WELCOME TO
CEDARDOGS cedardogs@yahoo.ca
This site is maintained by pupophiles for the doggie lovers, doggie haters and doggie dunnos who frequent Cedarvale Park in Toronto. Through our efforts, we hope to
HELP KEEP THE PARK BEAUTIFUL by encouraging responsible pet ownership and coexistence based on old fashioned good neighbour policies.
OUR DOGMA.
1. Common sense, dialogue and civility are cheaper than lawyers.
2. The park is for everyone. Doggie lovers have no more right to frighten and terrorize doggie haters than doggie haters do to frighten and terrorize us.
3. The park has as many two-footed as four-footed problems. As summer approaches, so too does the spectre of petty and serious crimes: drug-dealing in the vicinity of the school and the arena, vandalism to the school and the park facilities, dumping, littering, speeding cyclists who do not understand that even a slow-speed impact can seriously injure a child or an elderly person, the seasonal flashers and bashers in search of purses.
4. The presence of doggie lovers day and night keeps the park safe. We are there to help and to discourage those, many of whose faces and addresses we know from our long hours of tromping, from turning Cedarvale into a Young and Old Offenders playground.
5. The park is a public trust. It belongs to all of us . We must respect and protect it as we would our own property and the property of our neighbour. If we don't, it will become just another isolated crap encrusted scary lonely brown space.
THE OLD CEDARDOGS HAD LOGGED OVER 4,000 HITS IN ITS FIRST YEAR . THE NEW CEDARDOGS IS STARTING FRESH AS OF CANADA DAY, 2007.THOUGHTS.
Cedardogs is concerned at the disproportionate allocation of resources to enforcement versus the development of off-leash facilities and at the generally negative attitude towards the presence of dogs that permeates the report. We also question the need for new vehicles when bicycles would be far more inexpensive and environmentally responsible. Finally we are troubled at the lack of consultation: even the royal we only heard about the consultations on the fly. We have struggled with a small core of dog-haters in Cedarvale who have done everything from shouting at and intimidating us to following our children around with video cameras: the new process will allow Parks and Environment to target "hot spots" and rush through changes to off-leash areas. Will this be a back door that enables this small group to bully their agenda through?
PLEASE SIGN THE GUEST BOOK AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
WITH US ABOUT THE UPCOMING JULY 4, 2007 PARKS COMMITTEE
MEETING TO FINALIZE OFF-LEASH RULES.
Urgent Action: The Parks and Environment Committee meets at 9 a.m. on July 4, 2007 to finalize their recommendation to City Council about off-leash dog policy. Council itself will decide on July 16. You can find the policy and other information at The City of Toronto Parks and Recreation website or download the report here:
Download Dogs and Parks Strategy report:
