Dirty Dog Run Making Pooches Sick
The conditions at the Park Slope dog run have gotten downright unsanitary, according to dog owners who regularly visit the run, and things are only bound to get worse as the weather warms. Dog owners charge that, in addition to the general unpleasantness, the urine-soaked wood chips are to blame for giving their furry friends…
The conditions at the Park Slope dog run have gotten downright unsanitary, according to dog owners who regularly visit the run, and things are only bound to get worse as the weather warms. Dog owners charge that, in addition to the general unpleasantness, the urine-soaked wood chips are to blame for giving their furry friends parasites and diarrhea. The Parks Department confirms that all is not as it should be. J.J. Byrne Park manager Eric Greene said they haven’t been changed since November. “I don’t want to change them at all because it’s all going to be under construction,” he said, referring to the new park Boymelgreen has promised to start building next month because part of the old one was used as a staging area to construct The Novo. Nevertheless, Greene said compaints have prompted the Parks Department to drop off wood chips beside the park within two weeks. This time volunteers are supposed to change them. (Normally, he said, the department does most of the work, removing the fence and lugging out special equipment to change the paw padding. “It’s very time-consuming.”) Tony Chiappelloni, president of FIDO, an off-leash advocacy group for Prospect Park, said, “Personally I think small dog runs are basically unhealthy.”
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dogs are tasty morsels.
I think dog owners are soooo cruel and selfish to keep a dog all cooped up in a tiny apartment all day while you are out at work, forcing it to shit on public sidewalks twice a day (If he is lucky) and then maybe bringing him to a contaminated dog run to socialize for 20 minutes a week(Again if its Lucky). The life of a city dog must be misery.
Denton is a “Real Liberal” because he is a card carrying memebr of the communist party. I think that is the official requirements…
Plus he is a photographer, I think that automatically gets you into the exclusive Liberal Club along with artists, musicians, union members, and communications majors.
“Dogs are pack animals and are keenly aware of social structure. One of the primary ways they communicate is through scent ( their sense of smell is estimated to be 400x more powerful than ours) and urine is the way they leave their scent. From it one dog can determine everything about another. For a dog to enter an outdoor area that’s constantly populated by strange dogs and NOT mark the territory is asking the impossible.”
All true, and this is why dogs don’t belong in the city.
As a side note to all the comments – Congrats to the photographer, (Sarah?), great colors with the happy Roddie in foreground. Loved your photo, as a dog owner it was nice to see first thing in the morn. Hope all goes well with the dog run. I wish I had one in my neigh…
Denton – Just curious what makes someone a “Fake Libertarian”?
Also what makes you a “Real Liberal”?
4:57, so then we should have user fees for all the rest of the parks, right? Playgrounds, handball courts, basketball courts, and so on, right? $10 for Central Park, $5 for Prospect Park, lol.
Yes my “Boilerplate Libertarian Claptrap” is much worse than you Boilerplate Repubican vs. Democrat 2 Party claptrap. It really does make sense to have 1 of 2 political parties to represent 350 Million People.
Thank you 3:30, though I dont agree, your argument is the most articulate, relevant, and substantive, rather than the baseless name-calling and pandering of the other detractors addressing my concerns.
BTW, I do think Manitoba has the best idea regarding the dog park issue – Institute a fee for dog owners to pay for the Park, dont count on me for a hand-out because you love your pet but want others to bear the burden and expense of providing amenities for it.
3:38 – You forgot many others Like John Stossel, Milton Freidman, Dennis Miller, Ron Paul, Hugh Downs, Albert Einstein, and virtually all of the Founding Fathers.
Cheers!
Alright, Manitoba’s crossed the line here.
I don’t mind my tax dollars being used to pay for a dog run, but I’m pretty sure my cat would object to paying anything to subsidize a dog run.