Pets- unpopular viewpoint

Jayco-noslide wrote:
Thanks to all for not jumping on my post with both feet. I am truly amazed that there is so much agreement. Perhaps there is hope that the movement toward dogs everywhere will level off and remain reasonable. But I do think we're going to have to speak up about it. I actually regretted the post until now thinking I was being to outspoken about it. I look forward to seeing your well behaved dog at the next campground/

You're kind of preaching to the choir :-) We dog owners who read RV.net understand how many people regard "nuisance dogs" at campgrounds - heck, we do too. I'd like to think that we all strive to make sure our dogs don't impact your camping experience in the slightest. The problem is (and I know this is hard to believe) - not everybody reads RV.net... *gasp!*

A funny story from my dog-friendly condo complex: someone had posted, quite indignantly, that "whoever was allowing their dog to poop on their porch, had better be good about picking up after their pet" - "or else". There was talk of DNA sampling (I guess that actually happens in places - there's a company that will test all residents' dogs for DNA, then screen poo to trace it back to the offender. Who knew??) So this went on for a while, until I pointed out that a loose dog willingly pooping on someone's porch is simply not "normal". Then, the latest pile of poo deposited on the porch contained fruit pits.....LOL! So now I guess a live-trapping service has been hired to deal with whatever critter likes to poo on the neighbor's porch :-) Of course, it's Florida - and our condo complex abuts a wild area on either side. I've witnessed armadillos/opossums/raccoons; other neighbors have seen coyotes. So I guess my point in all this is - if you see a pile of poo at a campground - it *might* not always be from someone's pet?