Why Can't Dog Owners Be More Considerate

I really wish dog owners would step up and be more responsible. It's not just educating yourself about what your dogs needs. It's reminding yourself that not everybody likes your dog. And not everyone welcomes dogs. Stop being so entitled. I have a dog, but it doesn't mean that I like yours. I do not blanket-take to all dogs.  

That evening at an event on Timbre One North, I grimly watched as their unleashed brown Singapore Special entered the grounds with a floofy white friend (who was leashed) and it trotted freely around. I looked at it and I was like, it either wanted to pee or poop or both. 

Choya was nicely chilling under the bench. I was on high alert. This SS had better not approach because I wouldn't be friendly. You could debate until the cows come home whether you're on Team Leashed or Team Unleashed. Justifying that 'my dog is friendly' doesn't mean anything. I've seen many 'friendly' dogs turn aggressive in five seconds, or go bonkers with so much enthusiasm that it is unwelcomed. In Singapore, it's illegal to unleash your dogs or cats in a public space. So that's that. 

And the pawrents? Happily greeted their friends and chatted, leaving their dog to run free. And that dog pooped right in the middle of a patch that people walk on, or stand and smoke. The pawrents were oblivious and didn't pick up the poop. That dog dropped light brown lumps in two spots. Eioooowww. 

Someone must have told them to leash the dog, so they did, after a good 10 minutes. The group sat down, and the mom of the SS told it to sit on the bench. At this juncture, nobody told them about the poop. She was in blissful ignorance and obviously still didn't pick up the poop. OMG. That dog's ass on the bench would hold traces of poop and anal juice. Seriously. If you let your dog onto a public bench, clean its ass or use a pee pad/mat. COME ON.

I didn't say a word to the mom or the friends. They didn't seem friendly. And I wasn't about to get myself into a pickle and spend the whole evening sorting this out. If their own friends didn't bother with those giant lumps of poop (that even I could see from this distance), I sure ain't doing it. Their own friends can step in their friends' dog's poop and pee. Why would I care.