Some dog owners need to be brought to heel

By Father Brendan Lee
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:54am, first published January 29 2019 - 7:00pm
UNLEASHED: The fact is, dog owners cannot know for certain that their unleashed dog will not hurt someone one day.
UNLEASHED: The fact is, dog owners cannot know for certain that their unleashed dog will not hurt someone one day.

For a man who likes telling shaggy dog stories, I’m actually not the biggest fan of dogs. When I was a boy out walking with my family, I watched helplessly as my father had his ankle mauled by a dog – a dog that belonged to people we knew. That was a day I will never forget.

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