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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Nice dog.
“Kids are people. Dogs are animals. Know the difference.”
Ah, the reading comprehension issues always arise.
Kids and dogs are similar in the sense that they both have a responsible adult looking after them, no? And that adult, in most cases, is entitled, oblivious, and irresponsible, and has zero consideration for anyone outside their bubble of existence.
I have a dog, and I always pick up its shit, including when it craps on the grass. I’ve always done this. It’s a no-brainer, second-nature. But the amount of dog-shit I see on NYC streets is proof-positive of the many lazy, spoiled, and inconsiderate dog owners that exist. Just like the amount of spoiled and misbehaved kids is a clear indication of their parents’ total disregard for others. So, very similar situations indeed. Get over it.
Brooklyn Fire Alarm Guy –
Your post makes the most sense. I couldnt agree more, why do tax dollars have to go to schools, or homeless shelters, or baseball fields, or pools…etc.
It is no different than a robber reaching into your wallet and taking whatever he wants for his own selfish needs. Where in the constitution does it say the government (i.e. you and me) is responsible to pay for any of these things?
The fact the park uses wood chips instead of planting and maintaining a grass lawn in the dog run is stupid. If it’s a larger space and there’s grass and therefore more of an ecosystem, then the urine isn’t such a problem. Woodchips for a dog run is gross. What’s with that? And it’s so ecologically irresponsible. There’s nothing they can do with those woodchips when they’re removed to be refreshed, but bring them to the dump. You can’t put them into compost with all that dog urine on it.
After the new dog run is built (hopefully with grass!) they need to make it a rule that owners should do their best to get their dog to pee elsewhere before entering the dog run. Then let the dog owners there police whether other dog owners are following the rule.
“…the urine-soaked wood chips are to blame for giving their furry friends parasites and diarrhea”?
Dog urine is sterile.
I could believe that people are nauseated (or actually sickened) by exposure to urine-soaked wood chips, but if there is really something in the wood chips making other dogs sick, it’s not the urine.
Can someone tell us what the health dangers really are? Do people complain after a rainstorm, too?
Kids are people. Dogs are animals. Know the difference.
thank you 10:40 I guess I’m not crazy after all
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guest at April 25, 2008 10:31 AM: “Anyways, why should taxpayers allocate land and pay for a dog run that’s only beneficial to some people but not the majority? If the dog owners want a cleaner dog run, they should buy their own stupid wood chips.”
And playgrounds! I don’t have kids. Why should my taxes pay for playgrounds? Or schools, or homeless shelters, or baseball fields, or pools, or oh wait….what i meant to say was piss off moron.