leash.
unless you and your pooch are at dog park/dog beach (or, any leash free zone,) keep your dog on a f#cking leash.
i’ve tried to talk to you, now, i unleash (pun intended.)
what’s the purpose of walking your dog off-leash in a residential neighborhood? to mark your territory? show off your (lack-of) manliness? hung like a snausage?
in the name of the shaggy d.a., you don’t need a badge to see a leash already IN YOUR HAND.
your animal’s safety aside, when you are walking 25 yards ahead of your dog, you don’t notice your unleashed pet “drop a deuce” on my front lawn. i do.
nor do you see it (the next day) when my toddler steps in it. do you know what it’s like to clean dog poop out a kid’s sneaker tread with a toothpick? i do.
earlier, when you came home, found a sack of dog poo on your doormat, and (still) don’t know where it came from?!? i do.
alissa
Tuesday, 17th February 2009 at 12:07 pm
Good to find you. “Luckily”, I am victim of the recession so don’t travel much during morning drive time so don’t have to listen to morning djs.
Anyhow, I totally agree. I have a dog and I keep him on a leash. Both for his safety and because it’s the polite thing to do. I can’t tell you how many times I am walking him through the neighborhood, and someone’s off leash dog runs up to him, sometimes crossing a street to get to him. Sometimes the owner yells out that their dog is friendly, sometimes they don’t. But it’s very stressful having some strange dog bum rush my dog. Besides, how do they know that my dog is friendly? Not to mention, do they really want to watch their dog get hit by a car. I love them to death, but they are still dogs and even a smart dog is prone to doing dumb dog things.
Doug
Tuesday, 17th February 2009 at 5:25 pm
I loooove dogs. No I mean I really love dogs. I kiss dogs on the first date. Virtually everybody at the parks near my house take their dogs off leashes and let them slobber over me and my three year old. Then of course they crap everywhere. WTF? Can I return the favor?
.cantore.
Tuesday, 17th February 2009 at 7:07 pm
@alissa: it’s a pleasure being found. and, i couldn’t agree more. the worst, when my 2 1/2 yr old son is holding the leash and he goes flying…
@doug: i love slobber. but, not another dog’s poop.