To Hershey's Dog-Mom

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

If you're taking your adorable chocolate lab out for a stroll on the bike-path on a lovely Sunday afternoon, please protect your dog and other people using the path and keep him on a leash.

I witnessed an almost-accident at close range as the dog ambled from one side of the path to another, forcing a bicyclist to slam on his brakes and stop hard to avoid hitting him.

He doesn't know any better, he's just a dog, doing what dogs do. You, on the other hand, should.

Comments

Re: dogs and kids and bikes and rollerblades and whatnot

[purpless77.livejournal.com]

I agree to an extent. Since we're talking about dogs I didn't bring up kids. If I were a parent I wouldn't walk with my children down a bike path. Small children can get in the way but I've had to dodge more dogs then small children, runners and people roller blading. I do agree it is definitely a people problem. But having dogs on the bike path, at least in my personal experience has caused more issues then the previous mentioned.

Re: dogs and kids and bikes and rollerblades and whatnot

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I've had to dodge more kids than dogs, but I don't want to ban kids from the path. I am glad that people are out walking with their kids and their dogs and grandparents, and the entire community can use it.

Yes, the consequence of it being for the entire community is that you can't bomb along at race speeds, and sometimes have to pay extra attention because little kids (or people walking for that matter) aren't always predictable either - but it'd be a shame not to have them.

As for the people near Lexington Park, if they're a major nuisance, call animal control and the police repeatedly.

Re: dogs and kids and bikes and rollerblades and whatnot

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

call animal control and the police repeatedly.

people have done that, and been the target of harassment from the dog owners for it.

Seriously, it's been reported enough times that animal control knows it's a common problem there.

Re: dogs and kids and bikes and rollerblades and whatnot

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

If you walk away and then call, you have anonymity.

I'm sure they know it's a problem, I'm just saying that at the very least, people need to keep calling, and contact their alderman.

Re: dogs and kids and bikes and rollerblades and whatnot

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

If you walk away and then call, you have anonymity.

which does you no good if you live right there.

Re: dogs and kids and bikes and rollerblades and whatnot

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. If you don't call until you've walked away and they can't see, they don't know it was you. There's enough traffic to make that impossible. Which is perfectly helpful if you live right there.

Re: dogs and kids and bikes and rollerblades and whatnot

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

I have already heard the dog owners making comments about the people who live there, when the ACO's show up.

It doesn't matter if the people living there called or not.

There needs to be regular enforcement there, enough that the usual scofflaws don't do it anymore.

Sporadic enforcement doesn't stop the problem, but it does get the ire of the scofflaws, who direct it at the only permanent fixture in that area - the abutting residents.

Re: dogs and kids and bikes and rollerblades and whatnot

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Ah, now I see what you mean. Unfortunately, that happens for any sort of complaint situation - they'll automatically suspect the people right there, whether it's regular or not.

I completely agree that there needs to be regular enforcement there, so the usual scofflaws are dispersed.

I wonder, if every single person who posted about the Lexington Park issue emailed their Alderman and called the police every single time they ran into this problem, if we would see results?