Comments on: Dogs often scapegoats in gentrification wars http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/06/17/dogs-often-scapegoats-in-gentrification-wars/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: EmilyS http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/06/17/dogs-often-scapegoats-in-gentrification-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-9115 EmilyS Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:49:32 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=9573#comment-9115 or how about people keep their dogs on leash and clean up their poop? or how about people keep their dogs on leash and clean up their poop?

]]> By: Lisa http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/06/17/dogs-often-scapegoats-in-gentrification-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-9112 Lisa Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:47:07 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=9573#comment-9112 I lost any sympathy for the Venice gentrifiers when I got to the part about not wanting to go to the off-leash park just a mile away because it's 'unkempt and filled with unfriendly-looking pit bulls.' Maybe instead of trying to change the rules to accommodate their every whim, they could work within the system that already exists. Go clean up the existing park, lobby to have it expanded, and stop profiling your neighbors and their dogs. I lost any sympathy for the Venice gentrifiers when I got to the part about not wanting to go to the off-leash park just a mile away because it’s ‘unkempt and filled with unfriendly-looking pit bulls.’

Maybe instead of trying to change the rules to accommodate their every whim, they could work within the system that already exists. Go clean up the existing park, lobby to have it expanded, and stop profiling your neighbors and their dogs.

]]> By: Don Davidson http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/06/17/dogs-often-scapegoats-in-gentrification-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-9097 Don Davidson Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:43:36 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=9573#comment-9097 So true that dogs are the great unifiers. Sounds like the newcomers in the mentioned neighborhood need to brush up on their dog ownership skills. So true that dogs are the great unifiers. Sounds like the newcomers in the mentioned neighborhood need to brush up on their dog ownership skills.

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