Guess what I got for my birthday this year? A fresh steaming pile of dog poo on my lawn in Wesbrook Village.
I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised. Just two days earlier I had been hosing off dog excrement from my front sidewalk that was smeared into the cement by the lawnmowers.
This isn’t a new issue at Wesbrook Place, it’s just getting worse. It’s on the grass, all over the sidewalks, in bags littered in gardens, at the playground. I have provided photos to The Campus Resident within a few days of each other, showing the density of the dog waste situation in this neighborhood. Even our landscapers don’t want to maintain our lawn and garden areas anymore due to this problem! I’ve lived in this neighbourhood for 15 years and with the growing human and dog population, the situation is just getting worse.
The majority of dog owners are responsibly picking up their dog’s waste (I was one of them), but for the minority who aren’t, it’s creating a big issue. Leaving your dog waste piles up in a big way (your dog poops daily, by the way) and it’s pretty gross for the lucky person who steps on it, or that kid that crawls over it.
Will the $230,000 dog park on the future elementary school grounds solve the issue? I am also wondering: when the school gets built, where will the dog park and $230,000 investment go?
Just an idea – that $230,000 could go towards bylaw officers, and whatever happened to the basketball court/tennis court the space was originally allocated for anyway?
Neighbours – please kindly pick up after your dog.