plan to ban possession of dogs in Calgary within 15 years

[DESS]

Let's get a couple things out of the way right out of the gate.

• yes, I'm completely serious about this
• no, I'm not trolling

Okay, this is why I don't like dogs:

1. They are loud. I can hear them barking at night and I can hear them barking in the morning. If I walked outside and shouted randomly on a daily basis, the cops would be all over me. Why do dogs get away with it?
2. They are dangerous - not bear dangerous - but dangerous enough as outlined by the City here. Yes of course your dog isn't, but some are. In fact, there was an incident every day of the year with an agressive dog in Calgary last year. A low-incident year (according to the article), but unacceptable nevertheless. Obviously this only tracks the incidents reported, so it's safe to assume the rates are even higher.
3. Crap. People simply don't pick up after their dogs and it is absolutely disgusting. Kudos to you if you do, but enough don't that it is an obvious problem.
4. Urine. I've never seen any dog owner, no matter how responsible, pick up their dog's urine. If I whipped out my schlong in the middle of a park where children were playing to take a leak, people would freak. Let's put the public nudity aspect of that example aside, people would be disgusted that I was peeing where kids were playing. I find it equally disgusting to know and see dogs do this, but it is somehow socially unacceptable to call out a guy for letting his dog piss whereever. It's outrageous, frankly.
5. They're dirty and they smell bad.

You know, I understand people love their dogs and that's great. And I can also see that it would be unfair to take a dog out of somebody's home - both to the dog and to the owner.

A more realistic solution to this pest problem we have would be a city-funded initiative to spay and neuter every dog in the city, ban the sale/possession of any new dogs, and just wait for the current generation of dogs to pass away. Within say 15 years the problem would be solved.

I would be curious to know if anyone else would be interested in this plan. Perhaps we could start a petition or do something to get the ball rolling on this. Obviously it will be a tough thing to achieve, but I think if we are compassionate to the current dog owners, make exceptions for work dogs, etc. this may have legs. It will certainly get support from some people, I'm just not sure how many at this point.

[burn_this_city]

Hahah you can't be serious?

[alltherage]

Why don't we just exterminate all dogs?

[Caged Great]

Maybe we can tie solar panels to their backs to make them a little more eco friendly.

[ricoFlame]

some great sweeping generalizations in there. nice. absolutely not.

[Peanut]

Un-thanks.

[PsYcNeT]

Oh man I thought this thread was going to be a PETA rant.

You know, the whole "ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, MAN CANNOT OWN AN EQUAL!" thing.

But it's just craaaazy internets.

Carry on.

[burn_this_city]

I was thinking diapers. Debark them all, put diapers on, muzzles, choke collars. Better yet I'm thinking a giant hamster ball with airholes, but have special material so the constant flow of piss cant escape.

[HotHotHeat]

It's more likely they legalize human - K9 marriage than make it illegal to own a dog.

[InSutterWeTrust]

So I take it your a cat person then?

[DESS]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Hahah you can't be serious?

Originally Posted by DESS

Let's get a couple things out of the way right out of the gate.

• yes, I'm completely serious about this
• no, I'm not trolling

Okay, this is why I don't like dogs:

1. They are loud. I can hear them barking at night and I can hear them barking in the morning. If I walked outside and shouted randomly on a daily basis, the cops would be all over me. Why do dogs get away with it?
2. They are dangerous - not bear dangerous - but dangerous enough as outlined by the City here. Yes of course your dog isn't, but some are. In fact, there was an incident every day of the year with an agressive dog in Calgary last year. A low-incident year (according to the article), but unacceptable nevertheless. Obviously this only tracks the incidents reported, so it's safe to assume the rates are even higher.
3. Crap. People simply don't pick up after their dogs and it is absolutely disgusting. Kudos to you if you do, but enough don't that it is an obvious problem.
4. Urine. I've never seen any dog owner, no matter how responsible, pick up their dog's urine. If I whipped out my schlong in the middle of a park where children were playing to take a leak, people would freak. Let's put the public nudity aspect of that example aside, people would be disgusted that I was peeing where kids were playing. I find it equally disgusting to know and see dogs do this, but it is somehow socially unacceptable to call out a guy for letting his dog piss whereever. It's outrageous, frankly.
5. They're dirty and they smell bad.

You know, I understand people love their dogs and that's great. And I can also see that it would be unfair to take a dog out of somebody's home - both to the dog and to the owner.

A more realistic solution to this pest problem we have would be a city-funded initiative to spay and neuter every dog in the city, ban the sale/possession of any new dogs, and just wait for the current generation of dogs to pass away. Within say 15 years the problem would be solved.

I would be curious to know if anyone else would be interested in this plan. Perhaps we could start a petition or do something to get the ball rolling on this. Obviously it will be a tough thing to achieve, but I think if we are compassionate to the current dog owners, make exceptions for work dogs, etc. this may have legs. It will certainly get support from some people, I'm just not sure how many at this point.

Sounds a bit crazy, eh? I actually am completely serious, though.

[metallicat]

How the hell are you supposed to puck up urine?

[Swarly]

I think there is a worse problem with cats in this city, people let them wander the neighborhood unchecked. I hope your plan includes them too.

I do like the point you raised about dogs peeing everywhere but instead of banning them we should allow people to do it also. it would be quite freeing to let it fly whenever the need arose.

[Dion]

[DESS]

Originally Posted by InSutterWeTrust

So I take it your a cat person then?

meh, not really. But they don't bother me at all. Well I guess I even like them. Okay, I'm a cat person. lol

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by DESS

They are dangerous - not bear dangerous - but dangerous enough as outlined by the City here. Yes of course your dog isn't, but some are. In fact, there was an incident every day of the year with an agressive dog in Calgary last year. A low-incident year (according to the article), but unacceptable nevertheless. Obviously this only tracks the incidents reported, so it's safe to assume the rates are even higher.

Just curious, but what are your thoughts on Asians?

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by DESS

Okay, this is why I don't like dogs:

1. They are loud.
2. They are dangerous
3. Crap.
4. Urine.
5. They're dirty and they smell bad.

If this is all it takes to want to ban dogs, you could use these same criteria (and many MANY more) for justifying wiping out the entire human race.

Discuss.

[alltherage]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

How the hell are you supposed to puck up urine?

You'd have to freeze it in a disc shape somehow.

[ken0042]

Assuming you are serious- what about guide dogs for the blind, etc?

And then once you take the people who have a dog for security, do you now allow them to own handguns?

The problems you list can be solved with more licensing and ticketing.

And I'm not a dog owner, but I would be very sad if I couldn't go play with my friends' dogs.

[ricoFlame]

birds keep crapping on my car and making these annoying chirping noises. BANNED.