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Now An Apartment Complex in Texas is DNA Testing Dog Poop
The Conumerist ^ | January 23, 2013 | Laura Northrup

Posted on 01/23/2013 2:31:05 PM PST by Gefn

I often see canine leavings at the side of the road, and wonder which of my fellow dog owners left them behind. (It certainly isn’t the dog’s fault.) In recent years, homeowners’ associations and apartment complexes have answered this important question by requiring DNA samples from dogs living on the property. When staff find an abandoned pile, they match the DNA it contains to a resident dog, and fine the owner $250.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dog; napl; texas
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To: 1rudeboy

Move to some place where you can shoot errant dogs on your property (or celebrate the free fertilizer - have you checked the price of dog food these days?)


21 posted on 01/23/2013 2:55:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Revolting cat!

Yeah, that makes sense . . . making this issue part of the eternal struggle between fascism and communism.


22 posted on 01/23/2013 2:56:11 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Gefn

I think this is great! I lived, for years, in a complex that allowed pets. The policy (and not to mention - good neighborly action) of cleaning up after your pet was well known and communicated not only in the lease, but also monthly in print. The number of people that just didn’t give a crap about their neighbors, or the fact that other people walked through common grassy areas, was staggering. It really ticked me off to step in a pile of crap when stretching for a run. CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR PETS!!!


23 posted on 01/23/2013 2:56:29 PM PST by RobertClark ("May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't" - George S. Patton)
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To: Gefn; a fool in paradise

24 posted on 01/23/2013 2:56:52 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: fatnotlazy
I'd like to see the offenders tarred and feathered.

You're too kind. I'd rub their nose in it...the owner, not the dog.

25 posted on 01/23/2013 2:59:02 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

You can’t really dust for vomit. < /spinal tap >


26 posted on 01/23/2013 2:59:13 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Gefn

It sure beats the old method of comparing striations on the turd with artifacts on the sphincter.


27 posted on 01/23/2013 3:01:19 PM PST by posterchild
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To: Gefn; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Daffynition
The solution has been in front of our eyes for 50 years now.

SINA knows the answer.


28 posted on 01/23/2013 3:04:07 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Revolting cat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWBQdWzBukI


29 posted on 01/23/2013 3:06:33 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: 21stCenturion; 75thOVI; Abathar; alarm rider; albee; Alice au Wonderland; Amityschild; ...
INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
HUMOR

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No amateurs, please.
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30 posted on 01/23/2013 3:07:47 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: a fool in paradise

I love it. Do you think a bikini on a cow would be udderly ridiculous?


31 posted on 01/23/2013 3:09:07 PM PST by Gefn ("I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder")
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To: a fool in paradise

32 posted on 01/23/2013 3:09:27 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
I’m guessing that in order to match the DNA, owners have had to first supply the Association some of their doggy’s doo doo up front.

I have about 5 pounds per week that I am willing to sell and ship to whoever needs some dog poo that can be submitted to your HOA as "your dog's poo."

As part of our agreement, I will promise never to let my dog defecate in your neighborhood.

$5.00/pile + a nominal fee of $45.00 for shipping, handling, and hermetically sealed packaging.

Credit cards accepted.

33 posted on 01/23/2013 3:14:07 PM PST by tpmintx (Gun free zones are hunting preserves for unarmed people.)
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To: tpmintx

Doesn’t a Progressive government bring out the little Nazi in a lot a people? It never ceases to amaze me.


34 posted on 01/23/2013 3:16:13 PM PST by MWestMom (Will Americans stop someone who views our children as "collateral damage" in their quest for power?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

My guess is that some enterprising head-shop will begin selling synthetic dog poo to turn in as your initial sample.


35 posted on 01/23/2013 3:21:29 PM PST by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: tpmintx
Maybe all dogs need an ear tag like cattle these days.

The country needs more jobs for trackers and registrars.

36 posted on 01/23/2013 3:28:46 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Slings and Arrows
Please don't ask me, how I know this....there's a *family* game called *Doggie Doo*.


37 posted on 01/23/2013 4:20:20 PM PST by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Venturer
LMAO City people are funny.

In Rush Limbaugh little boy's voice: "Daddy, when I grow up, I want to be a dog poop DNA analyst."

Honest to Pete, dog turds. I suppose they're annoying, but I've never gotten too worked up over them. Even when they're on my lawn.

I live in Amish country. The roads and streets are often strewn with horsesh*t -- the real stuff, in copious amounts. I suspect these people would keel over and die if they encountered that.

38 posted on 01/23/2013 4:29:16 PM PST by BfloGuy (Money, like chocolate on a hot oven, was melting in the pockets of the people.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Hire da K-9 patrol.


39 posted on 01/23/2013 5:29:48 PM PST by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Gefn

Sad it’s come to that, but it is really not ok for people to leave poo lying around.


40 posted on 01/23/2013 5:33:30 PM PST by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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