Beautiful but people are becoming more and more hostile to dog owners

I’m a local. This is my favorite place to go. It WAS my favorite place to take my dog. I love the lagoon too. But people are becoming more and more hostile to dog owners here. There’s no ecological reason for a leash law at the beach. Absolutely none. And I can understand they want to protect birds but there are so many people in inner tubes and boating in the lagoon-they are the people who make more of a mess than a few dogs at the waterline fetching a stick ever could. Mine can’t fetch but what the heck?! I’m talking about other dogs but the fact is they’re going to send Ricky the Ranger on you to give you a ticket even if you’re not bugging anyone and it’s after sunset. Absurd. The crowds of families on the weekend are far dirtier. There are a bunch of aging uptight folks who want to enjoy “their” beach but not let others do that. Hey, I’m an aging “local”-maybe not local enough for them (not Carmel) but what the heck? They’re a bunch of Karens.

Jun. 19, 2021