RE: [GSAS-board] Dogs at the Picnic

[rick-rose@comcast.net]

I agree with Susan and Paul.  It's easy enough to tell one (or maybe even two) people that they can bring their dogs, but we have to consider what it would be like if ten people brought their dogs.  Another "reason" for saying "no" might be that dogs can be very SCARY to very young children.  At a picnic that I attended last weekend, a 2 1/2 year-old girl was terrorized by a very lovable (but highly active) Jack Russel.

I think this would best be handled by an email to members/announce by either Bob as President or Paul as Host - but it needs to be done soon so that they can make other arrangements.

Rick

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> I am a dog lover, but the party is for the club not the club's dogs. Its not
> a big deal if the dogs come but Susan has some good points.
>
> Last weekend we had a party and there were 2 dogs from different owners,
> both of these dogs behave outstanding by themselves, but together, one dog
> wants to be the alpha and starts doing what dogs do naturally even though
> they were both males. I must say it was distracting.
>
> My .02
> Paul
>
>
> >From: "Susan Welenofsky"
> >Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society board
> >members
> >To: "GSAS Board"
> >Subject: [GSAS-board] Dogs at the Picnic
> >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:34:03 -0700
> >
> >Hi Bob and other Board Members:
> >
> >I'm not so sure it's wise for people to bring their dogs. Paul and Cheryl's
> >yard isn't that big. The dogs may be well-behaved, but they might get in
> >the way and accidently wind up tripping someone. Then there's the brick
> >patio and the drop-off. What do you think?
> >
> >Susan
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