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Dogs on cape beaches?
What are the rules regarding dogs on beaches and how strictly are they enforced... looking to take the pooch w/us for a week in June... Either sagamore or dennis area.
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The rules differ depending on the beach.
On any of the beaches infested with plovers, dogs must be on a leash 6' or shorter - no retractable leashes. With regards to the other beaches, a google search brought this site up. http://www.petfriendlytravel.com/?pa...#Massachusetts I'm not positive the accuracy of it. I think you may be SOL for the sag/dennis area. |
These days plan on a short leash...period
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Every town has a leash law................sometimes I think my wife and I are the only ones who follow that particular rule.
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I'm so sick of the dog nonsense on cape beaches. In chatham we can't have them on hardings or lighthouse beach at all from april through september. I know piping plovers are important (to someone) and whatnot just why not short leashes or soemthing instead istead of banning them all together, it drives me nuts!
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i know coast guard beach in eastham is no dogs allowed, anytime punishable by death. i don't know about the other nps (nazi park service) beaches. probably the same. soon humans will be banned as well. except for the guards, their vehicles, park service biologists and their vehicles, usf&w and their vehicles, arts dune tours and their vehicles (gov vehicles have special tires that don't hit birds or their eggs) and the audubon (they like to walk)........soon they will have what they want, a private bird sanctuary that runs the length of the cape.
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Bourne prohibits dogs on their beaches (including the Sagamore beaches) between May 1 and Oct. 15.
We have a leash law, but no one has ever hassled me for letting my dogs run loose on Sagamore Beach in the offseason. I would say that you could probably get away with letting your dog run loose in the very early morning or late evening, even in-season. I think the worst think our DNR officers would do is tell you to leash it. |
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Yeah, I was hoping to be able to walk her on the beach early mornings/late in the evening. Almost definitely leashed... My wife is a leash nazi... |
it's ludacrous
to think that dogs are not allowed to run free anywhere
it's like hobbling all the wild horses birds -> clip their wings -> No more flying for you fish - put them in a freakin barrel Bunch of stupid rules |
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There is a no leash park in Hingham. One of my coworkers has been trying to get me to bring the pup there.
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Real Good fishing off that park as well...can you say mouth or right inside the mouth of the Back River (think Herring Run) at a bend....very very nice fishing if my memory and photo album serve me correctly!!!!!!! |
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I'm betting it isn't just a plover issue...its also a Dog Crap issue.
Summer time a lot of people spend the day at the beach and towns want there beaches clean for the Touristas...... |
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2 years ago, a nice spring day, I take my kids, 3 and 5 at the time, along with my wife to a little pond down the road for a little freshwater fishing. I dug up some worms. wife packed a lunch, it was going to be a nice relaxing morning lazing in the sun catching sunfish. After about 1 hour or so, a dog, some large spaniel type, comes flying around us. It was one of those super jumpy dogs, knocking everything and jumping on my kids. My kids were clamoring up my waist screaming, they were terrifyied. I chased the dog away and we wacthed it do the same to another family. This continued for close to 1/2 hour. My kids were miserable and just watched the dog in the distance, he came back to spread his joy again. It takes alot to get me po'd but I was ready to truly kill the animal. An old couple, late 70s, started to approach and it became obvious it was their dogs, I went up to them, fuming and told them they are lucky I didnt break the dogs neck and throw it into the water. The guys said he didnt blame me and the apologized. We left and my kids still talk about it today. Our nice day endined up s#^^^^^&g. Long story, my point that dogs are very intimidating to little kids, we've had many run up to us on beaches and my kids freak. I like dogs but I was pulled off my bike by a german shepard when I was 12 delivering papers, had to get stitches, so I realize they can cause damage. just another perspective |
i hear ya Jimmy
but some people actually train their dogs! i leash train my dogs at eight weeks old or 6 weeks old depending on when i get the pup...for two months straight they don't do what i say- when i say it- i make them do it... there's no maybe i'll do it... because what ever you let them do becomes a habit. it's snap your fingers and they do what you ask with allot of praise and reward for their obedience after wards no ifs, ands, or buts... and it's for their own darn good... such as no jumping out of a car window stopped or moving like when i arrive anywhere in the car i sit for almost a minute perfectly still and silent so there's no tendency for bolting and the dog doesn't dare get out until i say the magic "OK" that being said...my dogs are always herding dogs that need to run and fetch everything you throw for them... dogs cannot run and fetch when on a six foot leash and some dogs absolutely live for that i just think that some beaches could have a section dedicated for them.... and the owners should have plastic bags for stool pick up or be heavily fined ... I have been attacked by a dog that tore all my clothes off as a kid and it even ripped and tore off my underwear,my shirt, and i had to take my shredded pants and wrap them around me like a diaper just to walk home. I had many bite marks and scratches all over me too. on the other hand i do not believe in recoil leashes as one almost killed my mother in law when her little dog ran it around her legs twice tripping her as she stumbled all tied up and came so close to (just 2 inches away) bashing in her skull on a brick mailbox enclosure. that i thank God it did not happen.... too. |
Damn Jimmy. I've seen similar situations like yours happen. All the time, people are walking their dogs without a leash - the problem arises when the dogs are not trained.
My mum has 4 dogs. I know that 2 of them can be taken anywhere without a leash because they are extremely well trained. "Hey!" is all it takes and they stop in their tracks. It's a completely different story on the other two (they were adopted as adult dogs). It's tough enough keeping those two under control with a leash. On the beaches in the off season is one thing, but in a populated area with little kids, letting a dog run wild is irresponsible. I'm sorry your kids had such a bad experience. Experiences like that at a young age can stick for a long time. |
Recent editorial in the BI Times re keeping dogs leashed suggested that we think of all beaches as "wildlife first" areas. They'll be banning us and the dogs from the beach soon.
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oh yeah
well they will have a fight on their hands that they will not win
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Bingo.................Dogs are restricted and/or not allowed because people walking in bare feet at the beach are sick of walking in doggy poo. Many more people are picking it up than used to, which is awesome, but it could still be improved upon. |
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Thats good to know. My last dog we never really allow her to socialize, but htis one we more than likely will, so she wont be so afraid of other dogs. |
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Anyone have any recommendations on reasonably prices places to stay that allow dogs in the Truro area? I usually stay at Horizons but I think it's unlikely you could have a dog there.
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I would bet they'd rather have a dog in the room than s moker and the worse the economy/rental market gets I'll bet any motel will let you bring the dog. |
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