Dog hate!
Posted by: Hoboken411 at 07:57 am on January 14, 2013
Hateful Hoboken Dog Sign
Every time I’m on First St. downtown, this particular sign ticks me off.
The person responsible for putting this sign up must have a strong hatred towards the four-legged friends in Hoboken.
For one – it has a symbol that essentially suggests “no dogs,” or “dogs prohibited,” which is 100% not the case in town. Then it reads “sidewalks are for people,” and goes on to say to clean up after your pet.
What about bikes, massive strollers, and motorized wheelchairs? And how come they’re not asking for people to clean up their own steaming piles of vomit that are left on the sidewalks each and every weekend? Or blood from nonsensical street fights?
I think this person has their priorities screwed up!
January 14th, 2013 |
While I usually agree with you 411, I understand the intent behind that sign as 1st street is possible the biggest minefield of unclaimed and cleaned mounds of dog excrement on the eastern seaboard. The sign would be more accurate with a picture of a dog pooping and an owner walking away staring down at their dingleberry or iphone.
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January 14th, 2013 |
Strollers dog leave SH$t on the sidewalk
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January 14th, 2013 |
While I have not personally experienced the “poo minefield” situation on 1st Street, I’ve had enough of the “no dogs on grass” in city parks or city land of any kind. Dogs don’t know how to read signs and via instinct want to pee on grass. Its very hard to explain to a dog from out of town why they are not allowed on the grass. Aside from the gravel dog runs, dogs are not welcome in many public spaces. Gravel hurts the paws of my dog and she doesn’t like the dog run.
If I lived on 1st Street, I would watch the dog owners that leave dog poo behind, take pics of them and their dogs, and send them to the Hoboken Health Dept, the same dept you have to pay $10 (or whatever) a year to register your dog. The City has on its books that dog poo left behind is a $25 ticket, but a dog simply walking on city park grass is a $250 ticket. What a difference!
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January 14th, 2013 |
People bitch about dog poop on the sidewalk, but I hardly see it. Where exactly are these minefields??
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January 14th, 2013 |
While I understand the point of this sign, as I have experienced the “minefields” that exist, the sign itself is purposely misleading and should be replaced. Citing the specific ordinance # which is meant for cleaning up after your dog, but using it on a sign that implies that dogs aren’t allowed on the sidewalk is wrong. I’m curious if any dog owners have been deterred from walking here as a result.
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January 14th, 2013 |
I absolutely LOVE this sign. I wish there was one on every corner in Hoboken. If you have a dog you should clean up after them, it’s really unsanitary and disgusting for everyone else. I know the good majority of owners do, it’s the lazy inconsiderate ones who are the problem. Even once it’s wiped up it leaves a filthy mess. And if your dog is urinating, well then “curb them,” it’s almost worse than the #2 because it’s usually on the side of a building, which rolls across the sidewalk, or in the middle of the block. I don’t have a dog and I don’t hate dogs, but I don’t understand why people can’t be more respectful of other humans. It’s not the dogs fault, it’s the owners fault. And cute remark about the dogs not being able to read the sign, unfortunately the sign is for all the illiterate owners out there. Every dog owner claims their dog is so “smart,” so then train them to go to the bathroom off the curb. You taught them not to go in your apartment didn’t’ you?
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January 15th, 2013 |
Agree with Hobo76. I see dog poop and pee on my block almost every day. Usually it’s the owners who walk them at night when no one is around who think it’s OK as long as no one is looking. We have a tree in front of our house and they use that all the time. I also agree that the pee is as bad as the crap. I was walking into my house a couple of weeks ago and a woman was walking her dog, who decided to pee right in front of the gate to my place. I just looked at her and said “You know people live here” and she said “I can’t help it if he decides to go here.” But yes she could. It’s called pulling the dog over to the curb. I said “Maybe I’ll just come to your house and pee in front of it” and she mumbled something nasty and kept walking. I’d love to get a little camera that takes pictures of the offending dog owners and then I’d print them out and post them around the neighborhood. I love dogs as much as anyone but it’s unsanitary to allow them to do their business where people walk. Use the damn gutter!
On a related note, not long ago a mother was walking with her two little kids and I guess the boy who was about 3 couldn’t hold it in so she just took his pants down and told him to pee on my tree. I was so speechless I just looked at her and shook my head and walked into my house. Where would you even start explaining to someone like that how lousy a parent she is?
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January 15th, 2013 |
Not only are the fines incorrect for the violations, but take a look at the signs in Church Square Park. If your dog deviates from going directly to the dog run, the fine is something like a max of $2000 and forfeiture of the dog! That creepy Health Dept guy used to give me crap about walking my dog through the park when in lived on the park. To one commenters point, I don’t like when dogs pee across a sidewalk. So I would let my dog pee in a bush in the park where no one walked. For that I had the creepy health dept guy follow me home and call the cops on me.
As for First Street, it is a dump because of the bars. Trash and cig butts everywhere. Yet the city only does street cleaning once per week. It needs to be daily like Washington. And for some reason even thought the sanitation workers with wheelie garbage cans have to cross First every day, I have never seen one cleaning the sidewalks in First (in the Garden, Bloomfield, Wash area).
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January 15th, 2013 |
inquisitivemind said, “Its very hard to explain to a dog from out of town why they are not allowed on the grass.”
yes, very (but not because they’re from out of town)
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January 15th, 2013 |
the problem is not dogs – the problem is the people that think its cute to own them, but don’t know the first thing about caring for them, and who dont give a ‘crap’ about others. They don’t clean up and allow their dogs to bark all hours of the night or early mornings. Don’t blame the dogs, blame the irresponsible owners.
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January 15th, 2013 |
You are right. Unfortunately, if you think about that a dog goes probably two or three times per day, what may appear as a bunch of a$$hole owners can be just one idiot. It only takes one idiot to have a 5 block radius covered in $hit. I don’t take pictures- I confront owners. If one tries to get away I will literally pick up their dog’s poop with my hands and throw it at them.
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January 16th, 2013 |
Wait, you pick up feces with your hands yet the “Health Dept Guy is Creepy”?
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January 16th, 2013 |
The comedy of this posting deflecting away from the core issue of dog waste to others like strollers is on par with what 8 year-olds & Iranian despots do:
“But what about little billy, he did something wrong too!”
“What crappy economy and rigged elections? Look over there! The Great Satan!”
Lastly, why the distaste for the disabled?
First opposition to seeing-eye dogs in City Hall & now no motorized wheelchairs on sidewalks? SMH in disbelief.
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January 22nd, 2013 |
This past weekend a woman let her dog pee on our steps. When she saw my spouse coming home, she gave him a dirty look. He didn’t even say anything to her.
I have a bike in our gate, with a tarp over it. I can see by the puddle that people let their dogs pee on it. Better the tarp than the bike, but I still have to touch the tarp.
I want to catch the dog owner and give them a bucket of water and soap and make them clean it up.
People are showing hate towards dog owners because they have had to deal with one too many inconsiderate dog owners that leave the poop and the side walk and let the dogs pee on personal property. They reap what they have sown.
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January 22nd, 2013 |
And if I see anyone not picking up after their dog or letting the dog pee on personal property. I think I’ll take their picture and post it on line.
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