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With all the changes reported to allow Strata’s to be more ‘pet -friendly’, I would like to offer my experience and invite feedback. A few months back, whilst a Unit in our block of 4 was on the market, I received a call from a prospective buyer inquiring if our Strata was ‘pet- friendly’. She had been told by the real estate agent it was and wanted to confirm this. I informed her that our Strata had no specific By-Law forbidding pets and that the last occupant of this ground floor lot (for sale) had had a small dog, which had drawn no complaint.

Where a issue has now arisen, following the purchase of the Unit,

is new owner’s interpretation of the term ‘pet friendly’. Being on the ground floor, she likes to have her back door open allowing little Leo (the dog) to roam outside her Unit and around the Common Property and to ensure it doesn’t escape has started erecting wire mesh across access points between the building and perimeter fences (initially, approval was granted on a temporary basis, to fence one point, to allow Leo to become ‘accustomed’ to the perimeter of his new domain).

So after a few months, folks here are not happy to have to now navigate around dog turds and then have to bring said turds to the attention of the owner. Her response has been to point out that several resident Cats are also on Common Property unsupervised. If this circumstance was to continue and with the arrival of further canines, the strata would end up resembling a dog pound. So, my two questions to you, Are dogs (or any other pet for that matter) allowed onto Common Property unsupervised ? and is it possible to train Leo, a west highland terrier, to not run off so the wire mesh is not needed ? BTW we are a self-managed O.C .

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