Dogs should be on a leash all the time in any outdoor enviroment.
     Why you ask?  Simple dogs have a BIG advantage over all nature:
     living with humans, getting feed well, in warm homes in the winter.
     Then for a monent they are let free in the wild, they really cause
     great harm to nature, just there smell on a trail is enough to
     keep most other animals away for a week. 

     If you go to parks with your dogs, keep in mine many other animals
     are trying to servive there.

                 Eric Zeno
                 emz@nauticom.net
                 86 Syncro
                 86 GL
                 72 240Z
               1936 Chrysler

On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Mark & Kath wrote:

> >I just consulted my guide book on where to take dogs in CA, and it indicates
> >that Inyo National Forest is fine for dogs as long as they are on a leash
> >while in the campground and on the trails. When out of the campground they 
> >can
> >run to their hearts content. Hope this is accurate information.
> >
> >Bren
> 
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> 
> You are partially correct. On *this* Forest, doggies have to be on 
> leashes in developed areas and are free to run wild on trails in the 
> front country as well as the backcountry. But - when I take Bianca into 
> the backcountry she is free to romp as long as we are alone... but as 
> soon as we encounter other people, she goes on a leash - One never 
> knows who the dog haters are - and I, for one, don't want to get into 
> it with them.
> 
> Kath
> 
> Kathy Myers and Mark Blanchard
> Active Periphery Press
> Blanchard Products
> Mammoth Lakes, CA
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