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The dog owners create a presents in this park, and help keep out a bad element. Should they stop going you do not who they may be replaced with. When was the last time you heard of someone being attack by a dog at this park?

XYZ . I can't believe your comments. My dog was attacked twice by dogs who frequent the park and the owners do not care . Everything this person wrote is absolutely correct. I am tired of being The one who always has to yell." Please leash your dog !" " What ?" " Please leash your dog " " Oh he's friendly" and continue sauntering as their dog is aggressively running up to mine . I stand frozen , keeping my dog close to me as possible , while the dog circles and circles mine and mine gets more and more tense as I am not allowing him to naturally defend his space. The owner NEVER moves faster than a snails pace. Never an apology, never taking responsibly. At the most you can have verbal insults thrown at you. The dogs keep out "bad elements" ???? Do you really want to make this statement and add the threat that should the dogs stop going who knows Who may replace them ??? . And no one is speaking of dogs no longer in the park. We are talking about dogs being on leash as it is posted at each entrance. Park rules, State law.
I say to the woman who wrote the post GOOD LUCK ! This has never been rectified since I have walked my leashed dogs there for 20 years. The Parks and Rec don't care ..Ive put in many calls and all one gets is excuses. A woman (on the board of Edgerton) very involved with the park tried very hard to rectify the situation for two years and finally gave up.

Marjorie Dursley No ,the park is not working fine...And she is not talking about being "afraid of dogs" That was two seven year old children she was referring to . She is talking about the rules being broken every day all day long. "asking a dog owner to put their dog on a leash does not work . Please read her post again. And try to imagine that she is speaking the truth. The ones who must have their dogs off leash are highly invested in denying these truths. you mentioned that Central Park has two hours a day for off leash . With all your volunteer work at the park perhaps you could create the same program here at Edgerton ? Dogs off leash 7-9 am.

What harm has the dogs caused?

Coco, would you please post your comment again? It seems someone here is controlling comments here by blocking. And it's pretty obvious...

Erika Lake -Thomas Please keep on this ...Someone here is blocking peoples comments...comments that are supporting your stance.

XYZ. try reading the post . your question will be answered.

The above commenter claims that the dog owners are "among the most responsible ... people who use the park each day" yet the same "responsible" dog owners can not be bothered to abide by the law, which says that dogs must be on-leash.

Yes, off-leash dogs are an issue, not only in Edgerton but also in East Rock Park. The Edgerton problem has gotten noticeably worse in recent months, with frequent large gatherings of more than ten dogs at a time.

Yes, there has been an issue of an off-leash dog attacking and injuring a person in recent memory. It was posted here on See Click Fix.

Off-leash hours at Edgerton would be a step in the right direction and would allow everyone to be aware of what they are walking into. Until then, please abide by the law and leash your dogs.

My initial post was blocked so I will respond again. The problem of off leash dogs at Edgerton Park has been increasing for year. Even though I live within steps of the park, I was unable to use it to walk my dogs because of the aggression (whether friendly or not) of the off leash dogs. My dogs were rescues who were terrified by having other dogs run up to them constantly. And also, I had NO INTEREST in interacting with anyone else's dogs. My daughter was traumatized in the park when a large off leash dog charged her, running from a distance building up great speed, knocked her over and circled her. The half-hearted calls of "he's friendly, he's friendly" meant nothing to us. One instance became frightening when I asked the owner of an aggressive off leash dog to get his dog away from us and put it on a leash. The man actually started screaming at me and threatening me. In front of my child while I was trying to wrangle my on leash dogs. THE RULE OF THE PARK IS THAT DOGS MUST BE ON A LEASH. We all want to use the park but those who refuse to follow the rule prevent that. There is an actual dog park on St. Ronan Street. Go there instead. I have called and written and posted here all to no avail. The culture in our community of ignoring rules is demoralizing and sad.

Coco , It needs to be investigated here why your comment was blocked. As was mine... no reason for either to be blocked. Thank you for posting ! And I will not put mine back up but write a new one, much longer one. XYZ seems to know the ins and outs of negotiating these posts... Perhaps he knows how an unauthorized person can block a post ???

Haven Thank you ! Yes it is a problem everywhere. The Eli Museum trail as well and the water company land next to Edgerton, anywhere where there is a park like setting or trail. Interestingly the one place that I know of that actively accepts dogs off leash in Branford is composed of invariably very courteous, conscientious, respectful dog owners. I walked there initially with great trepidation for fear of encountering the same attitude at Edgerton and perhaps worse as they are given the off leash ok. There , amazingly , 100 % of walkers, when they see me (at a distance ) with my dog on leash will , stop and leash their dogs. Or if they see me stopped and standing on the side with my dog ,again they leash up. And if any dogs are loose running ahead , reaching up to us before their owner does, when the owner sees us they will call their dog ,who ,well trained, will returns to owner on command , or with great apology run to get their dog . I am continually surprised by the quality of people here who could exploit their right to "off leash" and do not . I have never had an incident there .Yet, at Edgerton ESPECIALLY at Edgerton I have been insulted , told to control my dog ??!!! Why ? because after surrounded by two dogs with no owner in sight , being circled with one in front , in my dogs face and the other behind my dog, who will eventually bark to protect it's space. And quite frankly I am saddened that my dog who trusts me with his life will be continually told by me ,forced by me to act in a way contrary to his natural dog given right to express himself. I reprimand him for barking, barking when he has tried his best to follow my commands for as long as possible ,then finally breaks , because he must protect himself, his space and even me, the one who is making him betray his own sense , because of those who are completely irresponsible and often passive aggressive by refusing to speak with you when you address them as they refuse to retrieve their dog/s. I have so many stories and you , reading this will recognize your selves. One woman who has a number of small dogs, one day hid among the trees , rather than collecting her dogs. Actually hid under a tree ! This was after repeated encounters of explaining the leash rule. Another, a respected (?) therapist in the city pretends over and over and over that she didn't know her dog had to be on leash. What kind of therapist is this person who lies, who pretends her responsibility away? Why do I add stories here ? Because I know many of you quite well, your aggressive push back comments , demeaning entitled ones ..."Whose barking now ? " And the ones who have absolutely have no control over their dogs who are stunned when their dog will aggressively charge another and would rather than retrieving their dog just stand there insisting their dog is friendly and meekly calling it's name, while you are trying to keep your dog from fighting back .When you finally yell "Get your Dog ! " she will then pick up her pace but look at you as if you were some kind of monster. Coco , I am glad you wrote that a man screamed and threatened you. This happens , it happened to me as well. These are people who KNOW the rules of the park yet they feel the right to bully and worse, much worse.

Interesting ... my comment that was blocked by rejections early on It was directed to XYZ id suddenly reposted .. not by me ....??? who reposted this?? This was after I posted :

Coco , It needs to be investigated here why your comment was blocked. As was mine... no reason for either to be blocked. Thank you for posting ! And I will not put mine back up but write a new one, much longer one. XYZ seems to know the ins and outs of negotiating these posts... Perhaps he knows how an unauthorized person can block a post ???
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Active Citizen
Call See Click Fix 800 369-9060 and have them explain it to you

Haven
Who was injured?

Active Citizen
You remarked my post that stated, "The dog owners create a presents in this park, and help keep out a bad element. Should they stop going you do not who they may be replaced with",
was a threat. This is as much of a threat as someone saying if do not shovel your sidewalk someone my trip and fall. A threat would be a posted that read if dogs are not allowed to be off leash I personally will let a lion loose in the park.

XYZ, I don't know who it was. There was a posting a while back about someone being bitten and about subsequent tickets being given out for off-leash dogs at Edgerton. If I remember correctly, the posting stated that the police department enforced the leash law for only a day or two after the incident. The entry may have been deleted in the SeeClickFix purge.

In any case, it is only a matter of time before it happens again. I have personal experience with this, having been bitten by a friendly dog (not in New Haven) through no fault of my own.

Edgerton is a large enough space that real harm could come to someone before the "responsible" owner of the off-leash dog arrived at the scene of an incident. Especially now, when people don't have many safe places to go because of Covid, isn't it time that dog owners respected the law and made the parks safer for other people, especially children?

Does the city allow sled riding in the park? This can be dangerous if someone walking is hit by a sled.

Here is a solution have one part of the park where dogs can be off lead

I walk my dog in Edgerton park, always on leash. It's obvious I am a minority, as I rarely meet others in the park with their dogs on leash. Last year I was thanked by an older gentleman (without a dog) who said it was nice to see someone who followed the rules as he had been previously been bitten by a dog in the park. I don't have other details. While I love my dog and think he will be fine off-leash, the park has posted rules and they should be followed.

If controlling gentle dogs running free — playing with children and enjoying nature in a park with 25 acres and few humans, and responsible dog owners — is really your top concern in this city, then good luck to you and your priorities.

Marjorie Dursley Either you are really invested in denial or not reading these sincere posts that have extensively explained and given personal incidents. It seems your top concern is to break / ignore / snub your nose at Edgerton Park rules posted at each entrance.

Active Citizen
You are making many accusations. You even instigated that I was deleting people's posts, in which you owe me an apology. If you really think I am deleting people's post please report me to See Click Fix 800 369-9060. You even accused me of threating, when you call See Click Fix don't forget to tell this and showing them the evidence.

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