Nothing gets my tail wagging like a brisk run outside on Park Point. Arf! Arf!
I like it even more when my owner takes off that annoying leash and lets me do my thing. Makes me feel like I'm in control. I frolic up and down the sand dunes, and sometimes I find a bird carcass, which is really worth sniffing. But for the most part, I stay out of trouble. After all, the old man is watching.
It never crossed my mind that he might be doing something technically illegal. If so, he's not the only one. Lots of my friends also get to frolic on the Point, and everyone's pretty responsible about it. Our owners do the dirty work of cleaning up after us. Meanwhile, we get the exercise we need and a chance to let dogs be dogs. That brings me to my next point: You can never have enough places for us dogs to run free.
Duluth is considering creating three off-leash dog parks, but the vote was delayed for an "environmental assessment worksheet." Some people are saying we dogs pollute trails and cause noise pollution. Grrrrrrrrr!
My owner tells me about growing up in small town America, where mean dogs stayed in kennels, but others were free to roam the streets, some even procreating. Sounds like puppy paradise!
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I know you can't have that in an urban center, but you still need places for dachshunds and Dalmatians to discover, and boxers and beagles to be free. I can't wait to sniff them out.
Henry is the 10-month old beagle of sports reporter Jon Nowacki. Cooped up all winter, he's looking forward to getting outside and wagging his tail all summer long.
