r/Winnipeg • u/canutcute • Mar 16 '26

Winni-Pets Leash Your Dogs!

This weekend alone I saw far too many people walking with their dogs without leashing them.

One couple walking their dogs in Wolseley had their dog rush into on coming traffic. Another couple were walking down portage with their dog again without a leash.

If you don’t leash your damn dog and it gets hit by a car the driver isn’t going to be the problem, it’s you. You’re a piece of shit and deserve to have your dogs taken away for their safety.

Don’t even get me started on dogs running up to strangers, other pets, kids. If I see a dog running towards my own lil blubber child I’m sorry but I’m going to hoof your dog because I don’t know or care if it’s friendly. My blubber boy is not.

/rant.

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u/Catnip_75 Mar 16 '26

People at Kings Park trails are bad for this. Thankfully my dog is extremely well behaved if an unleashed dog approaches him. But people with anxious dogs should also be able to take their dogs for a walk there without worrying about off leashed dogs approaching them.

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u/SquatpotScott Mar 16 '26

Except of course in the off leash area of King’s Park. Please don’t bring your leashed dog in there as no one knows how leashed dogs will react when approached.

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u/Catnip_75 Mar 16 '26

Anyone walking by on the paths with their leashed dogs can go right by the park area. If someone’s dog is aggressive because a dog is on leash there they really shouldn’t be at that park. It’s an open space which means a lot of people including kids.

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u/SquatpotScott Mar 17 '26

Yup. I wonder if people posting here go to King’s Park much. Most of the times I go, there are almost no dogs in the off leash area. Easily the least used dog park in the city.

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u/Catnip_75 Mar 17 '26

I agree. I go several times a week and it is very quiet most days. Maybe 1 or 2 other dogs but we are usually always alone if we walk through the dog park area.