What would you do?
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What would you do?
Dh & I are looking to move house & are really interested in a new developement that has lots of dog friendly trails, pavements to walk on & even a OLA. We took Millie & Alf up to 'road test' the place & were rather put off by a sign saying pitbulls were banned from the OLA. The rules of the dog park were similar to most others I've seen in the King county / Seattle area with regard to removing aggressive dogs, having a leash for each dog in there, dogs under owners control etc etc. So why practise bred discrimination? To me, it's not much of a stretch to see chows banned as well.... or am I being paranoid? DH was wondering if this is even legal?
Would you buy & move in & potentially not be able to use the OLA you live by or move on from the developement??? Just needing some perpective really
Would you buy & move in & potentially not be able to use the OLA you live by or move on from the developement??? Just needing some perpective really
Thank you Elodie!
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I agree with Dogdad and Chow Chow Mama, I would do some investigating first.....who made the rules(breed ban) and why...and if they decide to change them then what.....to me those are reasonable questions to ask.....it would suck to buy and then have them change the rules on you and make some of the reasons you decided to buy there, the very reasons you don't like it there later and have to move
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If you already lived there with your chowkids and a ban was placed would you not be grandfathered in? I agree with the others that you need to do some research with whoever is doing the development before you start thinking of buying. In the very least I would get it written that you have the chows moving in and then the developer is aware of that fact in case something comes up later.
Thank you so much sweetpea you are wonderful!!!
These were exactly my thoughts. It's not much of a stretch to see the ban extended & chows being on the list I'm going to a couple of open houses there today & I'm going to find out the person to approach about this. I want to know if it's based on a fight in the OLA, a 'dangerous dog' list or pure predudice. That should give an indication of what I'm dealing with.
The people in the OLA on Friday were nice, mainly concerned it was so muddy & Millie would get dirty
The people in the OLA on Friday were nice, mainly concerned it was so muddy & Millie would get dirty
Thank you Elodie!
Always keepin mind that dog trails/parks can be filled with MANY doggie diseases. Lots of viruses, etc , are passed between canines in these environments.
PS. I highly doubt that if they would decide to ban Chows, that you would be "grandfathered" in. Most likely, they would give you a notice, with a time frame for compliance.
A simple call to a lawyer would be in order before a sizely investment is made.
Good luck !!
PS. I highly doubt that if they would decide to ban Chows, that you would be "grandfathered" in. Most likely, they would give you a notice, with a time frame for compliance.
A simple call to a lawyer would be in order before a sizely investment is made.
Good luck !!
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If the dog park is part of the new development and you move in I would think you would be part of saying what goes on with the community dog park. I don't like Dog Parks even though I did bring Pekoe to them for years but the community seeing your Chows around the neighborhood should give the local Chow haters a differant opinion of Chows.
Every dog park basically discriminates against breeds even though they don't specify a breed, Chow's and Pitts are what they are talking about when they say No dogs considered viscous are allowed. The word Considered means, Chow, Pitts, Dobermans, GSD's, Rotts, what ever the insurance list says.
Every dog park basically discriminates against breeds even though they don't specify a breed, Chow's and Pitts are what they are talking about when they say No dogs considered viscous are allowed. The word Considered means, Chow, Pitts, Dobermans, GSD's, Rotts, what ever the insurance list says.
Off Leash Area AuddyAuddymay wrote:What is an OLA?
Well, I've found a realtor.... The one with the chow & chow mix of course. Had a lovely time chatting about chows, doing the picture swap etc. Not sure about the house though LOL! She also lives on the developement & is getting all the relevant documentation together for me to look at. FIL is a lawer so will ask him about it.....
I generally only take M&A to OLA when they are quiet but it's the principle to be honest
Thank you Elodie!
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I think they may be overpopulated, which leads to aggression as they compete for limited resources.
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The contract negotiations are a good point but the thing is, i'm not really interested in being grandfathered to be honest. It's discrimination in general that annoys me. I could ignore the pitbull thing but, to me that is wrong as well. I'm a firm believer in this message of this poem
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
The contract negotiations are a good point but the thing is, i'm not really interested in being grandfathered to be honest. It's discrimination in general that annoys me. I could ignore the pitbull thing but, to me that is wrong as well. I'm a firm believer in this message of this poem
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
Thank you Elodie!
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Amen Layla
Jerilyn
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http://www.dogster.com/dogs/631376
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/650868
Banner courtesy of the amazing Sweetpea.
Until there are none, adopt one!
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/631376
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/650868
I like that also but as once was said "It takes action to get action" (Melcom X I believe) If your going by principle and not moving into the community you have done nothing to solve the problem, basically you avoided the problem. Someone is going to buy the house no matter what so the dog park and views will go on as is. If you move in to the community you are in a position to do something about it.Layla wrote: @ chow fancier
The contract negotiations are a good point but the thing is, i'm not really interested in being grandfathered to be honest. It's discrimination in general that annoys me. I could ignore the pitbull thing but, to me that is wrong as well. I'm a firm believer in this message of this poem
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
Igor wrote:Just curiousity, where is this development?
Issaquah Highland Igor. We live on Mercer Island at the moment & have wanted to move to a bigger community. DH works for Microsoft in Redmond so will not live there. Issy was the next option. It's got a lot going for it apart from this
Thank you Elodie!
Somewhere in the archives I posted an article with the top ten dog friendly cities in the US, Seattle and San Francisco were in the top 5 I think they were the top two If I remember right.Igor wrote:Yes, make your decision based on how do you like place and house. Dog park issue will be resolved I'm sure. Anyway Seattle and vicinity is one of the best place for our dogs one can imagine.
Just curiousity, where is this development?
I like Issaquah, have some friends living there. There are a lot of god trails around to walk your dogs, run and bike.
I love Mercer Island too, may be there is not as much open space there as to the east.
As you can imagine I work for Microsoft too. So we can organize chow lovers club at Microsoft. We live in the part of Redmond which is called Education Hill. I see a lot of new constructions around us. You can also take a look at north part of Redmond.
God luck in your house hunt.
I love Mercer Island too, may be there is not as much open space there as to the east.
As you can imagine I work for Microsoft too. So we can organize chow lovers club at Microsoft. We live in the part of Redmond which is called Education Hill. I see a lot of new constructions around us. You can also take a look at north part of Redmond.
God luck in your house hunt.
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