Name:   Lakewood - Subject:   Dogs at lake Date:   6/2/2016 12:48:18 PM

I have to say, as a former newspaper delivery boy from back in the old days who's been barked at PLENTY of times: a person who pulls a gun to kill a dog when he feels "threatened" has a problem. A bullying problem. Resorting to firearms MIGHT be necessary if you are truly attacked by a truy savage/wild dog or a pack of wild ones, but those situations are extremely rare. The chances are very very high that 99% of the barking dogs you encounter are barking at you becaise they are unfamilar with you, and perhaps protective. Even the slightest mature judgment will get both you and the dog out of any such situation. I'm a gun owner, but I'm really starting to to get annoyed by these faux-macho threats to solve all your problems with a firearm "because you can."

That said, it's apparet that the roaming packs of condo-dwellers in our area have changed the nature of thingds for m who's been coming to the Lake for over 60 years, wiht and without dogs. It's approaching suburbia up here now, unfortunately, and we're going to have to fence in our dogs, it looks like. Not to protect you: to protect them from isolated packs of savage gun-owners trying to make a point and pretending to be nature-boys.