Opinion: Men bite dogs
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Readers sink their fangs into our Dust-Up on canine culture featuring Daniel Guss and Bill Hemby. From Santa Barbara, Steve Chandler writes in about the barking-dog controversy:
The nonsense offered by Daniel Guss about barking dogs doesn’t surprise me, as dog lovers don’t really care about others and the problems that their dogs cause. Realistically, barking dogs are a problem that can be easily solved. Either their owners take responsibility and invite their pet indoors, thereby removing the problem, or we’re left with the real issue. Frankly, if a dog proves difficult, the dog needs to be removed from the scene, irrespective of the feelings of the dog owner. If that means killing them, so be it. Believe me, I wouldn’t have too much grief doing away with a problematic uncontrolled pest. No one worries greatly about dealing with cockroaches, gophers, rats and other pests, so why worry about out of control dogs. On the real scheme of things, would I be happier seeing less dog feces everywhere I go? Unquestionably, that’s a yes from my perspective! Sincerely, Steve Chandler
Mayor Sam sits up for Guss and Hemby’s opener on the California Healthy Pets Act, writing:
You think you know the dimension of the animal debate? Read Guss and think again.
Guss and Hemby continue their debate through the week. They covered Ed Boks’ pit-bull reprogramming plan Tuesday, and today they turn up the volume on doggie apartment dwellers. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s installment, in which dog-rights advocate Guss and dog breeder Hemby answer the Dr. Zaius question: What rights does a dog have on a human planet?