After briefly consulting with two of the White-Haired Old Dudes who also frequent the dog park, we decided to take down this note. "If it is true, we're really doing a disservice," S. stated, just before ripping up the note for good measure. Frankly, I think there's more going on than just the "facts" that this note so shrilly indicates (and I question the veracity of some of these claims, given how often I'm at the park and what I've seen for myself). This whole bit about "selling" her foster dogs? She's probably asking for an adoption fee, which is totally reasonable and within limits. The very idea that anyone could be making a living off the mutts she rescues is just ludicrous... In the past (as in, over a year ago), it's true that I've seen some of her dogs with possible aggression issues, but the ones that stick out in recent memory have been either half-dead and/or sweet as pie. It has also been over a year since I've seen her with more than four dogs at once.

Which is not to say that these claims might not have been true at some time. It just doesn't settle well with me that someone decided this was a better way of dealing with a situation than actually talking to the woman in question. Granted, Ms. R. isn't the easiest person to talk to, thetypeofwomanwhodoesn'tletyougetawordinedgewise. But from what I've seen, she has been known to change and amend her ways when people have talked to her. What more can you really ask of a person like that?

Well, I guess it's obvious that I've taken sides in this matter. I'll choose the side with a name and face, thanks.