Letter to the Editor: Mother of Five-Year-Old and a German Shepherd Near Alfredo Property
To the Editor:
I dropped my child off at William E. Cottle School (kindergarten). As soon as we got out of the car, a German shepherd from the "dog park" across the street jumped all over my five-year-old and knocked her down. Luckily, she was left only shaken up with scratches. My two-year-old was also shaken.
The owner was too busy to even pay attention to the dog, just socializing with other owners who were letting their large dogs run free (all hours of the day), directly next to an elementary school.
After speaking with school administrators and teachers, I've learned this was not the first incident. Someone was actually bitten recently.
Large dogs need to be leashed--as our law states--in the interest of public safety and most importantly, our children.
Most official dog parks have fences to protect the public. Having a dog park, whether official or unofficial, without fences across from an elementary school is simply a recipe for disaster.
Are we going to wait until a child going to school gets mauled before we do something about it? We need to weigh the benefit vs. the risk. The benefit is that dogs run free. The risk is that a child gets mauled.
What if it was your child? The town should be protecting our children. There needs to be a fence if dog owners want to let their dogs go unleashed or we need to enforce the leash laws that already exist.
I consider myself lucky that my daughter and infant child were not injured more seriously.
A Concerned Mom
October 12, 2013
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