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I heard this story on the news yesterday, and I thought it was brilliant! I wish our apartment building would do this and catch the culprits who never pick up after their dogs. I'd definitely want to implement this doggie DNA testing, as a manager. What do you think?
I suppose what I'd try would be for an apartment complex to threaten to do it, with every pet owner having to pay a $100 fee to register - and hope that the threat would be enough.
If you'er in a buildings, though, what would stop any person passing by with another dog?
All tenants pay for the initial testing of around $30, I think it said. Then, when they test the poo left on the grounds, if the DNA says your dog is the winner, you pay for the DNA test they had done, plus fines.
I've heard of this being done as well and although it's not a perfect system, I do think it would be a huge plus if it caught on. One of the main reasons we hated living in apartments/townhome communities is that no one ever picked up after their dogs. It was so disgusting and there was nothing management could do. Unfortunately there are a lot of people that need real consequences or at least the realistic threat held over them in order to force them to behave decently.
When I managed a building that did not allow pets, cigarette butts all over the parking lot and the grounds were the problem. Would have been great to do DNA testing on the cigarette butts! You probably couldn't require DNA testing of your tenants, though. Darn it.
We've looked at this for a few of our condo Associations that have had a big issue...despite fully stocked doggie stations scattered around the premises *sigh*
All tenants pay for the initial testing of around $30, I think it said. Then, when they test the poo left on the grounds, if the DNA says your dog is the winner, you pay for the DNA test they had done, plus fines.
It would never stand up to any type of challenge though. Too many issues regarding chain of custody and testing methodology. What prevents a tenant from finding a "stand in" dog to provide the initial DNA sample, knowing that the real dog's poop will never match?
I think this would just encourage more tenants to sneak their dogs in without permission. The ones who are responsible enough to get permission and pay for the testing are the same ones responsible enough to clean up after the dogs. The ones who would leave the poo on the ground are the same ones who would sneak the dogs in. So this is unlikely to accomplish much.
I think it's great! If people can't be responsible pet owners, then they should be the ones to pay the price, not their neighbors.
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