Comments on: Irresponsible Dog Owners Ruin Forest Tranquility and Cause Dog to Suffer

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:52:23 +0000

Ugh, I can’t imagine! I had a dog with severe separation anxiety at one time, which we were unaware of when she was given to us. I know what a nightmare it was for our neighbors, as we both worked at the time, and couldn’t even leave her in the yard, as she was tunneling under the fence. We ended up finding a nice home with an elderly, house-bound woman for her, somewhere where she didn’t need to worry about being alone anymore. But for a dog like that to simply be tied up, out-of-doors in a forest like that, with all the stimulation around him and no respite … ugh!

By: Magee

Magee — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:10:14 +0000

There are no problem woofies, only problem hoomans… at least that is what my hooman says.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:08:47 +0000

I run across a lot of people flaunting the dog-friendly hiking around Seattle. Once, while hiking with my dog on-leash we encountered a dog off-leash, with the owners a few paces behind. Before we got close to the dog the owners shouted that I needed to keep my dog away from theirs, as their dog is unfriendly.
Why on earth would you allow your unfriendly dog to run off-leash (against the rules) on a popular hiking trail? It boggles the mind.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:46:56 +0000

There’s always one bad apple in the bunch, isn’t there? Hopefully the forest service is understanding enough to know that the majority of dog owners are responsible and considerate. I was just wondering, do you think it would have done any good for you to have a chat with the dog’s owners, in case they were just ignorant and stupid, rather than malicious, inconsiderate and arrogant? You just never know.