Good Times in The Slope
A doubleshot of bad news in Park Slope this morning, courtesy of Gowanus Lounge: First, gunshots were reported around Baltic Street and 4th Avenue on Wednesday night; then, reports of an off-leash pit bull attacking a woman and her dog, breaking the owner’s arm and requiring the victim dog to get surgery. Nice.
A doubleshot of bad news in Park Slope this morning, courtesy of Gowanus Lounge: First, gunshots were reported around Baltic Street and 4th Avenue on Wednesday night; then, reports of an off-leash pit bull attacking a woman and her dog, breaking the owner’s arm and requiring the victim dog to get surgery. Nice.
he’s a lot better with the choke collar. actually i was using a harnass most of the time when it was just me walking him, but when i moved to PS and my roommate would walk him he wanted to use the choke collar and thought it would be better for the dog walker. i didnt see any difference really. i was always more comfortable with him with the harnass tho. i might actually go back to that now that they are obviously used to walking him.
and to the poster who claims that all his/her neighbors on the block let their dogs roam free and kids frollick around with no problem like it’s mayberry, please. dogs in rural areas can go running the woods and stuff, yeah it’s in their nature, but running around a city? no i dont think so. some people also think it’s mean to have a dog in the city. i dont know, maybe they have a point. but most dogs seem fine. all he ever really likes to do is sleep, eat, and cuddle anyway.
*rob*
aaaahhhh…a dogless society!
cmu-
I grew up in “rural” western ny state. When I was little, I was bitten by a neighbor’s agressive malamute. The dog was never properly leashed, trained, or socialized. I wasn’t on the dog owner’s property- the dog had to go pretty far to reach me where I was playing with a friend in her back yard.
While I escaped the encounter with no serious scars (Boy could I run fast!) the dog went on later to severely mangle the face of a little girl who lived a bit further away. After that, the authorities stepped in and the dog was put down.
Living in a rural area doesn’t make dog owners any smarter or dogs less agressive if they are not properly trained and socialized from day one.
Also Rob? Have you considered a harness instead of a choke collar?
miss muffet, i was called a f*gg*t when i was picking up my dogs poop once. because i was picking up its poop. supposedly in some neighborhoods picking up your dogs poop is emmasculating. :-/ cant tell you how many times i stepped in it in my hold hood. gross.
*Rob*
I thought the Blog was about the restoration of Brownstones.
ROTMMFLMMFAO!!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
To quote the great Bushwick Bill from the Geto Boys “size ain’t shit.” All dogs should be leashed, no matter how friendly or well trained. No exceptions to the rule. I’ve seen on many occasions tiny teacup dogs acting like little maniacs around larger breeds, and one even chased my boy down the street—it was comical because it was a 5-lb dog. But what if that dog bit him? No matter its size, it’s getting a size 12 to the ribs around my family.
Ok ay,I am happen to have known and loved pit bulls. But the leash law applies to every public area so that means that having your yappy little dog off-leash in the hallway of your building is illegal — you do not have to be outside.
I’m with EastNewYork,
Its like children. Behind every asshole child is an asshole parent.
Behind every asshole dog is an asshole owner.
Sorry for the profanity, folks.
Wow, wouldn’t it be nice to live in a place where friendly dogs are off leash…gee, I do now, on my block on xxx street (to protect the innocent) several of my neighbor’s dogs (whom we all know and love) are free at times as their owners stand around. Nobody gets uptight. No children have been harmed in the writing of this post.
You might notice that in more rural areas, dogs are more free. Do they get more aggressive in cities? Or do city owners make them so?