som|dog's first field trip
The 24th Annual MSPCA-Angell Walk for Animals turned out to be a great oppoutunity for a field trip. On Sunday, October 17, som|dog, the Somerville Dog Owners Group (represented here by the human companions of King, a greyhound, and Cinder, a lab/pointer mix), took a moment to research the City of Boston's off-leash pilot program in Boston Common.
The Pilot Program extends off-leash privileges in Boston Common from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m and establishes the following rules for off-leash recreation:
- All Dogs Must Be Licensed
- Owners Must Pick Up After Their Dogs
- Discourage Digging of Lawn Areas
- Dogs Must Be Under Control At All Times
- Only One Dog Off Leash Per Owner
- Only Adult Owners May Use the Prescribed Area
Across Charles Street, in the Public Garden, dogs are allowed on leash, as they are in Boston Common. And, as in Boston Common, in the Public Garden, the City of Boston provides doggie-bags.
Comments
Hi -- just a note on the pilot program's hours: I ride my bike across the Common almost every day and there are ALWAYS dogs off-leash even as late as 8:45 a.m.
The point of which is, I'm not sure ... I haven't seen the hours enforced, and the dogs seem to be well away from people, I just wonder if this nonofficial extension of the hours has become an issue for the group on Beacon Hill. I imagine one phone call from a friend of Menino saying a dog jumped on him/her at 8:30 a.m. would shut it down.
Posted by: Janice Zazinski | October 26, 2004 11:54 AM