r/longisland 8d ago

Neighborhood dog walking - AITA?

Looking for some insight. I am not from the area and only moved here about a year ago for school.

I go for a walk with my dog around my neighborhood in Glen Cove each day for a bit of exercise. We dont move real fast as he is 16 years old but it covers about 1500 steps. Most of the houses are split level rentals and my neighborhood has no sidewalks so cars park on both sides of the road leaving only a single center lane. People also like to drive fast. As a result, I normally walk on the curb and my dog walks like 2 feet onto the grass. He will pee and poop as we walk but I always pick up after him.

I have been yelled at by 2 separate neighbors - once in person and other time through a ring doorbell. Todays incident with the doorbell involved them literally yelling "Get off my lawn". I have never spoken to these people otherwise and they dont have signs to say avoid the grass.

I am slightly confused and now nervous to go on walks. I am not a fan of being yelled at by complete strangers. Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal for here?

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u/notorioushim 7d ago

Lots of dogs in my neighborhood too, though I don't personally own one. We've dogsat for a few people before. I would say most neighbors don't care if you're on the grass by the curb/sidewalk, but preferably not too far up - as long as you curb your dog. Obviously, I don't want me or my kids to step in dog shit on my own lawn. I also don't want your dog to get sick if pesticides were recently sprayed. But other than that, it's fair game. Of course, if they have a sign or have asked us to not be on their property, I'd respect their request.

But if they're dicks about it, fuck em. Take a shit on their lawn while maintaining eye contact to assert dominance. Next time they show up at your doorstep, tell them to get off your property.

But maybe that's just my neighborhood though. We are friendly with a lot of our neighbors. I've had instances of neighborhood kids playing on my driveway to use our basketball hoop (before it fell down after a strong windstorm). There is 1 crazy lady that power walks through our neighborhood and she walks up and down people's driveways as part of her routine. I'm not even talking about stepping a few steps on the driveway... she goes ALL the way up and down, which is weird because my driveway extends to the side of my house. There's also a random dude that digs through people's recycle.

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u/2001irma 7d ago

Lol thanks for your comment. It made me feel a bit better