ReneeG wrote:
aerbus32 wrote:
C'mon guys. You may do what you should & pick up after your dogs, but far too many don't. I love dogs, but do not travel with them. I am, however, developing a dislike for dog owners. I would rather the park charge all dog owners because a few violate common decency than to have all of us charged more whether we have pets or not. But I would prefer even that to having to clean-up after someone else's dog. At this point I do not even put out a cute little lighthouse we have because people were letting their dogs urinate on it.
I can't speak for others, but we not only pick up after our dogs, including when we are out boon docking, but we mind them. I'm not here to convince you to like dogs, but state I don't have to abide by a place that charges $3 a dog, per night, to encourage owners to pick up after them. Three dollars, or not, an owner that picks up after their dog will do so without being paid and an owner that doesn't will not no matter what they are charged. The fee is not incentive to do so.
You can't give people a good reason for any fee, because they will just tell you they don't do whatever that fee is for. With pet fees, you can't tell them it's because dogs create more work, because they will instantly tell they always clean up after their dogs and shouldn't have to pay a fee because some other people don't. Funny thing is, there is always pet waste that hasn't been cleaned up. Must be from the mystery dogs that drive in and don't have owners. Have a fee for extra vehicles, additional people, wifi, whatever, people will have a reason it shouldn't apply to them. I have found the best way to explain a fee is to merely state that is our policy, no further explanation given or needed.
