Bad Campground Neighboor
I went boating last weekend with my cousin . She and her friend were camping at Robert Treman SP. We had a good day out on Saturday. She told me, she camped until Monday,park got kinda empty . Then A...
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“Then A guy and his wife brought a pitbull and was camping next to her. She was always afraid of dogs,guy insisted on letting dog run free and onto her site. Her boyfriend asked guy to keep dog on his own site. This guy cursed them out using the blank you word and said im from NY this is my campground. My cousin packed up and left.I cant believe a state park would allow pitbulls ,maybe he didn't tell them. I told her she should have reported this guy to the rangers. But their camping was ruined and they left. “
Well as all rants go this one is from a one sided view of a situation, but is farther one step removed and relayed with a second bias to top the first…
Much gets lost in the translation of a rant and its spin… even more the second time around…
It seems there is contributing facts from all the parties to the problem… first and foremost the apprehension of the cousin about dogs… the reported refusal of the neighbor to control his dog and his insistence to allow it to run free… the manner in which the cousins boyfriend told the neighbor to keep the dog out… then the apparent quick departure from the CG opposed to any resolution…
I still have to wonder who is most at fault… no excuses, certainly the dog owner should always have the dog leashed (by rule, if nothing else) but was this truly a irresponsible dog owner or a simple case of the dog that escaped that control… while ultimately it was the dog owners fault even if it was a brief escape of his pet, to me it seems there was a shared responsibility of the problem driven by apprehension and fear, not allowing enough time or effort to resolve the problem…
The problem made worse by the OP’s apprehension of what is called by some as a pit-bull and the negative reputation they must carry, deserved or not…
Better communication might have resolved the entire problem without escalation, and if not allowing the park authorities to handle the problem would have in almost all cases…
Well as all rants go this one is from a one sided view of a situation, but is farther one step removed and relayed with a second bias to top the first…
Much gets lost in the translation of a rant and its spin… even more the second time around…
It seems there is contributing facts from all the parties to the problem… first and foremost the apprehension of the cousin about dogs… the reported refusal of the neighbor to control his dog and his insistence to allow it to run free… the manner in which the cousins boyfriend told the neighbor to keep the dog out… then the apparent quick departure from the CG opposed to any resolution…
I still have to wonder who is most at fault… no excuses, certainly the dog owner should always have the dog leashed (by rule, if nothing else) but was this truly a irresponsible dog owner or a simple case of the dog that escaped that control… while ultimately it was the dog owners fault even if it was a brief escape of his pet, to me it seems there was a shared responsibility of the problem driven by apprehension and fear, not allowing enough time or effort to resolve the problem…
The problem made worse by the OP’s apprehension of what is called by some as a pit-bull and the negative reputation they must carry, deserved or not…
Better communication might have resolved the entire problem without escalation, and if not allowing the park authorities to handle the problem would have in almost all cases…
