Frightening time walking my dog
I have just returned from walking my dog in Western Park. That's right, walking my dog. Not standing in one spot letting dogs run wild, and fouling everywhere, which is what one women was doing on Tuesday afternoon.
It's not an uncommon sight on that park, but this incident not only upset my dog, it distressed me.
As I was walking towards the path that leads towards Glenfield Road, I saw a women in the distance with two large dogs running around.
I decided to put my dog on the lead and go in the opposite direction. Before I could get on to the path, her alsatians came at full tilt towards me.
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She saw them coming, but turned her back and looked the other way.
I picked my little dog up before she could get knocked off of her feet. As they couldn't get to her, they was jumping up at me.
I could feel one of their mouths on my hands. Fearing the worst – and here I was on my own, a mere 5ft 2in with no one else around other than the ignorant dog owner, I began shouting at the top of my voice for the owner to call her dogs back.
She turned around, ignored me and them and carried on talking on her phone.
My shouting seemed to frighten the dogs away, thankfully.
This incident frightened me. She should be thankful that I'm young and steady on my feet.
It's about time owners stopped letting their dogs run riot in parks.
Not only does it make owners who are trying to walk their dogs in peace have an unpleasant walk, it gets responsible dogs walkers bad names and that, no doubt, will one day end up getting dogs banned from parks.
If the ignorant dog owner in question is reading this, my dog is fine, thanks, though I got back from my quite walk with a dirty coat and a very sore throat from shouting.
Liza Patterson, Glenfield.
I am a descendant of Ernest William Nicol's second marriage. He was my grandfather.
I believe there may be descendants of his first marriage to Margaret Wilkinson living in the Leicester area.
If you believe this may be you, I would welcome having e-mail contact. This is purely for genealogical purposes.
pat.pollard@ntlworld.com
Can anyone please explain to me why it is at all necessary to fill in what is called a "captcha" when filling in details for a petition etc on the internet?
For those like me who had not heard of a captcha before, it is the little box with jumbled-up letters and numbers that have been distorted and made difficult to read.
It sometimes takes me two or three attempts before I get it right and it can be very frustrating, especially if I have a lot of entries to make for a worthy cause.
I cannot see it providing any form of security or other useful service.
Art Zarb, Oadby.
I was reading last week about the proposed plans for the cathedral gardens and also Jubilee Square.
As a taxpayer, I would like to know where they get the quotes for how much it is going to cost for the work to be done.
Before they go ahead with the work, I think they should publish in the Mercury all the costs and quotes for each individual job.
I for one would be very interested to know how they get the figures.
G Singh, Leicester.
I totally agree that the death sentence should be reintroduced. There are more murders now than I can remember in my life of 70 years.
These people are usually given small sentences and a life of luxury in jail.
Can we please have a vote on this subject?
Michaerl D Kitchener, Leicester.
Comments
by karinfall1955
Saturday, September 29 2012, 10:37AM
“@graydjames. Respect your opinion but still think Liza was responding in a hysterical manner. The two shepherds were probably young and playful but she automatically thought they were going to tear her little pet limb from limb. Yes, agreed their owner probably didn't help the situation but perhaps she too thought Liza a little over the top. I have often walked large dogs and too often people scoop up their little dog before we are even close. It is a dog, they like to socialise; they often create a neurotic pet by treating it like a child.”
by graydjames
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:32PM
“Sorry I hit submit before I had finished the last point
So I was saying that in 1981 when France abolished the death penalty they were the 35th state to vote for abolition. By September 2011 138 of the 194 states who comprise the UN are abolitionist.
Do we really want to take the UK backwards so that it becomes a member of the barbarous countries of the world.”
by graydjames
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:29PM
“In fact in the last two or three years the homicide rate has fallen in the UK. I believe 2011 was the lowest since 1983. Rates did reach a peak in the early 2000s although there were some signifcant one off factors such as Harold Shipman and the London bombings.
The crucial point is that there is no evidence that the death penalty actually acts as a deterrent. In the US the states with the detah penlaty have higher homicide rates than those without it. Violence breeds violence. It's a simple relationship.
Most people who call for the death penalty do so from the motive of vengeance. This is a very bad reason for having a death penalty.
Slowly but surely countries of the world are more and more moving to abolish the death penalty. In 1981 when France abolished the death penalty there were the 35th state to vote for abolition.”
by graydjames
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:03PM
“I see your point karinfall, but it does not address the real issue that this lady appears to have been entirely indifferent to the fact that her dogs were generally making a nuisance of themselves. Instead she continued to talk on her telephone and ignored the situation. This is rude, ignorant and insensitive and typical of people's general disregard for others.”
by graydjames
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:00PM
“Yes, stoned's understanding is mine too. Essentially they are designed to ensure a human is completing the form. They do serve a useful purpose and they are deliberately made to be tricky to get right. That's why, usually, they have the option to listen to the word that one is required to input and also provide an option to change the captcha as many times as you like until you see something that you can more easily read.”
by karinfall1955
Friday, September 28 2012, 7:46PM
“Sorry Liza but people who automatically pick up their small dogs or walk the other way as soon as they see something bigger than a spaniel do annoy me. It's a dog not a little man in a furry suit. Walk him on the lead around the roads by all means and it won't happen. Dogs socialise on parks, they sniff bottom - it's what they do.
Don't assume because a dog is large it is dangerous.”
by Stoned
Friday, September 28 2012, 8:04AM
“As I understand it a 'captcha' enables websites to foil technology that can automatically access sites such as petitions to allow multiple votes without the need for someone to input the information. Captcha makes it difficult for software to 'read' the numbers and letters and as these are often difficult for humans to interpret I imagine thay are successful in doing that.”