Driving the point home on dogs in public
This email has been going around today:
CGPHA neighbors have informed us that around 9:45 am today two dogs attacked two unsuspecting kittens on Lucaya. Regrettably, one kitten was killed and the other badly injured.
We are asking neighbors to please be on the look out for two mid-sized dogs, a light brown and blonde, with collars and tags running around loose. The law stipulates that all dogs be kept on a leash, and these two dogs may belong to a neighbor that is unaware they are running around causing havoc.
All stray animals should be reported to Animal Control by calling 311, and giving the operator the address of the location they were last seen.
We offer our condolence to the owners of these beautiful kittens.
Now you see why I don't like large dogs in public places. These dogs that attacked the kittens have now tasted blood. Who is next?
CGPHA neighbors have informed us that around 9:45 am today two dogs attacked two unsuspecting kittens on Lucaya. Regrettably, one kitten was killed and the other badly injured.
We are asking neighbors to please be on the look out for two mid-sized dogs, a light brown and blonde, with collars and tags running around loose. The law stipulates that all dogs be kept on a leash, and these two dogs may belong to a neighbor that is unaware they are running around causing havoc.
All stray animals should be reported to Animal Control by calling 311, and giving the operator the address of the location they were last seen.
We offer our condolence to the owners of these beautiful kittens.
Now you see why I don't like large dogs in public places. These dogs that attacked the kittens have now tasted blood. Who is next?
posted by Tom Falco at 8:30 PM
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18 Comments:
Pit bulls are medium sized dogs, some are quite on the small side and are more dangerous than any large dog. I think it would be beneficial for you to read about breeds and the non-existent correlation between size and aggression.
On a side note, this post should be a critique to the owners of those dogs who were very irresponsible, not an issue of: "see, I told you big dogs are bad!" Because if those are the rules of the game, I know a few human beings who should turn me off for the rest of the human race. But we are more intelligent than that, are we not?
Pit bull dogs should be illegal here in Dade county. I think enough is enough. I love dogs (I own a poodle) so please dont attack me as a dog hater. But just as the young gentlemen above me has written not all dogs are bad. The people who own them are another story.
Wow, I'm surprised the dogs were able to break inside the house to attack the kittens! Oh, wait...you mean the kittens' owners weren't being responsible and keeping their pets safely inside? Well then, sounds like both pet owners were at fault.
Like Ana Miranda said--breeds are different. My greyhound would LOVE to chase down a fuzzy bunny/kitty/squirrel any day of the week--that's why he's ALWAYS leashed or fenced. He's a sighthound and the instinct has been instilled into the breed for centuries. But unless you are fuzzy, small, and darting, you really don't have anything to worry about;-)
BTW, I have had cats as pets too, and they have been indoor cats, because if something had happened to them, it would not have ocurred to me to blame the driver of the car or owner of the dog that caused its death--I would have felt guilty that I wasn't acting responsibly with the life of a pet that counted on me to keep it as safe as possible, and for a cat, that means keeping it safely indoors.
I'd say the kitties are equally as offensive as the dogs. Why should anyone have more than one cat? Shitting and spraying the neighborhood. Oh, but they bury it - yea - until you dig in your garden. It's about as disgusting as the nice park on the water that's been ruined by the dogs and their owners. Too bad people don't value human interaction and civility as much as they do their pets. Bunch of losers.
i Second that ANA,
In fact most of the larger breeds have had aggression bred out of them (ex. mastiff, great Dane). I am often on the same page with grape but this is ridiculous. I agree dogs shouldn't be in a restaurant, but suggesting large dogs should be forbidden in public places is insane.
as for the kittens, fact of the matter is that dogs chase cats. My dog is a saint. She loves people, especially kids. But were I to leave her alone in the yard, and a cat came in, it might be very bad for the cat.
Now dogs shouldn't be running around loose. That was clearly wrong. however, I hate the double standard between cats and dogs. Cats are free to roam as they please: they spend their nights screaming up a storm, using others yards as their litter boxes, and killing all kinds of native birds and small animals. Cat feces spreads all kinds of disease. I have felt for a long time, with the exploding cat population, that cats should be required to meet the same standards for the leash law as dogs. I can't let my dog roam the streets. Neither should your cat.
I agree but in this neighborhood where this incident occurred most of the cats are not owned by anyone and there is a Russian lady that does not live in this neighborhood that comes around and feeds all these wild cats. Many neighbors know about her and no one has done anything. So therefore there is a wqild cat explosion. In fact these kittens were wild kittens born to 1 of these wild cats. And they continue to get fed by this random person. There hjas also been a raccoon explosiuon because ther raccoons come to eat the cat food left out for these wild cats. Now this sitaution has become dnagerous for humans, cats, dogs and everyone due to the stupidity of a few random people, feeding and not neutering cats.
Wow it looks like a whole eco-system has generated because of one Russian lady!
Seriously, dogs chase cats. Dogs get out, cats get out. We don't know if these were pit bulls or not. Pits, dobermans, and shepherds are all reputed to be aggressive dogs, but to another person's point, that aggression is trained in to the dog. It's all about the owner.
I am sorry for the kittens, it's a sad story, but it's just that - a sad story. It doesn't mean that big dogs are a nuisance. BTW, Weimaraners (the subject of your bookstore story) are one of the most gentle loving and loyal breeds out there. You'd be hard pressed to upset them.
Grape, I'm sorry you were bitten, but lay off the big dogs. Most of us take care of our dogs as family and would be mortified and scared silly if they got out and behaved the way these two did.
I live in the area, and I walk my leashed dogs every day. Many times I am faced with unleashed dogs that either are happy to see me or aggresive. Dogs should always be under control when they are outside their environment, you just never know what will trigger a bad reaction.On Swanson Ave there are always two Golden Retrievers loose and they are not that friendly to small dogs. Please be responsible and leash your dogs, or keep them in your yard.It is the law!!
It is not the dog's fault is the owner's.
Anon 6:24
I am just wondering if you pee and poop?
You are also polluting our waters!!!
Such an ignorant comment...should not even be posted.
Large dogs do not belong in stores and restaurants.
Every life form, since the beginning of life has the potential to cause harm, injury and death; big dogs, cats, ants, rabbits, snakes, humans, birds; modern or stone age and it won't change anytime soon----it's called reality.
Len Scinto (cat owner and dog lover):
One exception to the good dog / bad dog arguments above is the fact that there is a leash law...for whatever reason...on dogs. Therefore this act, undoubtably worse for the kittens, was a civil, punishable crime. I doubt a court would try the dogs...it is the owner that is responsible and should be held accountable (whatever that means). If you don't like the laws try to change them but some believe that the only way (if it possible at all) to control self-serving anarchy is by mutually agreed upon coercion (aka. Laws).
Once again, WHERE is the Miami Police Department?
A regular patrol may have likely noticed stray animals, and through solid interdepartmental communication (ha,ha,ha!), animal control could have scooped up the strays from the street before anything bad happened.
Obviously there are citizens that are negligent with their animals. This is an enforcement issue. Add it to the list of things that the City turns a blind (or is it LAZY) eye to.
Why is it that I pay huge taxes to live here and cannot expect reasonably effective law enforcement?
Too many cats anyway - good riddance.
Crocodile(s), dirt, trash and homeless people at risk right there at whatever's left of our view-less Bay Waters. Dogs are the least of concerns. Cats and the long-gone Cocoanut Peacocks, it's a jungle out there. lol..
People run over cats all the time in the Grove. I see them quite often. Except no one is out starting a lynch mob against cars, why are dogs fair game?
Oh, Lord, save us from people who pretend not to understand the problem of un-leashed dogs. I first got my concealed carry permit, some ten years ago, because I found that I couldn't take my daughter (then a small child) for a walk in this neighborhood without encountering someone's un-leashed dog. And no, I had no way of knowing, in advance, whether it was a friendly dog or an aggressive one.
Now, you might assume that I am a dog hater. To the contrary, I love dogs. We have an 8-month old German Pinscher who, to us, is the sweetest thing ever. But we also know that she is a dog, a pack animal, and that she could rip the throat out of a stranger if she took a disliking to him or her. That's why she never goes outside our house or backyard fence un-leashed. Quite apart from the law, it is the responsible and, dare I say, neighborly thing to do.
I never take my Frenchies out without leashing them. This should be the law, I do believe that the owners need to be trained. Dogs naturally chase cats. Will do it every time if they are not controlled.
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