[MissTed]

Leash laws are for other people's dogs.

[svcw]

ticketed ......... makes more sense I thought the headline read: Lafayette dog owner pepper-sprayed, then tickled, after confrontation

I really need new glasses.

[x1stcav]

Boulder cyclists are crap. They are a constant irritant to everyone else that has to put up with their arrogance. Yeah, I know, West should have had control of his dogs but unless you had to put up with these a$$holes you don’t know what an aggravation they are.

[dljordan]

“Leash laws are for other people’s dogs.”

It’s perfectly legal to have them off the leash here if they are under your voice control. Unfortunately most of them aren’t. I’ve seen so many large dogs running loose on the trails because there owners thought they wouldn’t harm anyone.

[allmendream]

1. Large and or aggressive breed of dog. One of two. Check.
2. Running loose, often >1. Check.
3. Unrealistic appraisal of dogs capacity for violence by owner. Check.
4. Previous reports of dogs acting aggressive and/or running loose. Check.

Pretty much four for four.

I like the voice command proviso of their off leash law. Your dog is off leash? That is fine, so long as when you call it, it comes to you.

This guy obviously thought his dogs chasing the bike guy was A-OK until they got pepper sprayed, or they were completely out of his control. Either way he deserved the ticket, and most likely the pepper spray as well.

[mbynack]

I love my dogs and a few of them are well trained. However, I would never let them off leash when not in a fenced area. I’ve never owned a dog that would come to me if it saw a squirrel, a cat, or someone on a bike first.

[Sax]

Toll said he isn't buying it. "The white one wants my flesh," he said.

Yep, sure does look like a vicious killer to me.

[Howudoing]

I don’t care how nice it is, if I see a hundred pound dog running at me, I’m going to defend myself! I mean heck, that dog weighs as much as I do!

[Oztrich Boy]

What jessy uses pepper spray? The Cheese eating surrender monkeys created the Velo-Dog

[tpmintx]

Quick personal experience regarding “voice control” of dogs.

Years ago, my then 4YO daughter was bit on the face by a neighbor’s German Shepherd dog in public area (alley). The guy was telling everyone that there is no way the dog could have bit her, as it was under his voice control.

An atty pointed out to me that this claim of his turns it from a random dog-bite case to one of felony assault. If the dog was 100% under control and it did what it did, then it must have been at his command. His atty must have told him same thing because he shut up about it shortly after that.

Be careful when claiming your dog is under your control. Unlike a firearm, a dog can do what it wants if there is no physical control.