Unleashed dogs

[Kelena]

Hawaii is generally inhumane to animals. It is hard on dogs and the dogs are hard on people. Allowing dogs to run free is common...allowing them to have run-ins with pigs, wander around, and then wondering where they could have run off to is also common...chaining them up is common...and indifference to the consequence of loose dogs is common. That said, loose dogs are not unique to Hawaii. Before I go for a walk in my genteel neighborhood in Southern California I do the following: grab my pepper spray, gather three rocks and put them in my right pocket (one of the great benefits of being a guy --pockets and fun stuff in them!), and grab a walking stick with a bronze fleur-de-lis on the business end. Not two months ago, my soon-to-be divorced and castoff ne'er do well boyfriend and I were walking with my two adorable dalmatians when, as happens, we were attacked by a loose dog. Boyfriend rather cruelly brought him down with one pop with his walking stick. The dog and the dog's owners regretted the encounter.

Sticks work. Be on the alert and pop on sight.