Post in Lake Hiawatha ??? Look, but don???t touch???

May 09 16:52 UTC

No way...My 14-year-old labrador
retriever passed away a couple of years ago after many swims in that lake. 
It's one of the reasons to live here
with a dog, particularly one with webbed paws.  I still remember the first time
he swam there, quite
inadvertently.  I was with my neighbors and their lab, Rooney.  Mine was only a
tiny puppy  (his name was
Valor).   We were walking along the shore on the golf course in winter (risking
another fine?) when Rooney
appeared over a hill, but Valor was nowhere to be seen.   Running back we found
the poor little pup had fallen
into the water where a pipe entered the lake and melted the ice, his two front
paws just hanging on the ice.  He
loved that lake.  Let's get real.   Why is there such a disconnect between the
law and common
sense?  Have we lost our sense of something basic which mollifies the law? 
Have we lost our will just to have
a fun place to live?Casey BowmanMinnehaha Creek
Mugwumphttp://minnehaha-creek.blogspot.comOn
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:43:41 -0500 "Kate Kampa" <<email obscured>> wrote:> I
don't know how they are
connected but it will result >in a fine if you have your dog off lease and
swimming in >the lake.  A
friend of ours received a $280.00 fine as a >result of letting their dog swim
in the creek.> >