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A FEW SECONDS AGO, A SMALL DOG ON A LEASH OUT WALKING IN THE COLD FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF OTTAWA.

BANK STREET & GLADSTONE STARBUCKS.

BARE COLD SALT COVERED SIDEWALK. WALKING ON 3 FEET WITH A REAR HIND LEG UP HOBBLING ABOUT TO THE MASTER’S IGNORANCE. WOMEN. JUST SAYING COULD HAVE BEEN A GUY OR CHILD.

THEN AN HOUR A GO. LARGE DOG TIED TO A STREET BENCH ACROSS STARBUCKS WHILE OWNER WENT TO LCBO.

I THINK SOMEONE HAS TO COME UP WITH BOOTIES FOR CITY DOGS TO WALK ON SALT COVERED STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN THE COLD OF WINTERS EVERYWHERE.

I KNOW – IT’S TOTALLY STUPID AND RIDICULOUS. BUT IF THERE IS A NEED TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM HUMANS SUBCONSCIOUSLY ATTACHED TO THEIR PETS AND HAVING THEM PUT MORE THOUGHT INTO HOW THEY ARE TREATED, I THINK THIS ONE MERITS ATTENTION.

IT IS CRUEL BEYOND WORDS. DOGS BEING DESCENDANTS OF WOLVES IF LEFT ON THEIR OWN… WOULD NOT WONDER REPEATEDLY ON SALTY LANDSCAPES FOR FEAR OF SELF HARM.

TRY THIS ONE FOR SIZE – HORSES THAT HAVE HORSESHOES. WOULD ANY OWNER OF A HORSE LET THEIR ANIMAL WALK WITHOUT THEM ON ASPHALT ???

HUMANE SOCIETIES NEED TO GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER HERE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. SOME CREATIVE PEOPLE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING FAST, EASY, SAFE AND WORKABLE. BUTT HEADS BEFORE IT BECOMES ENOUGH OF AN ISSUE THAT IT BECOMES PUNISHABLE BY LAW AND PEOPLE START GETTING TICKETED BY THE OTHER 2 LEGGED DOGS. NOT A SOLUTION TO LET THIS GO ON NOW THAT I KNOW BETTER.

IF YOU DOUBT MY SINCERITY… THEN LET HUMAN OWNERS OF DOGS WALK BAREFOOTED ON SALTED SIDEWALKS AND SEE IF IT’S LIKE FIRE WALKING AND FAITH BINDING.

IN NATURAL HABITATS, ANIMALS DO WHAT ANIMALS DO. BUT ON HUMAN TURF, THEY NEED MORE CONSCIOUS ATTENTION INSTEAD OF PLYING THEMSELVES TO HUMAN NEED OF CONSTANT COMPANIONSHIP.