I don't think I would be "approved"...

[forgop]

Today, I looked up the covenants of the HOA for the house I just bought. This one just baffled me:

"Frequent barking or howling of dogs or annoying behavior of pets to homeowners, can result in the pets being impounded by Animal Control."

Sorry, but if I have my dogs kept in my fenced back yard at all times and animal thinks they're going to step on my property and impound my dogs, the HOA and animal control has another thing coming.

Personally, I like the protection of not living next to Jethro and having his '78 Camaro on blocks in the driveway or that annoying car parked on the street every freaking day.

[captain53]

Originally Posted by forgop

Today, I looked up the covenants of the HOA for the house I just bought. This one just baffled me:

"Frequent barking or howling of dogs or annoying behavior of pets to homeowners, can result in the pets being impounded by Animal Control."

Sorry, but if I have my dogs kept in my fenced back yard at all times and animal thinks they're going to step on my property and impound my dogs, the HOA and animal control has another thing coming.

Personally, I like the protection of not living next to Jethro and having his '78 Camaro on blocks in the driveway or that annoying car parked on the street every freaking day.

Give it 6 months, I would take Jethro living in a motorhome on blocks over any a-hole I ever met that was active in a HOA.

[forgop]

Originally Posted by captain53

Give it 6 months, I would take Jethro living in a motorhome on blocks over any a-hole I ever met that was active in a HOA.

I've been in a HOA for 7+ years now and like I said, it's not great, but I'd rather deal with the HOA than a redneck neighbor operating a car repair shop out of his garage.

[Smokin Gator]

Originally Posted by forgop

I've been in a HOA for 7+ years now and like I said, it's not great, but I'd rather deal with the HOA than a redneck neighbor operating a car repair shop out of his garage.

To each his own brother... and I know what you are saying. However, I would rather live next door to Jethro who was working than some tight arse who was more concerned with the color of my mailbox.

[junkinduck]

Originally Posted by forgop

I've been in a HOA for 7+ years now and like I said, it's not great, but I'd rather deal with the HOA than a redneck neighbor operating a car repair shop out of his garage.

I am that redneck neighbor without the running the garage part. I live in the center of 50 acres so nobody much cares if I piss off the porch and shoot big guns in the evening. Don't think I could stand people telling me what I could park in the yard or how many cars, tractors, trucks, jeeps, campers, dogs, cattle, hogs, you get the point.
Back to the rolling rock and oliva.

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by forgop

Today, I looked up the covenants of the HOA for the house I just bought. This one just baffled me:

"Frequent barking or howling of dogs or annoying behavior of pets to homeowners, can result in the pets being impounded by Animal Control."

There would need to be a precise definition of what exactly qualifies as "annoying behavior of pets to homeowners" but I'd actually support this on a whole and think it should be a city wide by-law. I absolutely cannot stand yappy, barky or whiny dogs. More to the point I can't stand owners that allow their dogs to be that way since it's not the animal's fault, it's the owners.

[forgop]

Originally Posted by mithrilG60

There would need to be a precise definition of what exactly qualifies as "annoying behavior of pets to homeowners" but I'd actually support this on a whole and think it should be a city wide by-law. I absolutely cannot stand yappy, barky or whiny dogs. More to the point I can't stand owners that allow their dogs to be that way since it's not the animal's fault, it's the owners.

I'm not one to leave my dogs out to bark at everything that moves. They are indoor dogs and I don't want to hear my dogs outside barking any more than somebody elses dogs. That said, I just take issue with the HOA acting as if they or animal control has the legal jurisdiction to enter my property and take my dogs for barking in my back yard. If they're out roaming the neighborhood, I have no grounds to complain. But I will tell the HOA board they have no grounds to demand that my dogs be impounded.

[Rabidsquirrel]

Originally Posted by forgop

But I will tell the HOA board they have no grounds to demand that my dogs be impounded.

They do if you sign the HOA agreement when you move in.