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This is part rant and part question because I walk my dog three times a day and I am so tired of avoiding the piles of dog shit left by other dog owners.

We have a law in this city (as well as a policy in our apartment complex) that says you must bag after your dog, but I think I am one in a handful of people in my community that does it. I have encountered exactly 2 other dog owners here actively bagging after their dog. And it's really a fucking shame because not only is it unsightly, smelly and unhealthy but it also prohibits the many children who live here (and I have one of those, too) from playing in the grass. Even down by the playground, the circular play area is surrounded by grass that is peppered with dog shit.

I have complained to the management before and they have distributed flyers telling people they will be fined if they don't bag after their dogs, but it is not enforced and therefore, not heeded. I have suggested they put some bag dispensers around the complex to encourage people to use them, but it is ignored...the place is a dump in general and I understand that the last thing on their minds is dog shit...but I have to live here!! And I do have to live here because it is the only place in the area (which is one of the last good school districts in Central FL) that I can afford.

So that's my rant.

Now tell me people, do you bag after your dog? Tell me about your neighborhood and how the dog shit issue is handled. I'm curious.

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