Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Inhumane?

Bubba and I walked to work yesterday morning behind a Great Dane. He was huge. H-U-G-E. Probably bigger than Bubba if he stood up, which I guess is normal for a Great Dane. But this is not something you normally see on a NYC sidewalk. Tiny dogs you can fit in your purse, a la Paris Hilton? Yes. Dogs that you KNOW weigh more than you? Not so much. Where in the hell do they put this dog? I think it's a crime to have big dogs in small apartments. And that's pretty much all that's left in NYC.

Inhumane, I tell ya.

3 comments:

japruf said...

Depends on the breed. MAny large dogs actually don't need/want to run around a lot. Really, it is just hard on them and their joints. Conversely, many smaller dogs, like a border collie, need to run and work a lot more than they reasonably can in the city.

The real problem with the huge dog, is the huge mess, but that is the owner's choice...

Editor in Chief said...

Well, I was thinking more from a space standpoint in a small apartment, not necessarily from a run-around-the-yard standpoint. That dog would not fit into my apartment. Or yours.

But that's likely true. I don't see that Great Dane running around all that much.

Jillie Bean (AKA Bubba's Sis) said...

I would not own an animal whose poop is bigger than my own, unless it lived in a stable somewhere and I didn't have to clean up after it!