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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]hmmmm, i'm a dogowner who loves to let the dog offleash. i've been known to let the dog offleash where it's not strictly legal, but i would never in a million years do it where there might be kids around who aren't socialized to dogs. i occasionally let kids play with my dog in the dogpark if i can closely supervise, and i now know exactly how she behaves with them. my dog is definitely NOT perfectly responsive to voice commands when excited and will definitely chase a running, squealing kid (who, to her doggie mind, OBVIOUSLY wants to play). so, i tend to think this is pretty irresponsible behavior for all but the most sedate and well-trained dogs. if i were you, OP, i would try politely asking first - bringing it up at community meeting or something if there is an appropriate forum? or just approaching people individually. if that doesn't work, start calling the nonemergency number for the cops.[/quote] There are dozens of people at Lincoln Park and Garfield park on Capitol Hill with exactly this attitude. For this reason, kids can't really play in the lower part of Garfield park because of all the dog crap that the owners "didn't see" while they were chatting and their dogs were tearing all over the park. Also because it's not safe to let your kids run around down there due to the unleashed dogs. Same at Lincoln. Dog poop and unleashed dogs, every day. Massive parts of the park unusable by kids, picnic-ers. Agree with PP, even when dog poop is picked up, there is residue that everyone steps in.[/quote]
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