"The neighborhood is fine with it. If there was one person that showed up and started telling everyone to put the dog on the leash it'd be very weird and out of place."
I used to be that one person, asking people why their dogs weren't leashed in the park, per local laws. Never got a good answer, though my favorite was "Because no one's h…
"The neighborhood is fine with it. If there was one person that showed up and started telling everyone to put the dog on the leash it'd be very weird and out of place."
I used to be that one person, asking people why their dogs weren't leashed in the park, per local laws. Never got a good answer, though my favorite was "Because no one's here." Finally gave up and now I just glare at them if I dare to get close enough. I see dogs relieving themselves far from their owners, and I know the owner isn't cleaning it up, so I avoid walking through such open spaces now. Horribly inconsiderate. If you want your dog to have a place to run free, buy a farm. ETA: Or go to the dog park. There's almost always one near where I see these off-leash dogs.
Where I live within a small area, bout 5x10 miles, there are 50 miles of trails and 1000's of acres of park land. Not counting community parks, publicly accessible school areas, and so on.
Of all of that, there's a dog park and the one maybe 200/300 yard strip of beach (of miles of beaches) that is referred to commonly (by dog owners and non-dog owners) as "the off leash beach". and there's the school field that's fenced in that the school administrators and community open up for people run their dogs off leash.
I stand by what I said. If you showed up to these small, niche, community accepted off leash areas and glared and started telling the (sometimes) dozens of people running their dogs off leash to leash up......
Well it wouldn't be a good look. It'd come off as neurotic and a bit weird. Like you might be having issues or something.
"The neighborhood is fine with it. If there was one person that showed up and started telling everyone to put the dog on the leash it'd be very weird and out of place."
I used to be that one person, asking people why their dogs weren't leashed in the park, per local laws. Never got a good answer, though my favorite was "Because no one's here." Finally gave up and now I just glare at them if I dare to get close enough. I see dogs relieving themselves far from their owners, and I know the owner isn't cleaning it up, so I avoid walking through such open spaces now. Horribly inconsiderate. If you want your dog to have a place to run free, buy a farm. ETA: Or go to the dog park. There's almost always one near where I see these off-leash dogs.
`I know the owner isn't cleaning it up'
I like to point out to these inconsiderate people that their dog just went to the bathroom. When they just stare I offer a bag.
Where I live within a small area, bout 5x10 miles, there are 50 miles of trails and 1000's of acres of park land. Not counting community parks, publicly accessible school areas, and so on.
Of all of that, there's a dog park and the one maybe 200/300 yard strip of beach (of miles of beaches) that is referred to commonly (by dog owners and non-dog owners) as "the off leash beach". and there's the school field that's fenced in that the school administrators and community open up for people run their dogs off leash.
I stand by what I said. If you showed up to these small, niche, community accepted off leash areas and glared and started telling the (sometimes) dozens of people running their dogs off leash to leash up......
Well it wouldn't be a good look. It'd come off as neurotic and a bit weird. Like you might be having issues or something.
The people in the woods where I go are great about clean up. We also do a lot of woods clean up- both trash and invasive plant species.