It has come to my attention that your parents failed to teach you how to be a considerate human being. I'm sure they meant to get around to it, but perhaps they were just too busy smoking crack or whoring around. I get it. It happens.
As a frequent user of the parks and recreation facilities here in lovely Canton Township, both with my children and running by myself, your actions, or lack thereof, at first pissed me off. Over time, as I've seen you repeat your inconsiderate and insenstive behavior over and over again, my feelings against you have grown stronger.
But, that level of contempt is not healthy, nor is it productive. Better to use this forum to teach you some manners. Some common courtesy, if you will. At the very least, point out to you that you are breaking the law and that you have better options.
I would like to take this opportunity to provide you with some useful information in the hopes that you may one day graduate from DBDO to Considerate Dog Owner (CDO), like the handsome gentleman in the following picture. His grace is matched only by his love of uneven facial hair.
What is that, DBDO? You want to know what behavior I am referring to?
Sorry about that. Sometimes I get carried away.
One of the things that makes you a DBDO is your complete lack of respect for other people. You take your large, ill-behaved dogs to the public parks and let them run off leash. They acost other people. They chase other dogs. They shit in the park and you leave it there for people to step in.
Oh, you didn't know this was a problem?
Exhibit A - From the Canton Township website:
A higher level of authority are local ordinances. Allow me to introduce Exhibit B. This comes directly from the Canton Township book of ordinances, found online here: http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=13379
That says you have to have your mongrel on a leash. That way, it doesn't come up to me and sniff my crotch. Or corner my wife. Or scare my kids.
Of course, you'd have to read the Township website to see Exhibit A and most people probably wouldn't know to look at local ordinances or that such a resource exists online.
But you probably get mail.
The Township sends a monthly newsletter to everyone that lives here. Just today, I received this in the mail. I'm sure you did too. Let's call it Exhibit C.
Canton FocusVolume 25, Issue 8 August 2013
http://www.canton-mi.org/government/publications.aspx?TabbedPanels1.showPanel (4)
OK. Enough beating of a dead horse. Weve established that it is douche-y to let your stupid dog harrass children, runners, and any other park-goer. And illegal.
Where can a CDO take little Fifi to run free? I wish such a place existed.
Oh wait.
How about here?
http://leisure.canton-mi.org/dog_park.aspx
You can let Fido do whatever he wants to do: sniff crotches, pee on fences, bite other dogs, crap anywhere, etc...
So, please keep your dog on-leash at a park, or anywhere other people might be. It's the right thing to do.
If your dog needs to run free, please consider using the park BUILT ESPECIALLY FOR THAT ONE SINGLE THING.
Thank you,
Your pal,
Brian Cam
Most cities don't allow dogs off leash in public parks, mine doesn't, and neither do any of the neighboring cities...but do people listen? Nope. I cringe when I see off leash dogs in the little park nearby my apartment, or the big central park...or anywhere. I can't help but think no matter how well trained your dog is, there is always a chance they will run off and not respond to you when you call them...both parks are fairly close to a main road (the central park actually backs up to the main road). So not only is it douchey, it's dangerous. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if my dog got hit by a car because I let him run off leash in a public park. Like you say that's what dog parks are for. And, my dogs are friendly, and they don't care if your dog runs up to them, but not every dog appreciates that and sometimes they get aggressive. Another douchey/dangerous combination. Oh and don't get me started on people who never pick up after their dogs...ugh.
ReplyDelete-Carrie (A considerate, not douchey dog owner)
PS your dog is ADORABLE, what kind of dog is that?? she reminds me of one of the dogs I grew up with! Or a bigger version of my dog Jasper.
That is/was Sally. She is/was part black and tan coon hound and part mystery. That pic is actually 11 years old. When we moved to Canton, I had to find her a new home. She was quite the runner and absolutely needed a yard with a fence which my Township will not allow us to build. She went to live with a nice family with 4 kids that I'm sure gave her the attention she needed.
DeleteCoincidentally, I ran into the guy I gave her to a couple weeks later at the post office. He told me one of his sons had taken her to the park and let her off leash. She ended up getting into a doggy fight and accidentally bit the other owner when he tried to separate the dogs.
That's the last I heard about her, but for a while I occasionally drove past their house to see Sally in their yard.