A leash less park in Huntington or Charleston?

I'm a man that likes to travel and when I travel I like to take all my friends. Besides the wife, I like to take my other best friends Robert "Nesta" Nida and "Beastie" Boy Nida (two of Huntington Dog Shelters finest). These are my dogs! The oldest dog Nesta has accompanied me on many trips and has more miles under his belt than your average Joe, or Fido in his case. I've taken this fine specimen (Chow and Collie mix), to festivals, camping trips, canoe rides and to the moon once (well that was a weird dream I had but he was there). To the point… When on some of my expeditions (Boulder, Colorado, Seattle, Washington, Portland, Maine), I've noticed that a lot of the parks are leash less parks or that a section of the park is fenced off specifically for dogs. What a great idea?

I hate putting my dog on a leash. I've spent a lot of time training my dogs by my voice and they are well behaved and come on command. It seems that a leash less park would be a great idea for Huntington or Charleston, West Virginia. Any city that I've gone to that has some culture has had a leash less park. I love West Virginia and would live nowhere else but that is one thing we lack, more culture! Of course there are numerous other "cultural" things I could think before this but my dog is here nudging me to stick to my point! ***Please make note that I love the Appalachian Culture I'm speaking more in terms of social programs or economic development designed for the people****

Ritter Park in Huntington, WV has a great place behind the tennis courts that would ideal for such a venture. There are already numerous people that bring "people and dog friendly" dogs to play in the evening and they are not on a leash. The dogs mingle with others and have just a ball! No pun intended. With a little of that "animal tax" money we our supposed to pay our city each year, we could then build a large fence around the area and set our friends free! There are other benefits to such a project other than our dog's emotional well being, free fertilizer! Any "land mine" left behind from our dogs could be then used as a means to fertilize the plants and trees around the park. Now there is a convenient truth. Actually, I'm not too sure how useful it would be but at least I'm thinking green!

Now I know everyone does not like dogs and to some this may be a laughable subject. I can respect that, so this is why I'm offering a leash less park where only folks with dogs mainly go already anyway to walk their dogs without a leash. It's one more thing our city has to offer that makes it compete with the kind of living others have around the country.

Free Nesta and Beastie!