19 January 2010

Dog Park Beefs and One Hungry Pup!


Although not reported to date, our Blue eats not only her puppy kibble. Today's casualties:

one Royal Bank pen
the sole of one Sanuk sandal
one sheet from a memo pad
grass and turf tufts - hidden in the mouth and eaten on our living room carpet

Today Zoë spent just over an hour at the leash free. She romped with a couple of other regulars - including a German Shorthair Pointer pup named "Lola" and a Chocolate Lab, "Madison". For puppies, sometimes the leash-free areas are landmines of off-limit 'stuff' - busted tennis balls, shards of broken dog toys, caps from water bottles, coffee cups - even the occasional beer cap. Now thanks to mild temps, one can even see how many folks don't scoop the poop. This is disappointing as the leash-free provides, free of charge, biodegradable poop bags. Today, I spent some time picking up old tennis ball parts and other puppy hazards. We pay a yearly membership to belong to the leash-free - it's only $10. Call me crazy, but that's nothing, right?? Unfortunately, many people use the facilities and don't pay. I'm sure these are the folks who don't comply to the posted rules of use - they're quite simple really (and I mean the rules, but maybe the people too!!)

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