01-11-2012, 08:04 AM
To move the issue of control over your pet away from the condolences for the pet owner, I hope the discussion about what constitutes being a responsible pet owner moves here. ETA to change title from or to and.
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Last weekend, one of the neighborhood dogs almost got hit by a visitor's car at the tide pools. Scared the crap out of my husband. Car was moving at less than 5 mph and couldn't see dog. it was debatable whether dog was on his side of the line or in the right of way. It is a really tight squeeze in that area.
My husband took the opportunity to tell the dog owner in quite coloroful language what he thought about not keeping dog out of harm's way. dog is going to live across the street about 20 ft from the parking soon so this is not going to be a one time problem.
I asked my hubby why he was so ... ummmmm... colorful? He said "I was really scared for [dog], and I reacted". Right or wrong, fear makes us react, not think sometimes.
Obie has a point about control over our pets, whether we want to acknowledge it or not. Should dogs be allowed to roam free and scare walkers and bicyclists? Dogs have run at Obie on a bike. What if he fell and was injured? We have one dog in our neighborhood that has injured his owner while on walks because of his strength. What if that dog was loose?
So leash? Fence? or pets roam free? or does it always depend on the dog -
Here's a legal interpretation problem for you: If the law requires a dog to be on a leash, does the owner have to be holding on to the other end?
"Jean Bessette of Van Nuys, California, was ticketed for walking his Labrador retriever, Rex, without a leash. Bessette protested that the dog was on a leash. The problem was that Bessette wasn't holding the other end of the leash - Rex was, in his mouth.
Bessette and Rex went to court, where Rex balanced dog biscuits on his nose to show how well trained he was. The pair got off with a warning."
Lots of room here for polite discussion.
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Last weekend, one of the neighborhood dogs almost got hit by a visitor's car at the tide pools. Scared the crap out of my husband. Car was moving at less than 5 mph and couldn't see dog. it was debatable whether dog was on his side of the line or in the right of way. It is a really tight squeeze in that area.
My husband took the opportunity to tell the dog owner in quite coloroful language what he thought about not keeping dog out of harm's way. dog is going to live across the street about 20 ft from the parking soon so this is not going to be a one time problem.
I asked my hubby why he was so ... ummmmm... colorful? He said "I was really scared for [dog], and I reacted". Right or wrong, fear makes us react, not think sometimes.
Obie has a point about control over our pets, whether we want to acknowledge it or not. Should dogs be allowed to roam free and scare walkers and bicyclists? Dogs have run at Obie on a bike. What if he fell and was injured? We have one dog in our neighborhood that has injured his owner while on walks because of his strength. What if that dog was loose?
So leash? Fence? or pets roam free? or does it always depend on the dog -
Here's a legal interpretation problem for you: If the law requires a dog to be on a leash, does the owner have to be holding on to the other end?
"Jean Bessette of Van Nuys, California, was ticketed for walking his Labrador retriever, Rex, without a leash. Bessette protested that the dog was on a leash. The problem was that Bessette wasn't holding the other end of the leash - Rex was, in his mouth.
Bessette and Rex went to court, where Rex balanced dog biscuits on his nose to show how well trained he was. The pair got off with a warning."
Lots of room here for polite discussion.