Letters

As activists destined to change bad dog owner behaviors, we need to
communicate the changes we expect. One form of communication is to write.
Write to your city council members, county commissioners, representatives,
newspaper editors, attorneys or anyone else who will listen and help create
change. We also need to put in writing our requests for peace from bad dog
owners in order to establish a legal, documented paper trail. This is not always
an easy task for those of us who do not enjoy writing or confrontation, but
hopefully we can help to make it effortless as possible without removing your
own personal style. Listed below is useful anti-dog assault, pack-a-punch
vocabulary to help you express yourselves:

Below are sample letters and awards to send to dogs owners. Feel free to adopt or
adapt and use the below samples for your own personal correspondence.

Dear Dog:

Your obnoxious owners are inconsiderately allowing you to bark
uncontrollably. We understand your distress due to either boredom or
abuse as we also feel irresponsible owners such as yours should not
ever be allowed to own pets or impose their animals on other people.
Please take your bad dog owners to obedience school so they know
how to live in a neighborhood and be socially responsible. If they
don't have the time to care for you as they should, please run away
from home and find a new owner. You deserve better.

Thank you,

Dear Irresponsible Dog Owner,

Your chronic barking dogs are creating unnecessary noise and disturbance
in the surrounding community and your neighbors are complaining.
Constant barking noise creates abnormal amounts of stress and personal
health damage for everyone involved. Allowing this behavior to continue is
an inconsiderate breach of social decorum. The City of ___________'s
nuisance law regarding barking dogs is:

Please control your dogs with either training, no-bark electronic devices, or
adequate human companionship to help your dog socialize properly. Your
neighbors would like to use their own property without constant disturbance
from your dog.

Thank you,

Dear Bad Dog Owner,

Allowing your dog to bark uncontrollably has inspired our film-making
followers to video and post your obnoxious animal on YouTube. Please logon:

Feel free to be ashamed as we are all embarrassed for you.

Thank you,

You have been nominated and selected as a receipient for the
BAD DOG OWNER AWARD
for failing to meet basic standards in dog ownership.
Your qualifications for this award include, but are not limted to:

Irresponsibly allowing your dog to bark uncontrollably without any consideration for your neighbors.
Inconsiderately failing to supervise or properly train your dog to be socially acceptable in society.
Creating a nuisance in what could be a very peaceful neighborhood.
Defying city nuisance laws designed to protect citizens from self-serving dog owning population.

You will be reevaluated in 30 days at which time you will either be personally reprimanded
by a police officer or thanked for adjusting your bad ownership behaviors.
Congratulations!

You have been nominated and selected as a receipient for the:

EXCELLENT DOG OWNER AWARD

Your qualifications for this award include:

Properly containing or confining your dogs.
Properly caring for and training your dog so as not to create a chronic barker.
Properly walking your dog with leash or confining it to your own property.
Properly picking up dog waste.

Thank you for being a model dog owner. We appreciate your kindness to the
animal community at large and your consideration to those of us who do not want
to be imposed upon by the animals of others.
Congratulations!

"Animated lawn ornaments" - great description of neglected dogs from Michael
Phillip Wright. Watch his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFe3YthPufg