01-13-2012, 05:37 PM
Obie's right. I would no longer let my dog sit at the foot of my driveway unleashed than I would a nephew, niece, great-nephew or niece, or goddaughter. I have all of these. When my goddaughter was eating ice cream and lackadasically slipped into the street in a safe, quiet, Northern California town, she saw the serious side of me real quick when I made her get out of the street and back on the sidewalk (not just the curb) and made real clear to her the difference between the two. Job One for kids and dogs: Security.
Just today a seltish and self-entitled person came jogging by with, of all things, an unleashed doberman. She did have the decency to leash the doberman when she saw my dog and flashed her mace to indicate that she saw loose dogs as a problem, too. She admitted that her black dog has the entire run of our street but because he is "nice" she didn't see that as a problem. Nevermind that I don't know whether your dog is nice or not. Evidently, I am not nice if I put the burden on you to prove that your dog is harmless to mine and that because of his or her amazingly sweet disposition, she, he or it has earned the right to run free, exempt from all laws.
Neither did this person perceive the irony in the fact that she carried mace while it was clear her snarling doberman was, by her own admission, potentially dangerous.
There are seven words for this: selfish disregard for the rights of others.
It is pretty clear that she intends to take the harness off whenever she wishes, without regard for the fear that an unleashed doberman places in others. It could well be an unleashed malamute, ill-behaved and insane Jack Russell or, god forbid, the "sweetest little pit-bull".
There was a lawyer in San Francisco who thought that her precious little Presa Canarios wouldn't hurt a flee. She was convicted of manslaughter when her precious babies mauled a young woman to death. She is in prison.
There is a lawyer in Puna who thinks you should rethink whether the risks of setting your dog free outweigh the benefits.
ETA to correct typos.
Just today a seltish and self-entitled person came jogging by with, of all things, an unleashed doberman. She did have the decency to leash the doberman when she saw my dog and flashed her mace to indicate that she saw loose dogs as a problem, too. She admitted that her black dog has the entire run of our street but because he is "nice" she didn't see that as a problem. Nevermind that I don't know whether your dog is nice or not. Evidently, I am not nice if I put the burden on you to prove that your dog is harmless to mine and that because of his or her amazingly sweet disposition, she, he or it has earned the right to run free, exempt from all laws.
Neither did this person perceive the irony in the fact that she carried mace while it was clear her snarling doberman was, by her own admission, potentially dangerous.
There are seven words for this: selfish disregard for the rights of others.
It is pretty clear that she intends to take the harness off whenever she wishes, without regard for the fear that an unleashed doberman places in others. It could well be an unleashed malamute, ill-behaved and insane Jack Russell or, god forbid, the "sweetest little pit-bull".
There was a lawyer in San Francisco who thought that her precious little Presa Canarios wouldn't hurt a flee. She was convicted of manslaughter when her precious babies mauled a young woman to death. She is in prison.
There is a lawyer in Puna who thinks you should rethink whether the risks of setting your dog free outweigh the benefits.
ETA to correct typos.