Posted on 08/29/2019 1:12:09 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Everyone knows there’s a problem with Chubbs.
Dirt is smeared across his face. His tongue is rolling out of his mouth. He’s surrounded by signs that say “NO EXCESSIVE BARKING.”
But the 5-month-old golden retriever does not know how to read. At a dog park in one of Maryland’s wealthiest suburbs, he spends this sunny August morning rolling on his back. He opens his mouth, and then, he does it.
He woofs. Twice.
“CHUBBS!” four humans around him yell, trying to stop him from doing what dogs do — just not in Chevy Chase Village this summer.
Here in this community of the rich and powerful, where the average household income is $460,000, barking is the subject of a ferocious (fur-ocious?) debate — one that has divided the two-legged one-percenters for nearly a year.
The drama began last fall when the village spent $134,000 to turn a muddy triangle of land into a park where pups could run off-leash in a fenced refuge. Chase tennis balls. Sniff one another’s butts.
*SNIP*
At the center of it all is Elissa Leonard, chair of the village board and wife to Jerome H. Powell, who is also a chair — of the Federal Reserve. In recent months, her husband has been under attack from President Trump, who appointed him but blames him for the tanking stock market. “My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?” the president tweeted Friday.
*SNIP*
"Where’s the democratic process?” Martin asked in an interview last week. “Why is the 1 percent deciding for the 99 percent?
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That would never fly in a condo development! Thank goodness there is space between you and the barker. Heh.
No way they bark (howl) more than a pair of beagles, no way.
Aww.. Hugs for your doggie.. They are a sweet breed. My neighbors husband was definitely the primary caregiver to their doxies.. Always together. Dogs are the best.
"Woof" - if it's someone else's dog.....
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