You probably thought you personified tres chic, über urban coolness as you and your black Labrador retriever journeyed through Pioneer Square early yesterday afternoon. As you multi-tasked, you tied up your dog outside a bike rack as you stopped at a café on Yesler Way between Post and First avenues around 1:45 pm for a quick gorgonzola panini and a soy latté. You left your somber dog outside to lie on the cold pavement -- it wasn't sunny yesterday -- to wait as you indulged your hunger. Maybe you thought you performed a good deed by leaving a water dish in front of her for good measure.Hungry diner, what the hell were you thinking?
Did you really think it's cool to leave your lab exposed to the chilliness of the elements. Or worse, the scores of pedestrians from the Underground Tour more focused with taking snapshots from their smart phones than paying attention to your maudlin looking lab on the sidewalk.
Lest you forgot, the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 9.25.081(f) characterizes animal cruelty as to "tether or confine any animal in such a manner or in such a place as to cause injury or pain or not amounting to first-degree animal cruelty defined in RCW (Revised Code of Washington) 16.52.205."
Your lab looked bored and lonely as she waited for you to nosh. Do her a favor: Leave her home if you plan to eat out. Or stay home, boil a pot of water and fix yourself Nissin Cup Noodles (not Cup-A-Noodles, not Cup of Noodles) or Nong Shim Bowl Noodle Soup. Or a PBJ sandwich, with natural, stirring-required peanut butter if you must.
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