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Fwd: RC: Dogs

In a message dated 12/16/99 7:41:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
GoldenCMK@aol.com writes:

<< I will never understand why people dump dogs, all I can 
 guess is they think they will find another home. I have seen an unumberable 
 dogs dumped out here only to be hit by cars or starved to death but most are 
 shot. 
 
 Another good thing for dog owners to remember is that you dogs are safer 
kept 
 tied or in pens. In my neigherborhood I am the only one who has a pen for my 
 dog, everyone lets their dogs run loose and over the years they have done so 
 much damage. As many of you know these dogs pose a threat to those on horse 
 back (not to mention kids on bikes).  >>

As horse owners, is seems to me that we have an even higher obligation to 
safety and common sense. People who let theier animals run lose either from 
stupidity, ignorance, or simple neglect SHOULD be held liable for any damage 
or injury done. One dumkaufpt told me once that her dog "LIKED to run loose, 
and didn't like being tied up!" Well, sheesh, I'll just bet her dog would 
like being hit by a car even LESS! Perhaps someone swerving to miss her DOG 
and hitting a CHILD on a bike would be sufficient warning. This, by the wya, 
is a young woman who routinely has HORSES running lose on the roads, because 
"they like to move about lose, too!" Never mind that there is NO GATE keeping 
them off the public road. 

People who let their animals run loose are not animal lvers - they are 
irresponsible animals OWNERS, horses, dogs, whatever. The bigger the animal 
the more destructive they can be.  People who cannot contain their animals 
for WHATEVER REASON have no business having them and should find a GOOD home 
for them. 

I fully resent having to catch one of two of my neighbors' dogs who had 
broken into our property, the first then breaking into our HOUSE and TRASHING 
it to the tune of $500, and the other chasing and terrorizing our horses. 
What do the owners say? Oh, they were "bored/scared". 
san

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I post this message as a friendly reminder to responsible dog owners. I have 
just come in from seeing my neighbor shoot two dogs that were dumped here 
about a month ago. Right after they were dumped the female had a litter of 
puppies in a thickly wood area. The dogs had attacked one of his newborn 
calves... again. I will never understand why people dump dogs, all I can 
guess is they think they will find another home. I have seen an unumberable 
dogs dumped out here only to be hit by cars or starved to death but most are 
shot. 

Another good thing for dog owners to remember is that you dogs are safer kept 
tied or in pens. In my neigherborhood I am the only one who has a pen for my 
dog, everyone lets their dogs run loose and over the years they have done so 
much damage. As many of you know these dogs pose a threat to those on horse 
back (not to mention kids on bikes). A couple of days ago I fell off my horse 
because a Great Dane decided we look like lunch. I have been riding for 
almost 30 years now and the one constant problem I encounter time and time 
again are dogs who turned a pleasant ride into a not so pleasant encounter. 
Of course not all dogs are problems but there are pleanty who are.

Maria


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