Sounds like Seattle is short on tax revenues. $500?!

What about Discovery Park? As more and more people discover this incredible park, more and more seem to think it’s a great place to run or train their large breed dogs — off leash. Do you know if they are going to begin policing the parade grounds soon?

I love dogs but don’t like the dog owners who think the laws don’t apply to their precious dogs. Too bad it’s not easier to fine those who let their dogs off leash when they take the dogs for a walk to poop on my lawn. I’m also not a fan of the leashes that allow the owners to ignore their dog for so long that they don’t notice that they are getting uncomfortably near my children and me on our own front porch.
I know you have rights. All I hope for is that dog owners follow the laws.

Dogs off leash should be the least of their concerns. I wish they’d start policing the owners that don’t pick up the poop first and foremost!!

Sounds like “Good” isn’t a dog lover so I’m not surprised by his naive comments.

Wow, more policing! Looks like George W. Bush’s policies are making it here to Magnolia! People making dogs go on leashes, why? The park at the top of Magnolia Bluff SHOULD be a dog park. I have seen 1 person walking around it to every 20 dog walkers! I mean come on! Follow the laws! Dont follow stupid laws! I sure dont! If we followed all the dumb laws they had here, women wouldnt be allowed to wear white after labor day. Laws were made to broken and questioned! Stop the McCarthyism and stop worrying about what other people do.

The only thing you should be worried about is that people pick up after their dogs, but from what I see in Seattle, there is more garbage and litter than there is dog poop, and the one nice thing about dog poop is it is biodegradable, unlike litter.
There are bigger things to worry about then a dog off the leash. And I am sure the number of dog attacks from off leashed pets is some staggering low number!

GET A LIFE GOOD!!!

Search the web. 500,000 to 1 million people are bitten by dogs a year. 60% are children. There are actually many lawyers that make a living off of representing these victims. Perhaps your dog is great but throw a running child past them and instinct just might take over. “Policing” might not care about the safety of children but I do.

Search the web on the pollution caused by not picking up dog feces. Also a real problem.

Once again, follow the laws. They were created for a reason.

As for wearing white…that’s not a law. Not the same. Stupid analogy.

EXACTLY GOOD!! Look up the statistic for people bitten by dogs that are off leash at a park and I bet you its not even that big!! Did you also see that your stats is that 70% of the people bitten are family members or owners which has nothing to do with being on a leash or not! You are like a Michael Moore or a Bill O’Reilly. You spin the facts and try and make them your own.

I would give you a F + in Statistics for your comment. You are obviously not that intelligent to write such garbage! Sorry to knock your intelligence, but you truly sound like you are from the Appalachians…. Do you drink Mountain Dew too???

Oh an actually, there was a law that just recently got recinded in Seattle about wearing a white hat after labor day. You know very little do you Good…

In the state of Washington, all lollipops are banned.

Did you know that was a law? Why dont you google that too!!!

I have a dog. I walk in Magnolia Park with and without my dog. Anyone who thinks that Magnolia Park should be turned into a dog park needs to go take a look at the dog park in upper Golden Gardens. What had been a nice, quiet, grassy park is now a fenced in dirt patch. Magnolia Park is one of our “picture postcard” spots in Magnolia . . please don’t turn it into a dogpatch.

I think that if the City would get off there big fat
butts and do what they say they are gonna do and build a dog park in this part of town,….it should be big enough to actually get your dog some exercise. Do neighborshoods understand that Dog Parks can create a form of community and new friendships and even a source of eyes watching the neighborhood!!!!! This city wants me to be GREEN then give me a LOCAL DOG PARK,..not a yard size lot. Dogs need adventure too!!!!
A GOOD Dog owner always picks up there poop,
I do and can see why people get pissed, even and the DP people don’t always pick up the business. You can train the dogs but the people do need some help.
It’s all about education and awareness. Some people just should not own Dogs either!! I my two block there are well over 30 dogs.
Get a clue City of Seattle, take a look at Vancouver, BC well over 30 plus dog parks.

Well said DB!! Vancouver, BC does have a lot of dog parks and frankly it’s a much cleaner and attractive city than Seattle in my opinion.

Policing, did you also see the statistics of how many die?

Once again, I disagree with you. Regardless of what you think of my intelligence, the facts are the facts. What you are now arguing is that 30% of the injuries are ok?

You’re portraying yourself poorly at this point. The insults aren’t needed. You have lost credibility.

You know, the more I think about it, what I just said was moronic. We DO need a dog park in Magnolia. I would much rather a dog park than a jail in Magnolia, and to think about it…. maybe I will stop complaining about little things like a dog park, and complain about what really matters…. Having a jail right next to where my kids grow up!

Also, have you ever checked the sex offender website? There are zero offenders in Magnolia, but there are a whole slew of them in Queen anne, just across Dravus. That scares me more than dogs running leash free.

Man I dont know what I was thinking when I wrote taht post. I must’ve been sniffing glue this afternooon. Okay no more Elmers for me!!

Dogs, whether they’re on or off leash aren’t really the problem. Responsible owners know their dogs and whether they’ll be well-behaved off-leash. Responsible owners also pick up the poo their dogs leave behind. I don’t have a dog, but I honestly like going to Discovery Park and seeing a few dogs running around off-leash through the fields. It’s what a big park’s meant for.

I haven’t heard of anyone getting hurt by a dog in Discovery Park, have you?

ACtually the 20% are from people going onto properties with dogs, and 9.4% is during training/dog daycare/pound. So really its like 0.6% that could be considered off leashed and even then probably includes sooo many other scenarios as it is listed as MISC.

So really you are a hill billy from Appalachia! Because you know very little and argue like Bill O’Reilly!!

PS DREW!! YOU COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER!!! NOT THE DOGS BUT THE OWNERS!!!

HALLELUJEA!!

Drew not sure but several years ago I would have bitten this Lady myself in Discovery Park,.. too many uptight people out with nothing better to do with their board life.

Check this out!!

The emjay in post 13 is not the same emjay as in post 9 . . . . his rantings are clear evidence of the seriousness of his glue sniffing addiction. Elmers will do that every time!

db. What is a “board life”?

I disagree with Drew P. Dogs off-leash ARE a problem. And it’s an increasing problem. A big park is NOT there so dogs can run off leash. The park is there to serve the public and provide natural beauty and relief to urban dwellers. It’s not the country. It’s the city.

Discovery Park is a beautiful urban park in a large city. Besides the fact that it’s unlawful to have your pet off-leash in a city park, it’s a thriving habitat for many animals and birds, which makes the park the treasure it is.
Off-leash dogs chase animals and birds, disturb nests and do what they natural do.

The public of Seattle is not responsible for the exercise of someone’s dog. That’s the responsibility of each pet owner, as well as picking up dog poop. There are 11 off-leash parks in the city.

Thanks to the dog owners who take their untrained dogs off-leash to enjoy the local parks, ball fields and playgrounds, my kids are terrified of dogs. Strange dogs have come charging toward them, run around them in circle and practically knocked them over on many occasions. One chased my child up the front stairs and into my house. Just as you may not think my child is the cutest best behaved one in the park, neither is your dog. Follow the rules.

I’ll follow the rules if Magnolia will actually create a decent dog park. How is it that a neighborhood this size doesn’t have an off-leash dog park?

Face it folks, dogs (and kids) have taken over the world! I agree whole heartedly with Drew that responsibility begins with the owners. Follow the rules, clean up your mess and we can all exist peacefully in common areas. You made a choice to have a dog in the city so with it comes the responsibility to live by city rules. While I believe the majority of pet owners follow the rules there’s always a few renegades and rules of any sort never apply to them. Dogs are dogs, if they were smart enough to use the toilet and go to the gym we wouldn’t have an issue here. Until then leash up and scoop, or move to a farm!

Keep on writing “Policing”; Give a fool a leash and he’ll hang himself…

According to “Policing” laws are made to be broken. Go ahead and give us YOUR address then. Is Bush still prez? Isn’t this an O-basm? While at it you fool, put a sign in YOUR front yard telling the rest of the world “this house has NO guns in it” too. This way, the thugs do know where to go. Ignorance IS a rather large commodity today.

Irwin said it right. Discovery Park is NOT a good place to run off-leash dogs. Dog owners may think so, but I’m sure the wildlife in the park would tend to disagree. What a disservice to the city…to slowly ruin such a jewel.

To all the dog owners worried about having 57,000 dog parks in the city…what about protecting the wildlife in your natural parks? These fields, beaches, and forests are home to voles, harbor seals, and mountain beavers. Leash laws are in place not only to protect the dogs and people, but also to protect wildlife in our more natural parks.

To all the “just obey the law” folks, are you telling me you would never drive above 60mph on the freeway? Its the law. Obey. If a dog can be off leash in a responsible manner that is not bothering anyone, more power to them. It seems to me just the sight of a dog offleash can make people spasm even if the dog never even looks their way. Perhaps owning a dog might be therapuedic for such tension. Its a relatively small # of irresponsible dog owners making us all look bad.

Goofy, you are obviously one of those gun toting, Charleton Heston moviw watching, George W. Bush loving, Palin 2012 supporting magnolia residents, meaning you know very little about the world and the people around you. It sad to think that this country has ignorant people like yourself, why cant people just worry about their own lives, instead of forcing their views on others (kinda like the Taliban did in Afghanistan).

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