response 15 of 18:

Jul 21 18:38 UTC 2003

We were walking in Saginaw forest on a muddy day.  Jim had on white pants.
We crossed paths with a woman with two large unleashed dogs.  One of them,
trying to be friendly, jumped all over Jim.  I don't recall any apology.  At
the park entry is a sign saying all pets must be leashed.  There are lots of
unleashed dogs on the park trails around here.

response 17 of 18:

Jul 21 18:55 UTC 2003

Of course, the solution is to have special dog parks where dogs are 
allowed off leash which leaves the other parks available for kids and 
stuff. 

regarding resp:13 Yes, some dog owners do that. Some parents allow 
their children all sorts of liberties that infringe on those of other 
people. Of course, if I am walking with my dogs on a leash (a regular 
one, not the 20ft retractable one) and someone gets close enough to me 
that my dogs can sniff their crotch, I figure they have it coming for 
invading my personal space like that. 

I also believe that people should be held responsible for things that 
their dogs do. I mean if a dog bites someone, the owner should be held 
criminally responsible if they were in any way negligent (and having a 
dog off leash would count as negligent, imho). This is the only reason 
I think leash laws are ok. So that if a dog bites someone while off 
leash, the owner is automatically negligent. I dont think it is a good 
use of public resources to actually enforce leash laws. Of course, I 
dont think it is a good use of public resources to enforce drug laws 
either. 

Anyone who would put out poison like that is a sick person. I mean, it 
is one thing to lobby the city to enforce the laws but it is totally 
another thing to take the law into one's own hands.