Leash laws are not a suggestion
I struggle with laws as I was raised by a maverick man who chose not to follow any conventional path except that he became a doctor – and even in that he was intuitive more than disciplined. But yesterday after J and I left CC’s and walked back around the bayou with the Bean on our way back to LaLa we saw a black lab jump in and go after the mama duck with her 12 ducklings. I started yelling for the dog to get out and almost dove in after it. The owner kept jogging in place as if nothing was going on and I then told her – you need to have yoru dog on a leash.
I never say that kind of stuff – I’m not a nosey parker, or a note leaver, or a custodian of what other people “should” be doing – but at the threat of these baby ducklings that I have been watching – our signs of spring here – I lost all my composure.
G said it best – the water is for the ducks. You have a lab, put it on a leash because its instinct is to go in that water – labrador retriever – get it – they like water and ducks – or as W used to say – a laboratory retriever – ha, love that boy.