrote:
> I'm a prospective cohouser shopping for a community to join and a home
> to buy.  My question is about how well or not companion animals have
> integrated into the the various cohousing communities.  My interest is
> specifically in bringing my companion dogs with me.  Any cautionary
> tales or success stories will be appreciated.  Do any communities have
> special dogs-can-romp-and-play-off-leash areas or trails?  For example,
> what are the rules at Heartwood for use of the trails when hiking with a
> dog?

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