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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I’ve noticed is an uptick in entitled dog owners that think it’s ok to walk their dog without a leash on the street or run around in non-dog park because the dog is “friendly”. A couple of times I’ve even seen them at playgrounds. Scaring the crap out people and kids. The level of hate I’m starting to develop for these people… 311 is useless and somehow they’re more people that want to act like dogs are babies so it’s ok. Ridiculous. 
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I’ve never ever seen this in my 20+ years in NYC, at least before pit bulls became so common because of the advocacy of a small group of people.

Years ago, informal dog parks in NYC were common and enjoyed by many. I didn’t have a dog then, but a friend did and there was a hill near the Brooklyn bridge where dogs ran, and it was wonderful for all. You essentially never saw an aggressive breed, and I never saw a fight. Now you have people walking what are essentially loaded guns around and a significant uptick in extremely serious dog attacks, requiring everyone to leash up their dogs and keep their children away to keep them safe.

Breed bans are common in European countries and you’ll see that unleashed dogs in parks are not uncommon. No one should have to worry that a dog can kill their dog or their child if it makes a mistake.

It’s unfortunate. [/quote]

They are banned in many apartment buildings, and you cannot take a dog into a subway that can't fit into a carrier, dogs must be in carriers to travel by subway.  This is relatively new law, but is violated often.  It's meant to control the size of the dogs that are allowed to share enclosed spaces with people.   It's been made fun of by multiple memes of people walking their bigger dogs in a "bag-harness", but it's not funny when you ride a train with a couple of unmuzzled pitbulls and hope you don't make any wrong move, but deep inside you are scared and wish you could run for an exit. [/quote]

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