Do you let your dog off-leash in Discovery? One reader is pleading for you to keep your pup tied up:
Dear Neighbors,
There have been increasing numbers of dogs off-leash in Discovery Park both in the grassy field under the big white satellite ball and at the sand pit.??While I understand the need of dogs to run off-leash and the joy they get from it, my son (and lots of other people) is EXTREMELY scared of dogs.? If there are dogs off-leash, it makes going to the park a scary experience for my son.? We all wish he weren’t scared, but it is an irrational fear and it is just the way it is.
Clearly, we all know that dogs are not allowed off-leash at Seattle parks, playgrounds and not allowed at all at beaches.? I would love for your dogs to enjoy their rights to run, but that only goes as far as it infringes upon others rights to enjoy an area.? And please don’t be offended if I ask you to leash your dog if we come into an area where you are allowing your dog to run off-leash.
You may know that your dog is nice, but no one else knows that.? Please be considerate of your neighbors and fellow-park goers.
Valerie