[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The Best Cities for Dogs
- From: Terry Cochran <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ricknaudra@xxxxxxx, Showgsd-l <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:08:32 -0700 (PDT)
Portland, OR ranked # 2. I would say it should be # one because of our "deed
not the breed" laws. Number one is in a state that has breed specific
laws.This is a great place to own dogs.
Terry
ricknaudra@xxxxxxx wrote:
This was a cool article that I read this morning from menshealth.com.
Tucson is ranked #4!!!
Page 2 has a list of the top 50 cities.
Enjoy!
Rick (Arizona) Haase
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The Best Cities for Dogs
Where dogs are happy, healthy, and well-cared for
Edited by: Bill Stieg
Go west, young pup.
That's a safe conclusion to draw from Men's Health's "MetroGrades" on the Best
Cities for Dogs. Nine of the top 10 cities are in the West.
The winner: Colorado Springs, Colorado, followed by Portland, Oregon;
Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tucson, Arizona; and Seattle, Washington.
Why the West? Room for Rover to rove, for one thing. Many of the cities had
lots of dog parks -- places where an entire park, or part of it, is set aside
for dogs to run free.
Plus, it just seems that more people in the West have dogs, and we gave cities
points for that. The more dogs there are, the more dog-friendly a city is --
and the more company your pooch is bound to have.
The other criteria Men's Health looked at: the number of pet (and pet supplies)
stores, animal shelters, boarding and daycare facilities, veterinarians, and
incidence of heartworm.
The three worst cities? Jacksonville, Florida; Washington, D.C.; and Detroit,
Michigan.
Colorado Springs is a real playground for pooches, with about 250 days of
sunshine a year and an abundance of outdoor activities. It earned top marks for
the number of boarding and daycare facilities, and it had the highest maximum
fine for animal cruelty--half a million bucks.
Portland was park heaven, with the most dog parks per resident, including the
4,000-acre Forest Park.
Albuquerque had the second-highest pet-ownership rate. Even its zoo has kennel
services, and there's a yearly party, the Mayor's Dog Ball, to raise money to
teach kids about humane treatment of animals.
COPY and PASTE this link below into your web browser to read the article.
http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=health&category=metrogrades&conitem=16d03453117f2110VgnVCM20000012281eac____
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