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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I walk by dogs off leash in the RCP and always will. I leash proactively when ever we see horses, nervous people or leashed dogs. Why people walk their dogs on leash in the park, I will never know.  Leashed dogs don't do well with unleashed dogs.  If my dog is on leash, I have to keep it out of range of other dogs unless we have time to do introductions. Off leash, she has never had an issue with another dog.

I don't want problems with other people so I leash mine quickly.  Once we pass, I unleash.

Like it or not people are going to walk their dogs in RCP off leash as they have for decades. DC is one of the only cities in the nation were there is no place where dogs can roam off leash. Fenced off areas at a playground are not the same as letting your dog run and covort in the woods or on a big field.

NYC allows off leash dogs in Central Park during designated times. And NYC is filled with some seriously venomous people - on par with the vitriol that you see here. But somehow, in the most famous urban park in the world. dogs are allowed run and roam freely.

If you or your child or your dog are innately afraid of unleashed dogs, work needs to be done. You can't live life with the belief that the rest of the world is going to be on a leash - whether that leash is physical or metaphorical.

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Interesting, just last week yet another unleashed dog on RCP did not listen to their owner when they were called and approached very closely my leash aggressive/scared dogs.  It was a mess and it took the owner quite a bit of time to remove his dog.

Dogs do not always listen.  You may feel entitled to have your dog off leash, but it is against the law.. not a personal preference.[/quote]

Wow just wow.  I am afraid of dogs - insanely so when I am running.  I hate it - my adrenal starts leaping and of one acts menacing I really freak out.  You know why?  I have been bitten twice running by dogs who "won't hurt you".    I still like dogs but I truly do not like entitled dogs owners like you who think that it is find to break the rules.  [/quote]

You can't act scared or timid around dogs or you may be inviting them to bite you. Don't you know that?[/quote]

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