Dear Editor:
Re: Off-leash signs raise hackles.
Oh, please. If you want to go out and walk your dog, please take some courtesy and kindness with regard to other people and dogs and follow the rules. It's so simple and easy; keep your dogs leashed and be aware that not everyone is going to love your dog running at them, or at their dogs, where they rightfully expect the dogs to be on-leash. It's so simple that I can't believe there's an issue - there are off-leash parks and trails specifically for you. Go there. I wouldn't want my dogs upsetting another dog or person jogging who doesn't want to deal with off-leash dogs. For the safety of people and dogs, let's just go along with what seems logical. Keep the dogs leashed where it's the rule. If Dave Holden doesn't want his dogs "prancing" around the block, then perhaps he should go to a place where they can run off-leash and prance within the rules. I wish his dogs could read; I'd wager they'd want to do both.
K. Chutter
North Vancouver
