Dog Park

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Permalink Reply by Sonia Roy on July 21, 2009 at 10:02pm

nmorgan- I guess its a good thing you don't get to decide and/or dictate what sensibilities and desires of their constituents our government should occupy their time with. Last time I checked, the pursuit of happiness was something we all had a right to, and that includes voicing our opinions and needs to elected officials. Whether they choose to listen to us or not is their choice, so maybe you should tell THEM where their efforts would be best focused.

nmorgan said:

Sonia Roy - I am not sure what you think my motives are other than to have interest groups stop wasting the time and energy of government and stop gaining advantages by using a system that is sympathetic to their specific sensibilities & desires. That type of perspective may sound like an ornery old man to you...but it means that you definitely do NOT get it.

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Permalink Reply by Kundi Clark on July 23, 2009 at 10:57am

Very interested kundi.clark@gmail.com Thanks for heading this up!

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Permalink Reply by ken on July 24, 2009 at 11:54am

@the-naysayers-and-curmudgeons: a great way to keep a dog quiet is to give them opportunities to exercise and socialize. (this works really well, incidentally, with kids, too, hence the practice of letting school children run around during recess.) a dog park provides a relatively low-cost and safe environment for dogs to engage in activities that, when performed regularly, ultimately reduce the amount of barking in your neighborhood. when i was raising my puppy, the maxim "a tired dog is a good dog" rang painfully true and led to daily multi-hour workouts and walks with the little monster. we availed ourselves of the fishkill dog park until the desire to reduce our car use and newly imposed restrictive use-policies at the park forced us away. i agree that there are many other pressing issues facing the mayor's office and city council, but low-hanging fruit like a dog park, which merely needs rubber-stamping, should be a no-brainer. one love, y'all.

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Permalink Reply by Sonia Roy on July 24, 2009 at 1:02pm

Well said, Ken....

ken said:

@the-naysayers-and-curmudgeons: a great way to keep a dog quiet is to give them opportunities to exercise and socialize. (this works really well, incidentally, with kids, too, hence the practice of letting school children run around during recess.) a dog park provides a relatively low-cost and safe environment for dogs to engage in activities that, when performed regularly, ultimately reduce the amount of barking in your neighborhood. when i was raising my puppy, the maxim "a tired dog is a good dog" rang painfully true and led to daily multi-hour workouts and walks with the little monster. we availed ourselves of the fishkill dog park until the desire to reduce our car use and newly imposed restrictive use-policies at the park forced us away. i agree that there are many other pressing issues facing the mayor's office and city council, but low-hanging fruit like a dog park, which merely needs rubber-stamping, should be a no-brainer. one love, y'all.

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Permalink Reply by Art & Anik Burns on July 24, 2009 at 6:47pm

Word.

Sonia Roy said:

Well said, Ken....

ken said:

@the-naysayers-and-curmudgeons: a great way to keep a dog quiet is to give them opportunities to exercise and socialize. (this works really well, incidentally, with kids, too, hence the practice of letting school children run around during recess.) a dog park provides a relatively low-cost and safe environment for dogs to engage in activities that, when performed regularly, ultimately reduce the amount of barking in your neighborhood. when i was raising my puppy, the maxim "a tired dog is a good dog" rang painfully true and led to daily multi-hour workouts and walks with the little monster. we availed ourselves of the fishkill dog park until the desire to reduce our car use and newly imposed restrictive use-policies at the park forced us away. i agree that there are many other pressing issues facing the mayor's office and city council, but low-hanging fruit like a dog park, which merely needs rubber-stamping, should be a no-brainer. one love, y'all.

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Permalink Reply by James L. Eve on August 3, 2009 at 3:37pm

Hi Libby a dog park in Beacon sounds like a good idea. It probably should be centrally located somewhere in Beacon. Feasibility and logistics will have to be well thought out. I'm interested. Jim Eve, Evejl751@verizon.net.

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Permalink Reply by Phyllis on August 3, 2009 at 5:21pm

I'm just going to throw out a suggestion (perhaps someone already has...I didn't read the entire thread). In many city parks, there are leash laws: Dogs are allowed off before 9am and after 9pm. Why can't we do something like that at Riverside Park or Long Dock? No need for a separate location or fencing. Just my 2 cents.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Roman on August 15, 2009 at 2:58pm

Hi Libby,
Count me in with the three corgis!
Amy Roman
amy.roman@ymail.com

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Permalink Reply by stefanie s on August 22, 2009 at 5:47pm

I have found an elderly female dog wandering through my yard, back by Old Town Road earlier this (Saturday) afternoon.
She was dirty, wet, hungry and scared, yet very sweet. She was seen by my neighbor wandering around the day before, so she probably was out lost since before Friday's storm. She has a collar with her name and phone# number, (first 3 numbers indicate cold spring area) but no one has called us back of yet. She seems to have an injured back leg, or arthritis not sure. We have dried her off, filled her belly, brushed her out, and now she is resting quietly in a fluffy dog bed. If she is yours, please get in touch (917-592-3955). If not, no worries we have no problem keeping her until someone claims her or if no one claims her. (Also posted this on News Page)

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