On President St, from 7th to 8th Ave.

The first photo shows that a dog owner left it on a freshly seeded tree pit. Could these all be from one dog owner?

My letter to the Prospect Park Alliance (Update)

This morning at 8 am I met some friends at Grand Army Plaza to do some jogging in Prospect Park. Not wanting to get separated we decided to run on the paths around the fields. We stayed on the road past the Long Meadow. There were hundreds of off leash dogs there. It would have been impossible to jog around that path and it would have been imaprotate on our part. This was a place for off leash dogs, nothing else.

So we jogged over the the ball fields were dogs are not allowed. This was a problem, there were about 50 dogs on the ballfields and the paths that surround them. About half of them were off leash, many were on leashes that were well over 10 feet long.

There are ample signs about leashes and dogs on the ballfields, but so many dog owners thing the rules do not apply to them. Many dogs were running across the path with no owner is sight. Dogs were also allowed to defecate on the grass. Later children will play sports on that same grass.

Who is responsible for enforcing the leash law in Prospect Park?

Thank you in advance

Winston Smith

I got a responce

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Off-leash hours are from 5 – 9am and 9pm – 1am in the Long Meadow, Nethermead and Peninsula Meadow, so 8am is ok, but they should not be in the road itself (Center Drive) off-leash. In addition, dogs are not allowed on the ballfields themselves and must be on a leash 6’ or shorter during non off-leash hours.

I will forward your email to our Chief and Deputy Chief of Operations for Prospect Park and ask that this matter be looked into.

Thank you for your interest in Prospect Park.

Emails, phone calls and letters might get some enforcement.

I Love the New York Times

1. Dear MadamBomb

   Regarding your childish comment: “If you don’t like it, get out.”

   Are you directing this toward the minority of dog owners who don’t like the law about cleaning up after their pets or who don’t like the leash laws?

   Or are you directing it at those people who don’t like people who allow their dogs to do those things?

   I am a dog owner, who loves my dog. But I love my 3-year-old child more. I should not have to worry about my child falling into dog feces and urine if he happens to stumble on the sidewalk.

   — cynthia
2. 88. October 1, 2009 5:16 pm Link
   1. Mineva,

   In New York City, it’s the LAW, not etiquette, that your “curb your dog.” That means, your dog “does his business” in the street next to the curb. That way the machine that cleans the streets will clean up the litter. When your dog’s litter is on the sidewalk or against a tree or lamp post. A person has to handle it.

   1. — cynthia
3. 89. October 1, 2009 6:10 pm Link

   Have others also noticed that when “responsible” dog owners “pick up” after their pets, a visible residue still remains? The “responsible dog owner” is a contradiction in terms in this environment.
   And practically no one at all CURBS their dog, as noted by cynthia. We have 30,000 police officers in NYC, but they have all apparently been instructed to ignore this type of lawlessness (if they ever venture out of their patrol cars). Extensible leashes should also be banned, and the ban enforced, since these are more than the 6 feet long specified by law.
   These laws were passed for a reason. Dog owners don’t like to be ‘inconvenienced’? Well, neither do non-dog owners, who are constantly subjected to owners’ inconsideration and selfishness. The cluelessness of these owners is absolutely incredible, as demonstrated by their comments here.

   — Frank

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1. ut expanding the off-leash hours rule into parks that currently don’t have designated 9-9 offleash areas? I think the off-leash policy is wonderful as it keeps our dogs exercised and socialized, and had improved park security as well as built community bonds.

   — Orrin Tilevitz
2. 91. October 1, 2009 9:39 pm Link

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   @ #90

   The off-leash policy is restricted from 9pm to 9am so that REAL children can exercise and socialize in the open grassy areas of public parks.

   — Winston Smith

On the Long Meadow

There were no off-leash dogs, but one dog owner left his poop behind.

Near the Oriental Pavilion in Prospect Park

This guy just walked away when he finished grooming his dog.


Oh, what a cute dog.

Oh, what a mess you left in the park.