[Leica] dog park...

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> 2010-03-06-18:47:04 Mark Rabiner:
>> People should not be allowed in a dog park without a ball.
>> Or a pocket filled with milk bones.
> 
> Once again, even though it's not even about M8s or bulky but
> super-excellent fast lenses, I find myself forced to disagree with my
> semi-neighbor (just across a river) the estimable Mr. Rabiner.
> 
> Ted, the dog who lives in our house, is a really social sort who
> usually wants to meet and romp with the people and other dogs who
> habituate the local run.  But if somebody'd brought a damned ball --
> Ted focuses on that ball with laserish fixity, and loses all interest
> in any person, canine or activity unrelated to getting and keeping the
> ball.  He's no fun anymore.  We pretty much have to leave and come
> back when the ball isn't there.
> 
> If we arrive at the dog run alone, and someone's left a ball lying
> there, the very first thing I do is try to pick it up before Ted gets
> to it, and throw it into the trash can outside the run.  Then (after a
> short time staring theough the fence at the garbage can) Ted gets his
> personality back.
> 
> And it's also a little creepy for strangers to feed our dog things.
> 
>  -J
> 
 a dog needs not just a ball but a stick.
But then so do most Royals.
An orb and a scepter.


(I made that up)

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Mark William Rabiner