As I was driving home this evening 4 fire trucks screamed past and drove the these apartments yet to be occupied .

I thought I was going to get some breaking and awesome footage but turn out there was no fire.

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Pets are a serious issue in my building. Too many people simply refuse to accept responsibility for their animals when it doesn't suit their schedule or preferences for the day.

Urine and feces in elevators, urine and feces at building entrances and in some cases when the owner is absent their dog will relentlessly bark and whine. In fact yesterday at the front entrance to my girlfriend's building one dog owner decided to leave behind a large gift his or her dog left behind (so that residents would slip and slide as they walked out of their building, or because they wanted their neighbours to know they are unfit to care for an animal?).

All that aside, far too many dog owners will not restrain their animals in elevators and public parts of the building, meaning those nice pants you just put on will get slobbered in an elevator. And when you say something to the owner, you've just made an enemy.

Dogs in multi-unit buildings are a bad fit, especially in urban areas. I'd feel otherwise if the overwhelmingly majority of dog owners were responsible people, but clearly in our society, today, that's not the case.

For lolz I just re-read this substituting dog for child.

Pets are a serious issue in my building. Too many people simply refuse to accept responsibility for their animals when it doesn't suit their schedule or preferences for the day.

Urine and feces in elevators, urine and feces at building entrances and in some cases when the owner is absent their dog will relentlessly bark and whine. In fact yesterday at the front entrance to my girlfriend's building one dog owner decided to leave behind a large gift his or her dog left behind (so that residents would slip and slide as they walked out of their building, or because they wanted their neighbours to know they are unfit to care for an animal?).

All that aside, far too many dog owners will not restrain their animals in elevators and public parts of the building, meaning those nice pants you just put on will get slobbered in an elevator. And when you say something to the owner, you've just made an enemy.

Dogs in multi-unit buildings are a bad fit, especially in urban areas. I'd feel otherwise if the overwhelmingly majority of dog owners were responsible people, but clearly in our society, today, that's not the case.

This is such a load of shi...oops, feces. I live in a downtown condo building that allows dogs unrestricted (as in, two dogs are ok with no size limits). A good mix or owners and rentals. Never once have I experienced feces in the building, and the once or twice that there's been pee in the elevator, it's been promptly cleaned up the the owner (sometimes a dog, like a human, just can't hold it); no hard, no foul. And the odd time you find a scenario where a dog barks all day...well it's surprising how well talking to your neighbors can work to solve that problem. You must live in a pretty wild west kind of building where dogs are defecating everywhere, and pointing this out to the corresponding owner is making an enemy for life. Sheesh.

I have also seen big loaves left in front of the building though; not by residents, mind you. More often than not it's by the transient population who don't care to pick up after their pooches.

The reality is, the overwhelming majority of dog owners are responsible. You're letting a handful of bad eggs ruin your entire perspective. The same way that one or two bad cyclists make all cyclists bad, or one or two vocal NIMBYs make a development go away.

Mike K., the dog NIMBY...or is it it NIMCB, "not in my condo building". Doesn't roll off the tongue so well.

I'm glad the tenants in your building are great with their pets. They kinda suck in mine, and until they clean up their act (literally) my opinion won't change.

I too have seen a lot more dog feces on downtown sidewalks, but from what I've seen, it's NOT the transient folk who are to blame, it's dog owners who reside in the downtown core and who are either unprepared to clean up after their pet or just don't care. I've seen it far too often where the owner just keeps walking, doesn't even make an effort.

^Yeah, that's just wrong. If you are going to own a dog, clean up after it. I do, it's not a big deal.

I see people walking their dogs well after dark on a rainy night, I know they are not picking up after their dog. Try holding an umbrella, flashlight, leash, and have a bag and hand free to clean up, it doesn't work well.