It is never “everyone” and “everything” and “all the time,” but both parties (who wrote previously on bringing pets and children to the Vancouver Farmers Market) are right and wrong when it comes to dog behavior and child behavior. It’s not the dogs, and it is not the children; it is the adults who are or should be responsible for them.
I agree that at times the dogs become a bit too much with owners standing in groups with their dogs and the leashes and blocking the traffic flow. And the barking and the fighting, etc. Many people bring their animals to the Vancouver Farmers Market to socialize them. I think they should be socialized elsewhere — walking the neighborhood or at a park — and then bring them to the market.
I made a suggestion to a previous market manager to no avail that they designate the first two or three hours on Saturday or Sunday to “no animals” time and then those who oppose them or fear them have their time without animal interference.
How about a survey?
Paula Person
Vancouver
