To the Editor,
Re: People creating more problems than dogs, Letters, April 14.
Esther Holubowich’s comments are not believable, nor are her assertions of well-behaved and mannered dogs.
From what I have seen, they do not exist except in the minds of narcissistic dog lovers who believe the whole world both belongs to their dogs and needs to accommodate them.
Well-behaved includes being under non-leashed control from voice commands even in off-leash areas – this constitutes at best five per cent of the canine population in Nanaimo.
Animal control says hardly a week goes by without at least one dog bite of humans incident in Nanaimo. That is in the area of at least 75 to 100 a year, with dogs twice as likely to be bitten by these well-behaved and mannered dogs.
I assume such people think this and dog harassment is acceptable and normal, as they don’t seem to have a problem with it. I think that speaks volumes about them.
Dog owners are as a whole lazy and neglectful of their dogs’ needs, which involve more than shoving a bowl in front of them.
I have outlined this repeatedly and no one has a retort, just this ode to dog garbage, while their dogs continue to run amok.
Tom McCartney
Nanaimo
