So Sick of Irresponsible Dog Owners
Jul. 28th, 2021 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jamesqJogging along Dalhousie Drive this morning, I got chased by an uncontrolled dog. Of course, that should never have happened in the first place because all dogs should be on a leash. But the number of dogs I see not on a leash (and I'm not talking about off-leash areas, but bog-standard city streets) is around half of all dogs.
Here's a link to the city's page concerning dog bylaws:
https://www.calgary.ca/csps/abs/bylaws-by-topic/dogs.html
Keep your damn dog on a leash. A short leash. All the time that you're not in a designated off-leash area, or on your own property. This is not a hard concept to understand.
You know what it doesn't say? It doesn't say "except for in back alleys", it doesn't say "unless you think your dog is special", it doesn't say "unless you don't feel like it".
And if you're getting angry and want to argue back with me because you're offended I might have said something negative about your dog, consider that maybe you're the problem. I'm pretty sure the *responsible* dog owners agree with me.
Here's a link to the city's page concerning dog bylaws:
https://www.calgary.ca/csps/abs/bylaws-by-topic/dogs.html
Keep your damn dog on a leash. A short leash. All the time that you're not in a designated off-leash area, or on your own property. This is not a hard concept to understand.
You know what it doesn't say? It doesn't say "except for in back alleys", it doesn't say "unless you think your dog is special", it doesn't say "unless you don't feel like it".
And if you're getting angry and want to argue back with me because you're offended I might have said something negative about your dog, consider that maybe you're the problem. I'm pretty sure the *responsible* dog owners agree with me.
