Location: Dogs
February 21, 2004
Walk the Dog
At our neighborhood park there has been the understanding that, if the park isn't busy and your dog is under control, you can let your pup play off-leash and no-one will complain. At certain times of the day, as many as eight or nine dogs can be found romping happily in the grass.
This afternoon, a conscientious Berkeley Animal Care Officer pulled over to give me a warning about having my dog off leash in the park. I can't really be angry about it - the signs are quite clear and he caught us in the act. It just makes me wonder what he would have done had he driven by at one of those times when many more of us were there. Would we all run away with our dogs and leave the slowest to get a citation?
And must we always pile Spot into the car to get to one of the legal off-leash spots?
I think it's time for South Berkeley's dog owners to get organized and work to create an 'official' off-leash area in our neigborhood.
October 13, 2003
It's PUG-MANIA
A peak at Craigslist points out not one, but TWO pug events in the next two weeks:
On October 18, Way out in Danville (yes, I know, not normally covered here, but this was too good to pass up), you can go to a reading of The Tao of Pug.
And on October 24, a little closer to the bay, there's East Bay Pug Sunday in Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina.