Dogs need to run, but some people don't like to be dog snogged while they take a Sunday stroll. Dog parks make everybody happy.
Dogs run off-leash and learn to socialize, owners take leisurely strolls, and those who'd rather not mix with this ecclectic crowd get a bit of a break. Nobody looses! At dogparks.com I counted at least 180 dog parks in the U.S., and Canada is into created spaces where dog and dog owners can be "unleashed" too.
Published to groups with quotes because (I hope) these are fresh new quotes by some of the world's wisest dogs. Published to poetry groups because I learned all I know about poetry from Max and other creatures close to nature. Text to the rictameter "Unleashed" reprinted below in case you needed a telescope to read the text.
Most important: If anyone would like a copy of these images, just email me. You are welcome to them.
--Kate, Max, and Niko
Unleashed
Your unkind words
There are rules! you shout
Irresponsible dog owner
Setting dogs free to be dogs without ropes
Unbound, no chains hooked in collars
Sniffing, running, choosing
Love over laws
Unleashed
recommend this
email
print
link to this page
Comments: 62
http://animal.discovery.com/features/dogpark/startpark/startpark.html
Wonderful photos and poem Kate.
God Bless ! -tony
Blessings to you and yours...
Girly Comments & Graphics
I love this article and love all the names and how much fun these precious pets are having - I love the whole thing - you've really created a fabulous photoessay! Thanks Kate. Salud.
That dachshund Napoleon (?) looks like our fiesty Charlie... he takes on dogs triple his size to assert his territory!
Some off-leash areas for dogs are too far to walk to, and some dogpeople don't have cars (or want an alternative to driving).
I am starting a project to help solve this. It's call "Dogs on Board!", and aims to encourage more transit operators in Canada and the USA to allow pet dogs on their vehicles.
Please see http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2008/01/dogs-on-board-1-of-4.html
I am surprised that many people have not commented on it, because there are so many dogs on it participating and socializing together- check it out and you can see for yourself. what you can learn from a dog park!
joelsamuel
joelsamuelpresents
Take a cue from a dog park
Titled The Los Olivos Club.
http://www.gather.com/viewVideo.jsp?id=11821949021851512&nav=Namespace&memberId=36488
owners take advantage of these Dog Parks.
Stanley made an interesting comment. There are soft muzzles which slip on over the dog's nose and attach behind it's ears, which make it easy to take on a leash. They don't hurt the dog and the dog doesn't jerk the leash out of your hand.
Maybe dogs should be exposed to others from puppyhood or kept on a leash at first in the parks, until you're sure how it's going to react around others..
..
U
We have a dog park near us but too many people ruined it by not picking up after their dogs.