the dog debate

["mary h golden" <mmoore@imcnet.net>]

<<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.>>

yeah, but......

i AM one of those women that travels alone...a lot.  from one side of the
states to the other....up and down the east coast like theres no tomorrow. 
all by myself.   in a little sports car no less.  and i  only had one
problem in over 250,000 miles (and that was a pick-up truck full of north
carolina yahoos between raleigh and the SC border)

i dont have a dog...i really dont even LIKE dogs (cats and horses for me,
thank you), but i have no problems with a WELL-behaved dog.  problem
is....there are people out there who think everyone loves _their_ dog. 
case in point...a friend of my husband has a dog.  she takes it in the
backcountry with her all the time.  the dog is a nuisance!  hes never on a
leash.... runs up to everyone...wants to be all over them...and i think its
a general pain in the rear.  i really dont want to go out to the back
country with her...and she _does_ think everyone loves her dog.

i dont have problems with dogs....or kids for that matter....but keep them
tied up/locked up/under control...whatever your preference.

it seems to me the majority of ridecampers here are _responsible_ (thank
god!!)  as always, the problem is....what do we do about those who are
_not_?

mary heather moore golden





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