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I don’t see anything wrong with the comment you left, but then again I can be a bit daft sometimes! I’ve had off-leash dogs lunge at my leashed dogs and it’s scary. Luckily, mine are only small to medium and can be picked up. Still scary as then I feel like I could easily be the target. I’ve stopped going to sanctioned off-leash dog parks, as irresponsible owners have let some scary shit go on there too.

I read something recently that described these people as vampires. They don’t use their name, they don’t have a blog, they aren’t contributing ANYTHING positive to the space.

There is absolutely not one kernel of sense in what they said and you should disregard them completely. Please, please, please: Carry On.

While I find it sad to see your cyber-presence shrink, I can see your point. On a podcast I heard a few years ago, someone compared the blogs of America, France and Britain. If I remember correctly, the French totally absorbed what they read, and responded with well-thought-out and fully fleshed out opinions; the Britons were snarky and also expressed their personal medical ailments freely, oddly; the Americans were snarky.

So that’s the environment we operate in. It’s brutal. But your thoughtful comments are appreciated. Some of them are gems.

Reading your comment, I could see how someone would think you were a bit rough. And if they didn’t read your blog, they wouldn’t know that you’re a dedicated animal supporter.

Whenever I remember, I ask myself three things before I hit the SUBMIT button:
- Is it kind?
- Is it wise?
- Is it (I forget… ‘helpful?’).

Write on.

Plus, I totally agree with your dog assessment. I was once walking in a park with my young children, when a large unleashed (At the time, I was living on the East Coast where the law said dogs were suppose to be leashed at all times) dog came bounding up our trail.

Suddenly, my second daughter, who was 3 years old at the time, comes running up to me, screaming at the top of her lungs, scared to death of the dog. She tightly holds my legs while she crys and sobs. A few moments later, a couple, who are the dog’s owner, come up and just look at me and my daughter. I told them their dog had just scared the life out of my daughter, and they just pass me by without any acknowledgement of the crime, yes, having the dog unleashed was a crime.

To this day, my daughter isn’t fond of dogs, and she is 23 years old. I’m sure this incident isn’t the sole reason, but it didn’t help.

Thank you for speaking up. Your closing statement expresses my thoughts exactly.

Animal lovers is a strange arena. Since more people without children are having pets instead I guess people don’t seem to want to invest much time in being responsible for the things that they are supposed to take care of.

Will, I know you have been trying hard to change the things that effect you. It is a learning process because how to react on a given situation often has too many variables to take into consideration.

Conversely when children act bad, I often take immediate action and chastise them (not hitting them though) What right does a parent have to come up to me later and tell me that they are the ones to correct their children? And they tell me to not bother their children? Didn’t Hillary C. keep telling us that it takes a village to raise a child? (or pet?)