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.
Actually, DIBS – I’m working on comments that make NO reference to prices, since I’ve been chewed out so much for talking so much about falling prices… (though to be fair, I’ve had plenty to say about schools, and I do have lots to say about the features of specific houses i.e. I loved that “modern in the Slope” the other day…)
Miss Muffett…you’re probably right on the first point and definitely are on the second. I think that you should try and work the pit bull aspect into whether or not housing prices will decline further and you will then find something. 🙂
OK, to all my detractors:
If you own a gun and someone steals it and commits a crime are you at all responsible? Obviously the person who committed the crime is largely responsible. However, I think that if you choose to possess a dangerous weapon, you must take measures to prevent it from harming others. If you own a pitbull put a damn muzzle on it when you walk him/her. It’s not that hard and it can prevent an accident that you’ve already predicted might happen.
DIBS – I read the PSP post about the pit bull and I find it hard to believe that the poster would have made the story up. Granted, it’s not published in the NYT, but I do think it’s a credible story, and a discussion about responsibly caring for dogs is a valid one on this blog.
So much vitriol on a post about something that we can’t even confirm happened. No wonder a lot of these threads turn into discussions about…well you know.
The unleashed dog is at fault. My akita that I had years ago was a very friendly dog to people and a lot of other dogs. That doesn’t mean somme little yappy thing wouldn’t provoke him by running up to him. You never know how two dogs will react. it doesn’t always depend on how conscientious the owners are.
How about this novel idea?
If you own a dog be responsible! Train it properly. Walk it on a leash. Use a soft muzzle when walking it if it tends to snap or lunge at other dogs.
All dogs big and small have the capacity to act irresponsibly. THEY are ANIMALS. It’s the owners that need to step up to the plate and behave.
If it’s too much trouble maybe you should own a goldfish instead.
“Really- what is there to gain by being snarky about gunshots and peopled getting hurt?”
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“brooklynnative, you seem to have some kind of problem with me ive noticed in the last few days. step off.”
LOL. What the hell are you talking about? What possible post of mine can you be referring to? The only posts I’ve made in months are in the last couple of days and on my pictures Brownstoner used which certainly had nothing to do with you.
Brooklynnative,
I’m sure Rob doesn’t need any help defending himself, so I’ll chime in on behalf of us non-dog owners. Leash laws serve a lot of purposes. One of them, obviously is to protect man and dog alike from unleashed powerful aggressive dogs like some pitbulls. Another–the one that you ignored–is to protect the unleashed dog from getting hurt at the hands of more powerful dogs, cars, paranoid schizophrenics, or whatever.
If your yappy dog is off the leash and is hurt by a dog that is on the leash, the unleashed dog owner is at fault.
mattt