Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-24 | Page 8 | On Being Kind to Dogs

I On Being Kind to Dogs THIS THIS HIS Is National Dog week week and and the celebration A tion of the event in Salt Lake City W was initiated by the severe biting of two children near their home in the block on South Third West street It wasn't a very auspicious beginning for forthe forthe forthe the week but it does floes emph emphasize ize one of the main objectives of the observance this year ear that that dog owners should keep their animals under control Mrs Laura McCurdy Clark chairman of the weeks week's observance and one of the nations nation's largest kennel owners pointed out that it is isan isan isan an obligation of pet owners to be kind to their dogs and to take proper care of them hem It ItIs ItIs Itis Is not being kind to a dog to let it stray always ys without attention she said There are no reasons for lor animals to run loose and this means dogs as well as the neighbors' neighbors chickens or pigs or cows It t is a point which many dog owners too frequently overlook The real dog lover will take proper care of his pet and keep him under control not so much as an obligation to neighbors as an obligation to the dog There would never be any controversy over dogs or any need for passage and enforcement enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of laws prohibiting dogs from roaming the streets if all dog owners really loved their pets enough to take proper care of them