Washington DC needs places for dogs to run off leash

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is stupid. I have a big dog and live in an apartment. I bring him to the dog park and walk/run him. He gets plenty of exercise.

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What's wrong with the dog parks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is stupid. I have a big dog and live in an apartment. I bring him to the dog park and walk/run him. He gets plenty of exercise.

+1

What's wrong with the dog parks?

Dog parks can be dangerous and not every dog does well in them. These issues can develop later in life and are not always known when the dog is adopted/purchased.

[Anonymous]

One thread is arguing for more affordable housing in the district. For people. Here OP wants to create more space for her animal.
Buy a hamster, OP.

[Anonymous]

Well you could get up at 5 am and go to the dog park when it’s empty. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

I love all the people who think I moved to dc. I was born and raised in this city and lived here my whole life. I walk my dog off leash and always will. And thanks for all the insufferable responses. Now when someone yells at me to put my dog on a leash, I’ll feel more comfortable telling them/you to stfu.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I love all the people who think I moved to dc. I was born and raised in this city and lived here my whole life. I walk my dog off leash and always will. And thanks for all the insufferable responses. Now when someone yells at me to put my dog on a leash, I’ll feel more comfortable telling them/you to stfu.

My dear, you are the insufferable one with your nasty pooch, but you already knew that, and always will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One thread is arguing for more affordable housing in the district. For people. Here OP wants to create more space for her animal.
Buy a hamster, OP.

This. The divide in morality is VAST. And she's saying that dog parks are harmful to her poor pup. This whole thread is crazy to me.

Get a smaller pet. Or take your dog on weekends to the big wide open spaces of VA and MD. Find a national park. Drive there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The chain fence dog parks don’t work. Other big cities like New York and San Francisco have places where dogs can run free. Central Park is open to dogs off leash in the morning and the evening. There are tens of thousands of dog owners in dc and they deserve a place to legally run their dogs. I wish someone in dc government would coordinate with the feds to set aside a 10 or 20 acres somewhere in this green city

No, we don't need this. I have a dog, too, and the idea of setting aside 20 acres just for dogs strikes me as absurd.

[Anonymous]

I'm a dog lover but I've recently encountered several awful dog owners with off leash dogs at city parks. What's going on? Or you guys staging some kind of protest? Just for the record, letting your poorly trained dogs assault people and other dogs at the park and then getting defensive when people yell at you for not putting your dog on a leash is not the way to get what you want.

I also see off leash dogs all the time that don't bother me, because they are well behaved and can obviously handle being off leash while in mixed company with kids, other dogs, etc. It's only the people with out of control dogs who run off constantly and get aggressive with other people who get yelled at for letting their dog off leash. The problem isn't the leash laws, it's that you have a dog that you haven't invested enough time or energy in to acclimate them to these environments, or your dog simply does not have the personality for being off leash in busy public areas. If your off leash dog will bound up to strangers uninvited, get aggressive with other dogs, and won't heed your commands, then honestly, your dog should never be off leash in an urban setting. This is why people in cities or dense neighborhoods should be thoughtful about adopting a dog. Some dogs are just not suited to city life, full stop.

[Anonymous]

How about, don’t get a dog if you live in a 600 square-foot apartment.

[Anonymous]

that's cool--you should definitely buy some land in DC and make it happen! you can get almost an acre on Linnean St. NW for about $3.6 million, or this in upper NW https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/5738-Oregon-Ave-NW-20015/home/9993474

Or there are two smaller parcels in Lily Ponds for a total of $185k--if you got 200 dog owners to chip in $1000 each you'd be set including transfer and property taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I love all the people who think I moved to dc. I was born and raised in this city and lived here my whole life. I walk my dog off leash and always will. And thanks for all the insufferable responses. Now when someone yells at me to put my dog on a leash, I’ll feel more comfortable telling them/you to stfu.

My dear, you are the insufferable one with your nasty pooch, but you already knew that, and always will.

i don't think people who start sentences with "my dear" should be calling other people insufferable. My dogs will love you because they love the smell of someone who is full of sh*t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:that's cool--you should definitely buy some land in DC and make it happen! you can get almost an acre on Linnean St. NW for about $3.6 million, or this in upper NW https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/5738-Oregon-Ave-NW-20015/home/9993474

Or there are two smaller parcels in Lily Ponds for a total of $185k--if you got 200 dog owners to chip in $1000 each you'd be set including transfer and property taxes.

OR we can keep doing what we are doing and use every park in the city as a place to walk off leash. I'm trying to acknowledge reality. There are several parks that are defacto dog parks where dogs run off leash. Im' just suggesting that some order be brought to the situation. but what ever, if nobody wants to have a rational discussion, I will keep letting my dogs off leash where they will freak you all out. Because 90 percent of you all don't even go outside and are terrified of the animals of all kinds including squirrels and turtles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:that's cool--you should definitely buy some land in DC and make it happen! you can get almost an acre on Linnean St. NW for about $3.6 million, or this in upper NW https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/5738-Oregon-Ave-NW-20015/home/9993474

Or there are two smaller parcels in Lily Ponds for a total of $185k--if you got 200 dog owners to chip in $1000 each you'd be set including transfer and property taxes.

OR we can keep doing what we are doing and use every park in the city as a place to walk off leash. I'm trying to acknowledge reality. There are several parks that are defacto dog parks where dogs run off leash. Im' just suggesting that some order be brought to the situation. but what ever, if nobody wants to have a rational discussion, I will keep letting my dogs off leash where they will freak you all out. Because 90 percent of you all don't even go outside and are terrified of the animals of all kinds including squirrels and turtles.

Don’t worry. They relaxed the DC handgun laws. It’s all good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is stupid. I have a big dog and live in an apartment. I bring him to the dog park and walk/run him. He gets plenty of exercise.

+1

What's wrong with the dog parks?

Dog parks can be dangerous and not every dog does well in them. These issues can develop later in life and are not always known when the dog is adopted/purchased.

If your dog feels or acts this way in the dog park, what makes you think they should be off leash around the general public?!