Comments on: Walking Your Dog Off Leash is Like…

By: Sandi

Sandi — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:56:23 +0000

Marshall pinpointed the problem in that these owners are so self-absorbed, having the headline of the poster being a variety of gently chastising similes wouldn’t register with these folks. If I were to post these around Queen Anne, I’d have the headline, “Do You Know Your Off-Leash Dog Scares People and Leashed Dogs?” I’ve experienced owners who:

1) deliberately release their flexible leads despite my attempt to move outside the radius of the leash line.
2) had their German Shepherd off-leash in a neighborhood park during a rainstorm at night and she leapt out of the darkness to attack my 2 small leashed dogs
3) had their dog off-leash in city play areas where a “No Dogs Allowed” sign is clearly posted and when it spotted my leashed dogs walking by, chased us

By: marshall virgil

marshall virgil — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:25:19 +0000

like so many events in public, with shopping carts,with cars, just to name a few people are lucky we all try to operate in a civilized way, last week i was almost hit 3 times in the seattle area
due to selfish people on cell ph while driving. not enough police to see all these bad deals of course.
3 weeks ago a dog owner in a king county park without looking around the large field released his dogs.
one of these days he will run into an ex marine like me with a big stick like me that will not
hesitate to use it in defense. instead the owner heard loud and clear how he was going to have the sheriff called. it is one thing to run into fools on public streets so self absorbed we have no chance but
a posted county park is another deal in my mind. i think county and city laws should hit these people hard. if one of my small dogs was hurt i dont know what i would do and if i would be able to contain.

By: Grisha

Grisha — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:45:28 +0000

P.S. 258 people have seen this page!

By: Grisha

Grisha — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:43:42 +0000

Thanks Stef! You know, this is turning out to be a great list! I’m sure this won’t keep all dogs on leash, but it may make a dent, at least among people who care about not being rude to their neighbors. Keep it up!

By: Stef

Stef — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:42:36 +0000

Walking your dog off leash is like double dipping your veggie sticks at a holiday party.
Allowing your children to clear the shelves at the bookstore.
Parking your shopping cart in the center of the aisle.

Nose picking is still my favorite and it got lots of chuckles from my friends at work. Also got the uncomfortable (guilty) smiles as well!

By: Grisha

Grisha — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:52:42 +0000

Hi Virginia,

I don’t have any signs for that. I hadn’t actually thought much about the damage to shrubs that urine might cause. I know I try to keep my own dogs from peeing on any plants that people might touch – vegetables, fruits, flowers. But that’s a good point, about your shrub. You might try a dog repellant, something like these: http://www.odordestroyer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Category_Code=DogRepellents&Screen=CTGY I haven’t used them or bought from that store, so let me know if you do, and how it goes.

I would hose down the shrub first, so it doesn’t smell as much like urine, and probably put some odor-neutralizer on it, too. Dogs pee there to cover up whoever peed before them, so you can break the cycle by making it urine-free.

By: Virginia

Virginia — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:29:23 +0000

Do you have any clever signs about dogs peeing/pooping on people’s front yards? If seems as if the main reason people walk their dogs is to have them to their business in someone else’s yard. People think picking up the poop is enough but they’re not carrying giant sponges to get the pee. (small joke). We have a hedge with brown spots on it. It’s a bummer because we want the neighborhood to look nice including our front yard. Thanks for your other signs and positive reinforcement of polite dog behavior!

By: Dean

Dean — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:34:41 +0000

Walking Your Dog off leash is like…drinking from the punch bowl.

It’s only ok if no guests are coming!

You can use that on a poster…

By: I love my dog!

I love my dog! — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:11:23 +0000

I put up 8 signs in the my area! Half of the Smoking theme and half of the Nose Picking theme. I like the gross-out of the nose picking theme, but the smoking theme is more adult.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:14:59 +0000

Great idea. I was just getting ready to post something like that. I live just down the street from your shop, and there are sometimes dozens of dogs (most of them are huge, friendly, and dopey) in the playfield off-leash at one time. My dog is slowly doing better with other dogs (he even has a couple of friend dogs in the ‘hood), but I can’t risk letting him get stupid on someone in an uncontrolled situation. I don’t walk around the park any more.

Don’t be surprised if you see a bunch of these signs around Gilman Playfield.