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Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.

Hint: your fenced yard! If you can’t afford the land for the animal you can’t afford the animal.

That's like saying don't have kids unless you only let them use their own personal playground equipment.

No. Unleashed kids don’t (usually) bite people.

You are missing the point.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.

Hint: your fenced yard! If you can’t afford the land for the animal you can’t afford the animal.

That's like saying don't have kids unless you only let them use their own personal playground equipment.

No. Unleashed kids don’t (usually) bite people.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.

Hint: your fenced yard! If you can’t afford the land for the animal you can’t afford the animal.

That's like saying don't have kids unless you only let them use their own personal playground equipment.

Anonymous wrote:Where I live there are multiple nature filled parks where dogs can roam off leash and I never go to those parks for that reason. But I was walking in a place where dogs are required to be on leash. And why am I sensitive or have to “live with” dogs jumping on me? These were not chihuahuas, but larger ones.

Where is this place?

Anonymous[b wrote:]Unless they're Pit Bulls or a large dog,[/b] why does it matter? I'm not going to allow my day to be ruined because a Chihuahua jumped up on me.

By the way, I can't remember the last time a dog jumped up on me.

Are your pockets stuffed with food OP? That might be the reason for dogs jumping up on you.

Imagine if you said this about a group of people...not all "pit bulls" or large dogs are poorly behaved or aggressive.

Anonymous wrote:I walk in a park where dogs are supposed to be leashed, but three different unleashed dogs (from three owners) jumped up on me today. Why do dog owners think this is ok? Why don’t they just leash the dogs or go to a dog park?

You must not have dogs or know what dogs like. First, not saying that allowing dogs to jump on you is ok...IT IS NOT.

But, dogs have needs that are separate from what humans need or desire. For example, dog parks are for people who think their dogs need to socialize with groups of largely untrained dogs. So sometimes the dogs are untrained in how to meet and play with other dogs ( not taking the hints when a dog is trying to tell the other dog they don't want to play) and owners who do not teach their dog recall so that they can call their dog to them all the time.

dogs use their noses for investigation and there is nothing they don't like that to be free and wandering where they want to go based on the smell not where we want to go. Dogs need to sniff and nothing is sadder when owners drag their dogs along and not let them sniff at all.

There should be a place where dogs can run off leash and owners should teach their dogs to not jump on people.

Anonymous wrote:Where I live there are multiple nature filled parks where dogs can roam off leash and I never go to those parks for that reason. But I was walking in a place where dogs are required to be on leash. And why am I sensitive or have to “live with” dogs jumping on me? These were not chihuahuas, but larger ones.

You are not wrong. A lot of dog owners are generally just awful, entitled idiots. As you can see from the numerous threads about this on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.

Hint: your fenced yard! If you can’t afford the land for the animal you can’t afford the animal.

Oh yeah I forgot - only rich people can have dogs.

You think people in “flyover country” are all rich?

Living in an urban area has pros and cons. You need to accept the cons.

OP, I’d ask the police to stop by on the days and times that you think it’s a problem and see if they can give tickets.

Actually I don’t need to “accept the cons” because I have a yard in DC. But I like my dog to be in nature and the breed needs to run more and explore more than the size of my yard. Believe it or not, it’s possibly to have inner city communities and environments where there’s something for everyone including dog lovers and those who don’t want to meet an unleashed dog. Try opening up your mind to the idea. It really is no threat to you.

No one needs to open their mind to anything. Unleashed dogs in DC and NPS land is illegal. Your “dog who needs to run and explore” should not be living in DC. Grow up.

Where I live there are multiple nature filled parks where dogs can roam off leash and I never go to those parks for that reason. But I was walking in a place where dogs are required to be on leash. And why am I sensitive or have to “live with” dogs jumping on me? These were not chihuahuas, but larger ones.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.

Hint: your fenced yard! If you can’t afford the land for the animal you can’t afford the animal.

Oh yeah I forgot - only rich people can have dogs.

You think people in “flyover country” are all rich?

Living in an urban area has pros and cons. You need to accept the cons.

OP, I’d ask the police to stop by on the days and times that you think it’s a problem and see if they can give tickets.

Actually I don’t need to “accept the cons” because I have a yard in DC. But I like my dog to be in nature and the breed needs to run more and explore more than the size of my yard. Believe it or not, it’s possibly to have inner city communities and environments where there’s something for everyone including dog lovers and those who don’t want to meet an unleashed dog. Try opening up your mind to the idea. It really is no threat to you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.

Hint: your fenced yard! If you can’t afford the land for the animal you can’t afford the animal.

Oh yeah I forgot - only rich people can have dogs.

You think people in “flyover country” are all rich?

Living in an urban area has pros and cons. You need to accept the cons.

OP, I’d ask the police to stop by on the days and times that you think it’s a problem and see if they can give tickets.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.

Hint: your fenced yard! If you can’t afford the land for the animal you can’t afford the animal.

Oh yeah I forgot - only rich people can have dogs.

Anonymous wrote:I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.

Hint: your fenced yard! If you can’t afford the land for the animal you can’t afford the animal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless they're Pit Bulls or a large dog, why does it matter? I'm not going to allow my day to be ruined because a Chihuahua jumped up on me.

By the way, I can't remember the last time a dog jumped up on me.

Are your pockets stuffed with food OP? That might be the reason for dogs jumping up on you.

Maybe OP is just more likeable than some of you.

It is illegal and dog ownership lately is like Lake Wobegon: every owner is a brilliant trainer, every dog is perfectly trained and every pedestrian wants a dog in their face.

Maybe OP is just too sensitive and touchy, looking for something to be offended about. Maybe, maybe maybe...

I agree, OP, but I wish there were a lot more places where dogs are allowed to be off leash.