Dead Low Tide. A great but short lived Seattle rock band...that actually rocked. *Sigh*

I was a bigger MCD fan though.

Me too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx_i9_INvGs

be sure to bring your stupid dogs to the beach to crap and pee on all the sea life!

really Eric, I hardly think that dogs do that much damage to the beach.
although I don't currently have a hound, I always thought that $500 fine for canines on the beach was a big fat joke.

the real culprits that might prevent me from having a good time on the beach are those that leave broken glass and other garbage. any self-respecting dog tends to bury his business.

relative to industry, etc. dog impact on aquatic life is < 1%

and children, when playing in the sand, are immunne to that crap?

listen, i know you and your dog are totally special and precious; why else would you let your pet crap on a public beach/park? i mean OMG! look how cute!

what does this post have to do with dogs crapping on the beach? get a grip

could the real problem be the lack of water access for dogs in seattle?
many dogs love water. to compare the beach with the off-leash area up on the bluff is ridiculous. as is driving to magnuson park or edmonds when there's water all around us.

I seriously doubt dogs do anywhere near the damage to beach/sealife as people do.

when I had a dog, I always took him to more remote parts of the beach and ALWAYS cleaned up after him. I would do the same with another dog.

as per usual, the problem is really PEOPLE.

yes, PEOPLE who feel that they are owed some special place above the laws and rules that don't work for them.

its unsanitary for people (kids especially), for sea life and it is against the law.

there really isn't a counter arguement besides "i am a speshul snowflake and i like to take my dog to the beach so there."


anyway, this has prompted me to put in daily reports to the park dept website....the city could make thousands of dollars per hour down there.

Hi.

This post has to do with dogs because at the low tides, lots of marine life is exposed and at risk. When dogs trample around in the tide pools, plants and animals are damaged. Unlike humans, dogs do not look down and carefully step around starfish like the beach naturalists do. As someone who loves the beach and wants it to remain intact, I have asked people to at least leash their dogs on low tide days. Nobody listens to me and most people have been very rude, or flat out told me they thought their dog's fun was more important than the environment.

After talking to the beach naturalists I learned that while they do not approve people illegally taking their dogs to the beach, they are instructed by the Aquarium not to confront those who break the rules. Apparently in the past these interactions have not gone well.

I know a lot of people who read this won't believe that unleashed dogs have contributed negatively to Golden Gardens. I have been so dissapointed with the carelessness I have seen when at the beach at low tide.

But consider this: Golden Gardens and many other urban beaches used to be safe places for seals to to leave their pups on the beach while the mothers went out and hunted for food. The scent of dogs on the beach and in the water has contributed to the departure of seals from these urban beaches to more isolated spots.

I still see the seal pups at Discovery Park, which I definitely prefer to Golden Gardens because there's less dogs and people.