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A couple weekends ago I went to visit a friend and we went to our favourite renaissance festival. This place is amazing and we always have such a blast, laugh ourselves into tears, and then come home and pass out from a day spent walking, laughing, reuniting with old friends, and just having a ball.
This festival is permanently there, and huge. We don't walk around the whole thing, but even still we put in a good half mile, if not more, of walking each time. On the way out we usually stop at one bridge to catch a breather before tackling the last hill. As we are waiting we see a couple come along with a black lab. The dog was bouncy and delighted to be there. They stopped by the carousel. (For the record, the carousel there has living animals: llamas, a zony (zebra pony), ponies, even a zebu (kinda like a mini Brahma bull)) The dog promptly squatted to relieve itself and then they traipsed off... and left the mess behind.
Now this festival allows dogs, but makes it clear that owners must clean up all solid waste. There are often beautiful Irish Wolfhounds, a Poodle that the owner has groomed and spray-coloured to look like a dragon, a woman who comes with a cart full of caged ferrets, and many other beautiful animals. To have some obvious non-renny come in and defile the place like that just had me livid. I was tempted to go over and say something. People nearly stepped in the mess made, and not only that but I saw the dog do it again further down the road. It is just unthinkably rude to do something like that. I hope they don't ruin the fun and cause the festival to reconsider letting dogs in.
This festival is permanently there, and huge. We don't walk around the whole thing, but even still we put in a good half mile, if not more, of walking each time. On the way out we usually stop at one bridge to catch a breather before tackling the last hill. As we are waiting we see a couple come along with a black lab. The dog was bouncy and delighted to be there. They stopped by the carousel. (For the record, the carousel there has living animals: llamas, a zony (zebra pony), ponies, even a zebu (kinda like a mini Brahma bull)) The dog promptly squatted to relieve itself and then they traipsed off... and left the mess behind.
Now this festival allows dogs, but makes it clear that owners must clean up all solid waste. There are often beautiful Irish Wolfhounds, a Poodle that the owner has groomed and spray-coloured to look like a dragon, a woman who comes with a cart full of caged ferrets, and many other beautiful animals. To have some obvious non-renny come in and defile the place like that just had me livid. I was tempted to go over and say something. People nearly stepped in the mess made, and not only that but I saw the dog do it again further down the road. It is just unthinkably rude to do something like that. I hope they don't ruin the fun and cause the festival to reconsider letting dogs in.
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