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Offline Stacey

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I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« on: December 06, 2005, 04:54:13 pm »
This is the local news in Vegas and I find it appaling that anyone would have a problem with this! :'(
http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4209199
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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2005, 04:56:48 pm »
The complaining neighbors turned into a flock of "chickens" when the news guys arrived, huh?  Damned HUMANS!
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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2005, 05:38:26 pm »
That's HOAs for you.  Mostly old Fuddy-duddies and losers who are bitter and have nothing else to do but enforce the HOA rules.  We were so glad to move out of our townhouse, the HOA there was insane!  Nasty notes were left on our door for any non conforming door handles, door knockers or plants.  Stickers, that you could only remove with a razor blade, were placed on your windshield, where it blocked the drivers view, if you parked in the same spot for more than 72 hrs.  I had to physically threaten them to get them to stop because if we left for a long weekend, they would put them on our car.  Grrrrrr!  I'm getting mad just thinking about all that crap.  I feel for that lady and I hope she and Juice get some sympathy from their HOA board.
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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2005, 05:50:29 pm »
What horrid evil people!  :O 
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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2005, 06:00:38 pm »
Those people need to get a life! What horribly irrational people. Kudos to the news station for doing this story. I bet those neighbors feel ashamed of themselves now. If I was that woman, I'd get the local humane society to all stand on carpet squares in the neighborhood with picket signs that say, "Justice for Juice"!
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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2005, 06:05:21 pm »
Home owners associations can be total jerks sometimes. Growing up, the community i lived in was one big home owner's association - it was so big that it literally had its own zipcode. Usually they would be pretty cool about things, but sometimes they could be a total pain in the butt
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« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2005, 06:11:39 pm »
Hang on...Juice needs the carpet to "find his way home"? Does anyone else read that to mean that she allows a blind dog out unattended? I'm sorry, but that is just WRONG. To me, if she is caring for Juice properly, he wouldn't need carpet to "find his way home" cuz she would have him securely on the end of her leash, or in a fenced dog park.

Sorry, guys. I'm gonna have to go with the HOA on this one. But...not cuz of the unsightliness, but cuz what the the HECK does Juice need to find his way home for? That lady is negligent and outta her mind!

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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2005, 06:12:04 pm »
I used to manage the Accounting for an HOA. Let me tell you, as horrid as this story is...it ain't nothin' compared to what atocities I've seen these types of people commit. :o :o

They shut the water off to a family of 6! (all the littles were under the age of 10)

Why, you might ask?? Simply because the Father cut a tree on the property (for CHRISTMAS, I might add!) without requesting a permit from the "Committee".

It finally took a group of the lot owners to band together and threaten to sue the HOA before they turned the family's water back on.

I quit not long after.  This story is horrible, and I hope that this poor woman wins the day!
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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2005, 06:17:54 pm »
It looks like he is a walled fence, in the video they say he uses the carpet to find his way to the dog door.  What I dont' understand is the back yard is dirt and rocks, and the fence is a wall, those aren't carpet scraps, they're nice runners.  How do you make dirt and rocks look unsightly? And geeze people, quit looking in my yard if you don't like it :)
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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2005, 06:18:03 pm »
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Hang on...Juice needs the carpet to "find his way home"? Does anyone else read that to mean that she allows a blind dog out unattended?

Well the way I interperted it, she has a fenced in backyard that she lets him go out in to pee/play in, and he finds his way back to the door by feeling the carpet. So she might even be watching him the whole time, but wants him to be able to find the door independantly. ...
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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2005, 06:23:52 pm »
Hang on...Juice needs the carpet to "find his way home"? Does anyone else read that to mean that she allows a blind dog out unattended? I'm sorry, but that is just WRONG. To me, if she is caring for Juice properly, he wouldn't need carpet to "find his way home" cuz she would have him securely on the end of her leash, or in a fenced dog park.

Sorry, guys. I'm gonna have to go with the HOA on this one. But...not cuz of the unsightliness, but cuz what the the HECK does Juice need to find his way home for? That lady is negligent and outta her mind!
I thought it just meant that he used it in the backyard to feel his way back from going to the bathroom. 
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« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2005, 06:24:01 pm »
Hmm...OK. Well, if that is the case, then fine. The HOA's are the Devil. But, if Juice is unattended, then there is a big problem.

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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2005, 06:51:49 pm »
Hmm...OK. Well, if that is the case, then fine. The HOA's are the Devil. But, if Juice is unattended, then there is a big problem.

No, she was interviewed last night on the news.  He is not unattended the carpets just let him be independent in her backyard (which according to the news is not visible from the front of the house....they have to look over her fence to see the "unsightly carpet").  It showed Juice walking along the path to where he can potty and then the path helps him find his way back to his dog door.  I think this woman is amazing for devoting time and training to this dog the way she has and now to be standing up for him against a bunch of bullies.
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« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2005, 07:43:47 pm »
Ah. OK. I take it all back then! That is brilliant, and the neighbors should stop peepin'.

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Re: I can't believe this woman has to deal with this!!
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2005, 09:31:55 pm »
She should sue the HOA for interfering with her quiet enjoyment of her property. 

If it's not visible from the street, the HOA shouldn't have any jurisdiction--a carpet runner isn't  a permanent installation or improvement.


Also...She should call PETA on them.  The PETA people can picket the HOA office for interfering with a disabled dog's handicap access to the back yard. 

Quick, someone call up PETA for her. Give them something useful to do for a change!   ;)

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