Dogs no longer allowed to pee on Hondo

From:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gbSUnl92nHxsbi2iJDIOrqvNdKTQ

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A fire hydrant painted as an American flag has been removed from a dog park after complaints it was disrespectful to let dogs use it for what dogs do.

The new leash-free park was named for Hondo, a police dog killed 10 years ago chasing a suspect, and the flag-painted hydrant was intended as a tribute to him. "We put a lot of effort into it," said artist Jason Ross.

However, after a photo of the hydrant appeared Sunday in The Oregonian newspaper, e-mails started arriving at the parks department.

"That gallant dog must be turning in his grave at the thought of the flag being desecrated every time a dog pees on that hydrant!" wrote Louanne Douris, a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer.

 

I thought Hondo just dropped puppies off bridges . . .

 

I don't want to live in a country where dogs can't pee on hondo.

 

Clearly, these people hate freedom.

 

No doubt the terrorists have won.

 

This is seriously the best thread title, like ever.

 

But we're still in the clear, right?

 

Let's see.

Open a dog park so dogs can be dogs.

Put in a fire hydrant so dogs can be dogs.

Get annoyed when dogs act like dogs.

Sounds like Hondo.

 

Look, that might be true, but these dogs are only getting attention because they are black.

If this were a bunch of conservative Christian missionaries who were beaten like baby seals by the ACLU and the editorial board of the New York Times, then you wouldn't have heard a peep about this story.

If you can't see that, you probably use hackneyed forties slang involving the transportation of produce.

 

The dogs in Hillsboro, Ore. have my blessing to urinate where they normally do.

And Hondo was a helluva dog.

 

They're putting Hondo back!

From: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1190949917150230.xml&coll=7

The city said Thursday that it will restore the hydrant, which was elevated 18 inches off the ground, with a temporary barrier. But the final solution remains to be seen.

"What we're going to do is make sure there's no way possible that a dog can urinate on the hydrant," Bloomfield said.

 

How stupid is it to paint a fire hydrant like an American flag.
That alone is desecration of the flag, to me.