When the cancer temptation struck, you couldn't resist the urge to fuel the beast. So you leashed up your adorable black-and-tab cocker and headed off to the Rainier Valley Rite Aid for a pack of More filters and a Twix bar. Around 4 pm this afternoon, you tied Cookie to the post of the sign denoting disabled parking and went inside to make your purchases.Meanwhile, your cocker was tethered with just enough slack to maneuver off the curb and into the disabled parking slot. If Cookie escaped the leash, he could've run into a lot full of cars from shoppers purchasing supplies for tomorrow's Fourth of July barbecue. Or, worse, Cookie could've roamed South McClellan Street or Rainier Avenue South.
What the hell were you thinking?
Seattle Municipal Code 9.25.081(F) says it is unlawful to "tether or confine any animal or in such a place as to cause injury or pain not amounting to first degree animal cruelty defined in RCW 16.52.025, or to endanger the animal."
Here's an alternate but equally troubling theory: Somebody could untie the leash and walk off with Cookie. And maybe you wouldn't find your precious pup advertised on Craig's List. Don't snicker: pet thieves in Rainier Valley have no compunction about taking dogs out of their own fenced yards. Do you think tying Cookie to a sign post is a deterrent? You don't really believe all those "missing" and "lost" dogs are runaways...
Leave your dog at home.
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