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Holes

At the park last evening I met a beautiful 11-year-old Rottie with a permanent limp. Her owner told me that her dog was injured at the airport dog park last year when she ran across a hole and twisted her foreleg in it, tearing a tendon. Because of her age, the veterinarians did not recommend surgery, and now this beautiful girl must live out her life in chronic pain.

There are a number of holes scattered around the grounds–some from dogs digging, others from burrowing animals. Many are almost impossible to see due to the grass cover. I stepped in one earlier this summer and pulled my Achilles tendon.  Ouch!

But I worry more for my dog as he’s bounding across the grass. I know he’s not watching his footing. It would be so easy for him to be injured as the Rottie girl was.

Is there anything we can do about this as a community? Should we have a hole-filling day periodically, similar to our spring cleanup?

All ideas are welcome! Please pipe up.  :)

Posted by Devon & Chaz on Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 at 11:59 am.

3 Responses to “Holes”

I’d be happy to meet up and fill some holes. Because of the size of the property, it would be handy if we first flagged the significant holes and then had a golf cart (or whatever) pulling a trailer with dirt. Several of us could step out and shovel the holes full.
I’ll help flagging at the very least… the shoveling I’ll leave to the more sturdy of body.
Belinda

Left by belindaloo on July 23rd, 2007

A golf cart’s a great idea, but I bet we’d have to get permission from MAC to have a vehicle on the property. You know, a lot of the holes could be filled just by raking dirt into it (especially the holes that were dug by dogs). Other holes will need to have dirt brought over, so I guess we’d have to use wheelbarrows or something.

Anyone have any other thoughts?

Left by Devon & Chaz on July 27th, 2007

holes are another sore point with me..we don’t need a big program
to fill them..i kick a little of the loose dirt back in..if we all did they
would fill in qiuck..a little dirt from the gopher diggings in a unused
poop bag dumped in would help on the bigger one..just a bit from
a number of people would work even in some of the cave-in spots
on the hillsides…and if folks watch their dog dig and don’t fill in
i’ll make a scene about that also…i’m from NY and don’t buy into
the Minnesota nice style..i’ll give out with a “hay you!!!yada-yada”

Left by A and A on September 30th, 2007

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