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People Aren’t Picking up Dog Poop at My New Apartment Complex
Trust me, you don’t want to be a poop leaver.
It started with a text message Saturday morning from the wonderful front office staff at my new apartment.
Pet owners, click here! It said. Something like that. Only the contents mattered anyway. It was a very polite note about how there was dog poop around the absolutely beautiful campus, even though we have a dog park, and to please be more careful.
Living in a city apartment can be challenging for everyone in various ways. It’s an acquired lifestyle for sure. While there’s obviously still a level of responsibility that comes with renting or owning a home, an apartment complex is a pretty tight-knit community even if you don’t see everyone.
We’re also in a concrete jungle, but Orlando I’ve noticed is incredibly pet friendly (did you know it was even voted “The Most Pet Friendly City” back in 2016? Cool bit of info there), and there are parks and apartments that welcome pet owners.
My apartment has a little dog park to take your dogs to with Astro-turf that does not smell great in the Florida heat sometimes, even though maintenance does an amazing job of keeping clean. The park is a lot less attractive to the dogs than the many bushes lining the pristine…
