Feb 05 2011
Have Your Say
HAVE YOUR SAY
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Okay, enough said….
Hi,
I am the mother of a almost 2 year old boy and a 5 year old dog. Since my boy has started toddling, my regular dogs hikes have become hard to do, BUT the dog beach at the Bulb works perfect.
Our family uses the Bulb several times a week. It is one of the only places I can bring the dog along, and am able to supervise my son and dog (off leash) and we all get enjoyment.
I find compared to places like Pt. Isabelle, the Bulb server a different need, it is smaller, quieter and beautiful. In my experience the dog owners are all good dog parents.
Keeping dog access to the beach and Bulb well keep it well used. I believe at least during the week, most users are dog owners. I am not so sure that as many people would frequent the area during the week with limited or no dog access.
We will try our best to make the meeting.
Allison
In regards to the argument that Point Isabel is an adequate alternative for off leash dog walking, I would like to make the following points:
My veterinarian actually advised me not to take my dog to Point Isabel since there are so many dogs there, he felt there was a high potential for dogs being exposed to unvaccinated dogs and a higher rate of disease transmission. Despite this warning, I do occasionally take my dog to Pt Isabel, but find it doesn’t meet my dog’s needs since he’s a young high energy Springer Spaniel who needs to swim and run free. The water in the Pt Isabel estuary is often brackish and the currents too strong in other places there.
The Bulb is ideal for him. Hundreds of dog walkers make use of it , especially on weekends. I’d be very surprised if nearly as many non-dog walkers would use this area especially on weekdays.
I am a 59 year old Berkeley resident who has lived here almost 40 years. I would sorely miss the Bulb if leashes were required.
Please alert your readers to the opportunity to take a survey about the policies and practices of the East Bay Regional Park District: http://ebparks.org/planning/mp/survey.
This survey is extremely biased and has been carefully designed to elicit the responses that will support the Park District’s present policies as well as changes in policies that are previewed by this survey.
Thank you.
How can we organize to get information to people with dogs at the park that this freedom will be taken away from them and their pets? We need to be handing out flyers and informing people so that they can protest these intentions at the committee and council. I would like to work with others to take action.
D. Thanks for your interest. A group has been actively attending city council and board meeting regularly.
I will be uploading a petition sometime today or tomorrow, available to everyone who would like to help collect signatures.
We will also be launching a new dedicated website very soon that will give everyone a place to go to for more information and updates. Stay tuned!
I write an East Bay Dogs column for the Examiner.com. I would love to help in any way I can. I recently wrote this article on the Bulb.
http://www.examiner.com/dogs-in-san-francisco/the-albany-bulb-a-magical-spot-for-dog-and-human
I think we need to draw as much attention to the issue as possible.