[blparent] Leashes (was resource list)

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

When I worked in downtown Denver, the Peta organization (People for the 
Ethical Treatment of Animals) was pretty active down there.  Two or three 
times, the PETA members would get all around me and link arms in a circle, 
and then start barraging me with accusations of how I enslaved my guide dog, 
how she should be free--to get hit by somebody's Buick I guess--and how 
animals shouldn't be subjected to involuntary servitude.  Seriously.  And I 
couldn't get away from them because they wouldn't break the circle, once I 
even missed the bus.  So I started pretending I was deaf and couldn't hear 
what they were saying, till they gave up.  But it is true that some people 
have very radical ideas about animals and leashes.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song."  Maya Angelou

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From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Leashes (was resource list)

> There are also people who think it is cruel to put a leash on a dog.
> Quite a radical view, I know. But some people do feel that way.
>
> Personally, I think the little backpack/harness things in the shape of
> animals sound great. When Jacob is a bit older, I'll probably have
> something like that in my arsenal.
>
> Angie
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