At the end of the year, or should I say the beginning of the new one, I only made one resolution: Learn to live and enjoy the moment. Today, the sun was shining, and the birds were singing. I inhaled the moment and decided that, rather than exercising in front of my computer with ‘Get Fit with Rick’, I would take a walk and soak up some much-needed vitamin D.
All was going well until a woman pushing her bike emerged from a gate, followed by a little terrier-type dog who rushed out running straight across the road to greet me. I shouted at the stupid woman as we were by the exit of a roundabout, and the dog was in danger of being hit by a car. The said woman was totally oblivious.
Without acknowledging the dog or me, she rode off. Her poor dog trailing behind her without a leash. What gets my goat is that if the poor dog had been hit by a car, it would no doubt be the motorist’s fault. I see numerous posts on our local FB group complaining about motorists. Doh! Be a kind and responsible owner: When walking your dog on the road, keep it on a leash.
Sigh … take a deep breath, Piglet.
Piglet in Portugal 
Naturally fully agree. Sadly I do not have a dog at the moment, but, to the best of my knowledge, all pets in Australia have to be leashed in public and every owner has to carry bags for ‘poo’ and use them on all occasions. Logic and common courtesy!
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I agree 100% Carole. If a person needs or wants a pet, there’s a whole lot of responsibility that goes with it. When I’m on my walks at home, despite it being posted everywhere on the trails that pets must be leashed and owners are required to pick up after their pets (little bags are even provided free of charge) – there are still too many people who ignore these rules. Here in our park in South Texas, it’s somewhat better but that’s likely because here, everyone is watching. The trails at home in Canada are out of town.
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