RE: IF I’D HAD A GUN, THERE WOULDA BEEN ONE DEAD DOG

Another dog park story. And don’t even get me started on owners who don’t pick up poo.

Okay, I have one, also.  I live right behind an unofficial dog park, so my dog and I go twice a day. On the weekends, there are some fanatics who set up chairs and kind of stay all day — a group of greyhound owners. This particular afternoon when I let my dog in the gate, four greyhounds came up to her and surrounded her. I should mention that three of them had muzzles on! She is a german shorthair pointer, so she’s relatively big (55 pounds), and shortly the dogs let her run. There was however, a westie that wasn’t so lucky. The dogs totally attacked her and their apathetic owner did nothing to break up the fight. (Dog yelps are the worst sound.) When it was finally broken up, the dog owner did not leave! The westie was bleeding. So, one of the other owners got in his face and told him to leave. He finally did. Sheesh. Note to dog owners: if your dog needs a muzzle to be out in public, he/she shouldn’t be at a dog park.