LIC’s Murray Playground now on the operating table

wow. that will be a much needed upgrade. the park is pretty bleak over there.

Great news. I can imagine that #2 and his fellow dog lovers just use the grass by the new playing fields, so all the grass can be killed/dug up and that too can become a “disgusting glorified dust pit”. Why use an actual dog run when you can just have your dog crap or piss on the lawn.

With all the dog spas our there, why can’t one of these private businesses open their own doggy run? Charge customers to visit and exercise their dogs. Why must scarce, taxpayer-funded open space be set aside for dog runs, which inevitably encourage just more crap, noise and ugliness?

Wow, I never realized there were so many dog-hating people here. I am the one who referred to the dog run as a disgusting glorified dust pit, and for the record, I don’t have my dog crap or piss on the lawn. I take him to the dog run down by the water, which is not a disgusting, and is not a dust pit. It’s covered in rocks and therefore remains cleaner for everyone. Dog runs, as a matter of fact, do not have to look like shit, with dirt dug up and grass dying, as #’s 4 and 6 seem to suggest. If we really want to praise accountability being brought back to public discourse, then I’d suggest we temper the absolutist contentions that sugget that all dogs ruin our public spaces, all dog owners are ruining your collective lives, and that all dog runs have to look like shit. Sheesh!

I am actually a dog lover, but do not think its appropriate to own a dog in the city. I am also just stating the facts – dogs crap and piss on the streets. I always love the way ‘responsible dog owners who seem to think that if they pick up the ‘deuce’ that this makes your dog somehow clean. What about big ol’number one? Your dog at best is still relieving himself 3-5 times a day on the sidewalks, stinky up the streets. A human does it we get a ticket, but the big Great dane I saw the other day take a whiz on the street, like 2 gallons worth, that somehow gets a pass. Lastly no matter if you do pick up the ‘deuce’ you are not picking up ALL of the deuce! Lovely schmear along the sidewalk! So do not give me the its not me, its the other dog routine. Yes some dog owners are better then others but ALL dog owners foul the neighbourhood.

TOXIC TURF = DEATH