Comments on: Mayor Hotline March 21 to 27

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:35:47 +0000

At the risk of being attacked, I must say that I whole Heartidly agree with Mrs. Haymond. I too have had ugly encounters with free roaming dogs and I could easily show you the scars on my arm and leg…..and if I had a nickel for every disgusting pile left in my yard, I could hire someone else to pick it up. We now purchase cayenne pepper by the bulk in pounds every month and spread it all around the edge of the yard. You don’t want your dog’s nose destroyed? Keep it out of my yard!

By: slim jim

slim jim — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:29:02 +0000

Tj – last I noticed a dog bite is not the same thing as dog poop.
Feels different in that it may hurt and cause physical damage to a the being bitten. But perhaps you have never had a child bit by a dog and had to take them to the ER. Not fun. Lots of work to get that child back to not being afraid of dogs.
Also not fun to have your own dog bit.
Dog bites and chicken bites are also not the same. I’ve had both of them – they are not the same.
So dogs on leashes are not the same as dogs pooping, I promise.

By: Tj

Tj — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:31:26 +0000

Have we become so sterilized that we can’t handle dogs running around playing and dogs doing their business?

Good god, it’s dog crap. It’s really not a big deal. It’s not like our parks and foothills are so saturated with the stuff that we can’t walk or breath without encountering it.

While I certainly think that owners should be responsible with their pets, I also think you people need to grow the hell up and deal with life – it’s a little messy and smelly, and sometimes you get bit. Get over it. It wasn’t that long ago we had cattle and horses and pigs and chickens living in our towns.

Life will go on and you’ll be okay, I promise.