I have a solution for Rocky River and Lakewood city officials apparently nipping at each other’s heels.  

 

       Over the issue of a ‘dog park’ located and yelping in Lakewood – and heard by Rocky River residents on High Parkway, Edgewood and Valley View Drives.

 

MY SOLUTION TO THE ‘SAID PROBLEM’ IS TO REQUIRE ALL DOGS USING THIS ‘LAKEWOOD K-9 HANGOUT’ TO WEAR A ‘SOFT AND LOOSE DOG MUZZLE’. 

 

ONCE THE ‘SOFT AND LOOSE DOG MUZZLE’ IS HUMANELY APPLIED TO A DOG’S MOUTH – BARKING IS ELIMINATED.  THE PROBLEM FOR ROCKY RIVER, LAKEWOOD OFFICIALS AND ROCKY RIVER RESIDENTS IS SOLVED.

 

Yet in my opinion, Lakewood’s “barking pooch park” doesn’t even fit in the Lakewood and Rocky River area.   Consider the following and you decide. 

 

• First, consider the River residents whose lives and nerves this Lakewood ‘dog park noise’ has frayed.   Though dog lovers visit this Lakewood Park with their barking dogs and leave.   River Residents who live on the opposite side of the valley can’t leave – and hear Lakewood’s ‘barking dogs’ day in and day out. 

 

• Try yourself, to locate a ‘dog park’ anywhere in Lakewood or Rocky River.  Then try not to infringe upon any ‘peace loving’ Lakewood or Rocky River neighborhood.  You can’t.  Why? 

 

• The Rocky River and Lakewood community is one of the most densely populated areas in Cleveland's western suburbs.   With approximately 78,000 residents living jammed together.   With approximately 22,000 residents in Rocky River – and approximately 56,000 residents in Lakewood.

 

• This closeness of approximately 78,000 ‘tightly packed’ residents in Rocky River and Lakewood.  Guarantees that the noise from a ‘Barking K-9 Assault Park’ in Lakewood.  Will be heard and abhorred by River residents.  What would you expect otherwise?

 

In closing, the residents of Rocky River did not land onto the Lakewood Dog Park.  The Lakewood Dog Park landed on Rocky River residents. 

 

Rocky River city government officials do your job – and muzzle the ‘pooch park’ in Lakewood!