A good idea Peter but I doubt it would change the habits of the types of
dog owners I frequently encounter.
Having seen any sort of sign curtailing the activities of owners or
their dogs most would immediately "turn off" and not read the rest of
the sign - they just don't want to know !! Some worse idiots would even
vandalise the sign.
Tony.
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From:
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Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:34 PM
To: Robert Inglis
Cc: Birding-Aus
Subject: Re: I am a dog owner - I am not the enemy
My two cent motto is that its better to "Inform not Warn".
It really annoys me to see on crucial breeding or habitat areas, signs
that just say "Keep out" or "No dogs allowed". Why not have an
accompanying sign that explains the importance of the area, the threats
the species faces and the impact humans will have by breaching the
fenced
off area. If anyone then willingly disregards the sign, then let all
hell break loose on them....nicely of course ; ). But people are
interested by different things, and not everyone shares the same
headspace, so you cant expect everyone to act the same. Share the
knowledge i say and inform the ignorant.
"Robert Inglis" <>
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01/02/2008 05:28 PM
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"Birding-Aus" <>
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Subject
[Birding-Aus] Re: I am a dog owner - I am not the enemy
Hey! Wendy! I think you have been reading my mail!!
Actually my very best most favourite hobby is misanthropy.
A tale of a dog..............
A few years ago I was photographing a Kelp Gull down the road from where
I
was then living in SE Queensland.
Kelp Gulls are rather rare visitors to that part of the world. During
the process a young couple came along pushing a pram with a very
young baby in it and leading an Alsatian dog.
They came close to me and asked me what I was doing.
I immediately had the thought that a question like that did not auger
well
for the baby's mental development.
I explained I was taking photographs. They seemed to understand and
stayed
still and quiet while keeping the dog under control until I had
finished. After a few more minutes I finished my photography, switched
of the camera
and gathered up my gear.
I thanked the couple, we exchanged smiles and I began to walk away. The
couple then released the dog which ran straight at the bird I had been
photographing. The couple made no sound or physical attempt to stop the
dog
but simply looked on in rapture as their pet did "what dogs do
naturally".
I suddenly felt very tired and developed an uncontrollable desire to be
somewhere else.
What do you say to people like that.
They obviously had the combined brain power of a desiccated ant and
would
not have been able to comprehend any possibility of having done anything
wrong.
I suppose there are some truly bad dogs but they are few and far
between.
Usually the problem has been created by a human through choosing the
wrong
type of dog and/or an inability or unwillingness to train and care for
the
dog properly.
Cheers
Bob Inglis
Sandstone Point
Qld
Other pet hates:
- men;
- women;
- children;
- other motorists;
- other supermarket shoppers;
- faulty supermarket trolleys;
- checkout creatures;
- Australian cricketers;
- commercial TV current affairs shows;
- twitchers;
- non-twitchers;
- Nikon camera lovers;
- myself (no, not myself);
- probably everything else.
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