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Joan
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canine
connection

WHILE I was return-
ing home from my
morning dog hike, a
woman walking a pup
on the other side of the
street called out, “Are
you Joan Klucha?”

I looked down at my
mud-covered pants, and the
baggy sweatshirt with torn
cufts that reads “Canadian

kicks ass, eh?” And
i that my hair still had
shead shape I contem-
ying, “No, but I get
mistak en for her all che
time.”

Instead I fessed uy
am.”

’ YT wanted to make some
wisecrack about my hair,
blame it ‘on my stylist or
something (sorry ‘Sarita!). But
before I knew it we were
charting about her cight-
month-old Australia shep-
herd. The conversation quick-

“Yes, |

Iv turned to the new per
bylaws under consideration
by the West Vancouver
District.

She thought they were all
reasonable and that some-
thing did have to be done
about the dog walkers.

After our brief char, T con-
tinued on aw walk mulling
the conversation over in m
head. Why shouldn’t pro:
sional dog walkers be alowed
to wal many dogs as they
want? Why can’t people fet
their dogs roam or walk
through public parks
unleashed? Are all these

” ‘The tirst thing we should
all remember is that dog
ownership is a privilege, nora
right.

And like all privileges,
such as driving a car, there
are guidelines to follow
where due care must be taken
to prevent injuries and
encroachment on other peo-
ple’s lives or accidents will
happen. With dogs these acci-
dents happen when dog own-
ers, for one reason of anoth-
er, choose to neglect their
personal responsibility and
turn a blind eye co their dog’s
actions.

This is when problems
occur. Case in point: profes-
sional walkers with large

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If these individuals had
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not chased by these dogs, if
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Sunday, June 25, 2000 —- North Shore News ~ 41

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The first involved a family
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bank having 4 picnic. The

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within ming
three large dogs ran over,

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