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Dog Off Leash Warning .. Really?

January 27th, 2010

I was on my late-morning walk when the strangest thing happened. My mom was on her phone talking to my grandfather/her dad when I noticed this really cute puppy running so fast it made me jealous, I wanted to join in. I pulled my mom as hard as I could wanting her to pick up the pace but I still couldn’t catch up. My mom must have realized by my fourth tug that I wanted something badly.
She got off the phone and we headed over to the speedy dog who was now being put back on his leash by his owner. My mom and him chatted about how jealous I was that he had let his dog off the leash.
We were all having fun chatting and playing when out of nowhere a big, I mean massive dog with a person sitting on top of him came over to us. My mom told me it was a horse but it looked like a dog to me…anyways… the man on the horse asked the guy we were with if that had been his dog running without a leash earlier. The guy said yes and he apologized for how far his dog had ran, his dog usually stays closer to him. We thought the man on the dog/horse was going to say how cute we both were but we were very wrong!
The guy on the horse, who I found out later was a park ranger, asked the guy for his license. My mom and him chuckled unsure of what license he wanted… dogs don’t have driving licenses.
The park ranger said he needed the mans driving license and then asked if this was the mans first offense. First offense?
A few people had told my mom that the park rangers who monitor the Boston Commons give out warnings for “things” but she had never seen it actually happen.
The man and my mother stood there in shock as the park ranger actually took the time to write out a warning ticket and radio in the mans name and license number. My mom couldn’t help but ask if they put the dogs in jail if they already have one offense and the man made another funny comment. Luckily the park ranger said no there is no dog jail BUT if you have already received a warning it is a $25 dollar ticket for your second offense and a $50 dollar ticket for your third.

CRAZY!!!

So watch out everyone! If you are off your leash, in a part of the park that says NO DOGS or doing anything that you think could be bad then keep your eyes open for a man on a horse! He will give you a ticket!

xoxo
City Living Puppy