Oy. I have spent most of today responding to emails, both nasty and sympathetic that were sent to me in response to an email I sent to my neighborhood association list serve. Yesterday, as I was riding my little Jamis Coda to an appointment, trying to be a good citizen, and not using my car, I got chased by a loose dog on my street. It belongs to my neighbor, but I sent a complaint to the list, because this has happened before, but when owners were present. It wasn't the same dog, but I have had a couple of run ins with dog walkers who wouldn't get their dogs while they were chatting and I was trying to climb the 10% grade hill being chased by their dogs!
I found out that there is no leash law in Concord, but dogs aren't supposed to be running loose; in other words, it's OK to walk your dog without a leash, but not have them run off and chase people when you are not there. This doesn't make sense to me. One woman said I was rude and condescending, which I was not. I put it in terms of a safety issue and asked owners to please leash their dogs while walking on the hill.
Am I off base? I admit to not being an animal lover, but this woman really didn't understand that being chased by a dog, barking and baring its teeth is not a pleasant situation.