Re: RC: Dog Debate

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

Great post and how true.  My dogs are more than my best friends, they are my
guardians.

Ride management, as I see it, just does NOT have the guts to tell someone to leave
if their dogs mis-behave.  Instead, they ban all dogs.  Like I said in my earlier
post...it is my dogs or my guns - IN PLAIN VIEW and in a state of readiness.

My gun won't warn me of impending danger and won;t defend me against intrusion.
The though of actually shooting sonmeone terrifies me.  My dogs are really cowards
( as are most dogs)  that's why they bark.  The noise deters 99% of all intruders
and usually are not deadly.  I would rather defend myself and my dog for a dog
bite than to face charges of maiming or killing with a gun.

Teddy

LSimoni197@aol.com wrote:

> Wow, Hot topic! I have not brought dogs to rides, but lets look at this issue
> from a different point of view.  The woman who travels alone.
>
> I am writing from California, the Bay Area where the weather is great.  What
> ever direction I drive, there have been women who were abducted from their
> cars, or parking lots, and killed.
>
> The 3 women in the Yosemite area.
> 3 different women around Hayward.
> San Francisco had one recently.
> Vallejo.  Petaluma.  San Jose.  Newark.
> If we think about it every large city and even small towns have had problems.
> If we were to do the research we would find out how very many times some form
> of violence occurs to women.
>
> I live rather isolated in the country and have my dogs as robbery preventives.
> They have done the job for 23 years.  For many women who drive long distances
> their dog is more than just a companion.  That dog is their protection, their
> safety net so to speak.  That pickup, camper, trailer is their home during the
> time they are traveling.  You could look at it as rude to tell these woman who
> they can have in their home with them.
>
> I believe that all of us agree that dog, child, horse, or spouse should be
> well behaved at a ride.  WE are either camped on Public land which has rules,
> or on private property where the owner has the right to state their
> requirements on their land.  I do believe that inside the camper is considered
> the same as inside a house, with the owner having the same rights.  Perhaps
> this means you can bring your dog, but you cannot take him out to relieve
> himself.
>
> Could we develop a dog policy which would protect others from dogs, while
> allowing well behaved dogs to accompany their master for the purposes of
> comfort as well as the guard duty they perform?
>
> Lynge Simoni
> San Jose
>
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