[MissoulaGov] cats & dogs & stewardship

[Bob Oaks]

It's interesting that Geoff brought up an "economic totem pole."  As a
hypothetical question: where could a kid take a family dog to throw a
frisbie if the family lived in a small house with a very small (legally
conforming, of course) yard, or in a mobile home in an older trailer court
or in an older city-center-type apartment building? Would that kid need a
lift to Bark Park or out of the city limits in order to be law abiding?

Maybe the answer lies in a piece from NewWest from last April, "I don't know
why so many dog owners believe that leash laws apply only to someone else,
although I guess most of us have at least a law or two we choose to
disregard, even if it's only a speed limit. Arguably one good reason to
disobey leash laws is to be able to give your dog more exercise than you'd
otherwise have time for, if you don't live next door to Jacobs Island Park,
although another way of looking at this situation would be that, if you
don't have time to drive to Jacobs Island Park or to the various
conservation areas where the law requires only 'voice control,' maybe you
don't have time to own a dog."  Maybe that should be: if you don't have
time; or, don't have the transportation; or, don't own an expansive yard?

Bob Oaks
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