Lake Hiawatha ??? Look, but don???t touch???
From:
Casey Bowman
Date:
May 12 04:59 UTC
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I was shocked at hearing that someone was fined $280 for letting their
dog play in the creek. Quite draconian.
Risk and fun sometimes go together. We could eliminate all risk by
building a wall around all bodies of water in the state of Minnesota.
After all, someone might drown. I just don't think we want that. A hefty
fine is like a wall.
Boundaries are important, such as the ones you mention, cleaning up
after your dog, and making sure he doesn't bother other people by
putting him on a leash, but rigidly applied, such boundaries can be a
real drag. I once did berate a French-speaking dog-walker for blatantly
not cleaning up after her dog, even after I pointed out to her that it
was the law. She didn't speak English, and I speak French. I think I
called her a "sale chamelle", which are strong words in French, meaning
"dirty camel".
Casey Bowman
Minnehaha Creek Mugwump
http://minnehaha-creek.blogspot.com
On Fri, 9 May 2008 12:42:31 -0500
PhoenixRedux <<email obscured>> wrote:
> Casey -
>
> There are off-leash dog areas in this city, I know it for a fact.
> If you
> want one at Lake Hiawatha or Nokomis or whatever, that's fine. I
> don't have
> a problem with that. But take it up with the Parks Board. It seems
> like
> you're trolling for drama here. There are leash laws in this city
> for a good
> reason. I, for one, don't want to be accosted by someone's
> ill-mannered
> off-leash dog as I bike through there, or while my kid plays on
> the nearby
> playground. You may be a good dog owner who maintains control of
> his dogs
> and cleans up after them, but let's fact it, this isn't a perfect
> world, and
> you know plenty of people *aren't* as good about it as you are.
>
> Speaking of cognitive dissonance, why is there a disconnect
> between common
> sense and your latest post? If anything, your story about the
> puppy falling
> through the ice makes my point for me. If that dog had been on a
> leash as he
> should have been, he would not have fallen into freezing cold
> water and you
> wouldn't have had to risk your own neck to rescue him.
> -Don Stremski
> 45xx 34th Ave S