From Gerald:
Our beloved Sweet Pea has gone missing. Pea went missing yesterday evening in the Fort Dupont park neighborhood in southeast Washington in the vicinity of Massachusetts Avenue. Pea’s wearing a tag but is not microchipped. Any prayers/help from readers is very much appreciated!
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact me at Mideighties7(at)gmail.com or (202) 729-2232
Photo courtesy of Robyn Swirling
From an email:
We’ve formed a group called Friends of Columbia Heights Dog Park, to support improvements to and maintenance of the dog park at 11th & Park Roads NW. The park is currently a bit of an eyesore, and we want to fix that (as well as a number of safety and sanitation issues) by putting down a different ground material, building a double-entry gate, closing up areas where small dogs can escape, and creating enforceable rules and norms. The land is owned by WMATA, which makes doing this work on our own a little more challenging (we’re totally willing to do all the work, but need guidance and input from them to ensure they still have all the access they need to do what they do). We want to be able to go to them with a list of MANY supporters as part of our effort to get this done. So if you’re a dog owner who uses the park (or you don’t use it because you think it’s gross), and/or you’re a neighborhood resident who is interested in seeing the park get beautified and better maintained, please sign up at www.columbiaheightsdogpark.org.
Dear PoPville,
My neighbor’s dog was just accidentally let out by a contractor. She is a two year old black and white pitbull wearing a pink collar and answers to Sasha. She is incredibly sweet and loves people and other dogs. She is chipped and their contact info is on her collar.
Last seen at running up NJ avenue, NW. Lives near 4th and N st NW.
11th and Park Rd, NW
@LisaMabe sends us word around 7:20pm:
“Pitbull attack (dog on dog) just went down at the 11th Str. dog park. Dog injured. #ColumbiaHeights”
“Dear PoPville,
I found this dog in the alleys of Trinidad on May 1. If anyone recognizes him, please contact me nhayes25(at)gmail(dot)com.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user sophiagrrl
Dear PoPville,
I’ve lived on my street in lower Shaw for seven years, not that it should matter. Our building has a small patch of grass with no fencing. We’re really the only non-wrought iron fenced lawn on the block. We’re also the crappiest building on the block, but again, that shouldn’t matter. I’m writing because recently I’ve started politely asking people not to curb their dog on our lawn. I’m a tenant, it is private property and the many children in the building play on this space. Dogs are not permitted in the building so it’s not an issue with the tenants who share the property. I’ve encountered everything from “I’ve lived in this neighborhood for X years!!” to anger and people flinging curses at me to the weirdest “Go back to Norther Virginia (bleep bleep)!” I’m working with the landlord to put up those no-pooping signs, but in the meantime I just wanted to see if anyone out there in PoPville can tell me why my neighbors feel so entitled to let their dog feces be, even if temporarily, plotzed upon private property? Would it be okay if I curbed a dog on your fenced lawn even if I cleaned it up? I’m frustrated and pretty sure the next time someone reacts with anything but “Oh, no problem” I’m going to scream like a crazy person.
Open to Suggestions
A reader sends:
“Found near 14th & Allison St NW. 2 year old male yorkie with red collar. Call Dr. Karen @ 202 494-8631 if you lost a dog.”
Dear PoPville,
A neighbor found a very sweet, well-behaved, housebroken, neutered male pitbull in the middle of East Capitol St. at 14th St. early this morning. David James is walking around the neighborhood and parks to see if anyone recognizes the pup. He took him to the area vets this morning, but no one recognized him, and he is chipped, but it was never activated. The vet figured he was around a year old. David’s landlord is insisting that the dog be out of his apartment by the end of the day today. David’s contact info is 202-489-1107, and his email is DJLantz(at)me.com. I am emailing for him because he is continuing to wander the streets looking for the dog’s owners. Can you please post his picture to see if anyone recognizes, or is willing to take this guy in? He seems like a great dog.
I actually have an update from David as of a few minutes ago. He checked back in with the Humane Society, who said a man came in asking for a dog matching the pup’s description, The guy refused to leave his name or information, and the person at the shelter said they would have hesitated to turn the dog over, even if he had been there. So, David is now looking for someone who might be willing to adopt this good boy.
Dear PoPville,
Someone in the middle of the block between 14th and 15th put out open rat poison dipped in peanut butter in their backyard. These yards are only 13ft wide and already the rats have carried it beyond the drop point. Two dogs in houses on either side have been poisoned in the last week – our small dog almost fatally. It’s an anticoagulant, and can be easily treatable if caught in time. Symptoms include dry, hacking cough lack of appetite and lethargy, and unstoppable bleeding from even minor cuts or abrasions. If your dog shows any of these symptoms get them to a vet immediately. We believe the poison was left out in the back yard, so houses with pets in the middle of the blocks on T Street and Swann St NW that share the common alley should be extremely careful.
A reader sends this scene in by 1st Street, NE and North Capitol, on G St, right near Union Station.