A radio discussion

There are some laws that seem well intention but might just be completely stupid.

A recent radio discussion on dog walking mentioned people who ‘walk’ their dogs in their car on a leash outside, stupid but apparently not yet illegal. I have had a lot of dog walking experience as I walk dogs as a volunteer for Eastern Palliative Care for people who can’t walk their dogs at the moment. The dogs know what they want, lots of walkies, treats and a human to walk with them.

Dogs want our company, or pretend they do until you feed them, but now they will have a minimum of three hours of human contact if our Canberra government gets their way, stupid and soon to be a legal requirement. Our pets do need our support, and unfortunately, our protection but that should be the responsibility of their owners not the government.

Governments everywhere have so much to do with serious laws and wars and they shouldn’t have to micromanage our lives. Let them represent us, not our dogs.

Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia