SFist: Your Little Lhasa Apso Is Going Down

May 27, 2008

Your Little Lhasa Apso Is Going Down

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Photo by SMACKDOWNHOTEL44/Flickr

Does this mean Oh noes! Be careful! We have poison on our grass and don't want your dog to get hurt? Or does it mean, Your dog craps on our lawn, and we're going to murder it? We prefer to think it's the former. Although the above photo was snapped in the Marina, so... it's anyone's guess.

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Tags: curb, dog, marina, poison, poop

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Comments (18)

[1] | 05/27/08 10:07AM

Seeing as those letters are stuck on there permanently, I'd take it to mean the latter: Your dog craps on our lawn, and we're going to murder it.

[2] | 05/27/08 10:11AM

I agree, that's what I take the sign to mean.

and if people aren't cleaning up after their dogs, who can blame them? I'm a dog owner and I get tired as hell of seeing shit on the sidewalk.

[3] | 05/27/08 11:10AM

I just have one question for this a$$hole: how exactly does poisoning your grass encourage an owner to clean up after their dog? Given that you have POISONED your grass, won't the dog get sick or die regardless of whether the owner follows the law and picks up after the dog? How does the act of the owner picking up a bag of poop negate the fact that the poison is already on the grass and the dog (or child, for that matter) is already exposed?

It seems like you don't care whether people clean up after their dog... you just want everyone to leave you alone. And in the act, you have risked the personal health of not only pets, but small children and other wildlife in the city. Typical selfish SF Marina yuppie.

I REALLY hope someone takes you down, either legally or in any other way one thinks is appropriate.

[4] | 05/27/08 11:12AM

Or they're trying to kill snails? Is snailage a problem in the City?

[5] | 05/27/08 11:33AM

"Typical SF Marina yuppie."

Typical knee-jerk reactionary statement. Get over yourself.

[6] | 05/27/08 11:39AM

"Or they're trying to kill snails? Is snailage a problem in the City?"

Yes, mine itches all the time.

[7] | 05/27/08 12:18PM

Actually I'm a typical Mission loser who prefers dog owners to clean up after their pets or refrain from owning them.

[8] | 05/27/08 12:35PM

I say bullshit - there's nothing on the grass. If these folks did lay something down to kill snails or whatever (and if they're in the Marina, how much grass can we be talking about here anyway?), the poison wouldn't be there long enough to necessitate a permanent row of tacky, inexpensive letter stickers as a warning.

[9] | 05/27/08 12:44PM

I agree with KatyG, I'm guessing the "poison on grass" is just b.s. from a homeowner fed up with finding dog shit in the area.

But I certainly wouldn't take my chances.

[10] | 05/27/08 12:47PM

I see a lot of shit daily and I've got to say at least 63% (yes, 63%) is human feces. Let's curb homeless people!

[11] | 05/27/08 01:10PM

I am drafting a new citywide ordinance that requires dog owners to live in actual buildings - no domicile? No doggie for you! In my neighborhood - SoPa (South of Panhandle - a new name I made up just this instant and boy, did my property values skyrocket), dodging the turds of both dogs and their homeless, gutterpunk owners (not to mention steaming piles of moldering, plastic entombed Examiners) is becoming a deadly sport. It's worse than France. better to round up all the dogs than to deprive the downtrodden real estate agents of this city a richly deserved, yet fair commission on the sale of my Victorian mini-mansion with all the mod cons located in the heart of the City with easy walkable access to shops and fine dining!

[12] | 05/27/08 01:18PM

Good luck with that.

[13] | 05/27/08 01:31PM

I spent a week in the very S of France (Midi/Aude/Languedoc) and I actually saw a higher percentage of people pick up after their dogs than I see back here. Those Languedocois (or whatever) are pretty good people. I think the France dog shit thing is just Parisians trying to keep their bad attitude going.

Anyway, if this dumbass really puts poison in the grass I'd like to see the expression on their faces when some small child accidentally ingests supposed poison and the SFPD and a bus full or lawyers comes knocking at their door.

[14] | 05/27/08 01:38PM

This should be reported to Animal Care and Control. Threats against people's pets are no joke.

[15] | 05/27/08 01:47PM

I was in Paris for two weeks and I didn't see dog shit ANYWHERE. I think that whole thing is a myth dreamed up by those "USA!! USA!!" types.

[16] | 05/27/08 01:49PM

"I was in Paris for two weeks and I didn't see dog shit ANYWHERE. I think that whole thing is a myth dreamed up by those "USA!! USA!!" types."

i wish that were the case. when i lived there--and?!--i would always step in it at shopping centers, cafes, etc. disgusting.

[17] | 05/27/08 01:58PM

"Typical SF Marina yuppie."

I think a yuppie would be able to afford better signage. But then again, I've seen many a-prius with poor bumper sticker placements/alignments.

[18] | 05/27/08 02:02PM

The legendary turds of Paris aren't as bad as they used to be. Paris passed a law back before technology, outlawing them or something so they went away. However, before the law, Paris was as bad as the Haight - a dog turd here, a dog turd there, here a turd, there a turd, everywhere you looked a turd. I used to visit my Aunt and Uncle in Paris while I was growing up and before every evening meal I was sent off to the boulangerie to fetch a baguette. On the way home I'd have to keep a firm eye above for pigeons and a firm eye below for dog turds. I soon had one eyeball here, one eyeball there. To this day, upper crust Parisians refuse to touch their dog's turds. They find the very concept inconceivable, not to mention unfashionable.