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The City of New Haven can make a ton of money just by ticketing owners who let their dogs off-leash in Edgerton Park / Brewster Estate.
I am sick of these entitled owners who think it is perfectly okay to let their precious pooches run amok in the park.
Just this past Sunday, a man had a dog running loose with the leash dangling on the ground. Then, a second dog came running around the corner, also with a leash dragging on the ground. I told the man there were leash laws, and he had the nerve to say "they're on leashes," and I replied "but your hand needs to be on the other end."
These are RICH LOCAL PEOPLE who are treating the park like their own private backyard. They have money for leashes & pooper scoopers (I have never seen any dog owner with a scooper or bag), and I'm sure they have cars to take their dogs to a dog park if they want their dogs to roam.
PLEASE enforce the leash law!!!!!
17 Comments
Richard Cohn (Registered User)
XYZ (Registered User)
With all the problems New Haven has ticketing the dog owners at Brewster has got to be a very low priority. The police have more important things to do.
david.fischer (Registered User)
I can't comprehend why otherwise respectable citizens (like I'm sure Richard Cohn is) think it is okay to disregard clearly stated park rules. What other local laws and regulations do they choose to ignore? Do they drive the wrong way on one way streets because it is more convenient? Do they throw trash out the windows of their cars? Do they put all their recycling and trash together because separating is too much work?
The best solution would be to have specific hours where dogs are allowed off leash. Perhaps 7-9am and 7-9pm. Any dogs off leash at other times would be permanently banned from the park.
girlfriend (Guest)
XYZ (Registered User)
ederose (Registered User)
XYZ (Registered User)
Ederose
You wrote " My brother-in-law was just bitten by a labrador retriever while walking in NY, which goes to show that all dogs are not friendly". To take this one incident and say dogs are not friendly is wrong.
It is sad that your children are afraid of dogs but I would not be surprised if isn't your view of dogs that is causing this.
ederose (Registered User)
XYZ (Registered User)
What did I say that was insulting?
XYZ (Registered User)
girlfriend (Guest)
I agree with Ederose.
XYZ, yes, some people are afraid of dogs. Other people simply don't like dogs. People are members of the general public, and this is a public park with a leash rule that ensures the comfort of all members of the public.
Dogs, no matter how well behaved, can get spooked and behave inappropriately, so they need to be on a leash.
On one occasion, I was walking with my mom who used a walker. A jogger ran by with a dog that was off leash. What if that dog whipped around a corner & bumped into my mom? Fortunately, it was on a straight path and that didn't happen. Alternatively, my mom (who was indeed nervous seeing the dog) could have become very startled & could have fallen while trying to avoid the dog.
But what if the "gentleman" with the dogs who had their leashes dragging behind them had encountered my mom that day & the dogs' dragging leashes got tangled in her walker? Or around a baby carriage? That is why dogs need to be on leash & held in control by their owner.
Again, there a dedicated dog parks for dogs to roam. Owners could also fence in their yards and play with their dogs on their own property.
girlfriend (Guest)
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girlfriend (Guest)
Dogs on leash are fine.
Obviously you are special a very special person (as is/are your dog(s)) and you will never agree that dogs belong on leashes as required.
XYZ (Registered User)
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