On a chilly Saturday night in the West Village, Gia Russo, 35, spotted a French bulldog tied up outside restaurant Louro. But when she inquired with the host inside, none of the patrons appeared to be the pet's owner.
"[The dog] was sitting out there for a very long time in the extreme cold," gripes Russo, a dog-owning attorney from Hoboken, NJ, who eventually received a text from the host confirming that the Frenchie had been retrieved by its owners. "As an animal person, you can't not say something."
Pet pooches tied up on the sidewalk are as frequent a sight in NYC as yellow cabs or corner bodegas — but
recent subfreezing temperatures have got some New Yorkers lashing out at dog owners they consider negligent for leaving Fido exposed to the elements unattended.
"I saw a beagle tied up outside of a cafe the other day — it had only six inches of leash to its tether, was standing on a piece of ice, and it was whining," Jaime Brandenstein, a design director who lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, recalls. "So I went into the coffee shop and asked around."
When a woman admitted to being the owner, Brandenstein, 34, told her that her dog was crying. But the owner dismissed her concerns.
"She said, 'Thanks for letting me know,' then turned away from me," Brandenstein angrily remembers.
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"It crosses the line when you don't have a visible line of sight or when you're tying them up in the cold," she concludes.
Michelle Wakefield, 47, partner at Cowgirl Hall of Fame in the West Village, knows that her customers are often accompanied by their pups — and goes the extra mile to make sure the pets are happy and healthy.
"We have a bench out front that people will tie their dogs to," Wakefield says. "If someone wants food to-go, then they can tie up their dog outside, come in to order, and we will bring the food out to them."
Leaving your pooch outside for too long can have dire consequences, especially when the temperatures dip and spike in the winter and summer, respectively.
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In the summer months, dogs at risk of overheating show signs such as excessive panting or difficulty breathing, drooling and vomiting, according to the ASPCA.
Of course, there are concerns other than the weather when it comes to leaving your pet unsupervised.
The American Kennel Club reports that 637 dogs were "dognapped" across the nation in 2014.
For puppy parents who still opt to tie up their furbabies, sidewalk confrontations may be the least of your worries.
"These days, if you see an animal shivering in the cold it's not long before someone calls the NYPD to investigate," Gibson adds. "And let me tell you, the police take animal abuse very seriously."
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