On Saturday Feb. 20th, we took our puppy Romeo to one of our regular spots, Tecumseh Dog Park. We had only just started our walk when a Doberman ran up to Romeo from behind, snarling and biting at his back. As we were right there, we were able to grab Romeo and block the Doberman, and removed Romeo to a safe distance. The Doberman dropped back a few steps on the path, and moments later we heard the same snarling and racket as the Doberman attacked another dog. This was not playing. The Doberman was snarling and clearly attacking. There was a bit of a melee of people behind us so we didn't see exactly how it was broken up, but we were quite shaken and started to walk quickly to get away from the group. As I collected my thoughts, I told my husband I was going to talk to the woman who owned the Doberman as we felt very unsafe. I was hoping she would leash her dog, and said to her, Ma'am, I don't think your dog should be in here , she got belligerent and strode right up behind us with her 2 dogs. As she was denying the attack, my husband spoke up too, as is all evident on the video I took (thank goodness I had my cell with me as it was a gorgeous day and I wanted to film the dogs romping in the spring sunshine), and she began cuss and overtake us with her 2 dogs on the path. As the argument went on, her Doberman again attacked Romeo, again, caught on camera. The woman continued ranting and raving and eventually moved off putting distance between us. We saw her dog being unruly and aggressive across the park and in the short time we remained there, she leashed and unleashed him a few times. Romeo was quite badly shaken and stayed by us the most of the remaining time we were there, only venturing to play with one other dog before we left. We saw the Doberman attack yet one other dog before she left and we left, so the attack on Romeo was not an isolated incident. I don't know about the Tecumseh Park, but at Optimist Memorial Dog Park where we often go, there are clear rules posted that should a dog owner request another dog owner to leash or remove their dog, that request should be fulfilled. It's going to be a while before we are comfortable taking Romeo back to Tecumseh Dog Park. Just a heads up to other dog owners.

Just wanted to send out a big thank you to the woman who rented a car (believe it was a silver Ford Focus) from Enterprise on Tecumseh Road E after us - I had accidentally left my prescription driving glasses in the glove box and she decided that rather than return them, she would keep them.

Enterprise phoned her and she said she had them, then kept the car for over a month without even bothering to stop by and return them to the building. When she returned the car, they were gone and she said she didn't see them. Hope you see this and hope you feel good about yourself for blatantly stealing something I need.

On (2/ 20/ 2016) at around 1:15 pm, I seen a man on a Harley motorcycle wearing a Harley jacket swerving back and forth through lanes to go around cars on Tecumseh and Walker. This is the type of person that gives bikers a bad reputation. It is selfish behaviour that affects everyone.

My son went with his air cadet squadron today (Saturday, February 20) to Adventure Bay. He left his gopro in HIS zipped up bag. He checked on his bag many times throughout his visit there. When he was done and changing to come home he realized it wasn't in his bag anymore. I guess we all learned a lesson today (a very expensive one) He should have had it locked away in a locker....but who seriously goes through someone's zipped up bag anyways?? We really hope you enjoy the pictures and videos on the gopro! Shame on whoever thinks it's right to go through somebody's personal belongings!

Driving down 7300 stretch of Malden late last night and a huge coyote crossed the road right in front of us. I've heard of them around here but never seen one. He was big and not scared of us as we drove by. 😳

ROLL CALL! ATTENTION all parents, teachers, principles, older siblings, grand parents, aunts and uncles.
I need you to help me help the school aged kids that are getting bullied via a website called Yik Yak. Its a social networking app that allows the user to post vile things while remaining anonymous.
As if bulling isnt hard enough now to have this virtual bathroom wall where there is zero recourse for the things said. Now im asking for you help to get involved and see what your kids are doing.. check their phones for this bully app and educate yourself on the nature its being used and if you child is the target of the nasty things being said. Most of these interactions are at school as you have to be with in close proximity for the users to see and interact with the posts. So this begs the question...why are these kids using their phones in class? I was not aware this existed until today as you might not be aware whats on your child phone (sending or receiving these messages) or whats happening in your own class room I hope that it helps some of you and will help get some of the negative post off that site and bring it to the schools attention of whats happening there.

I would firstly like to point out that although this is a negative spotting, I have been extremely blessed to meet some very kind people while working in the fast food industry and this is in no way a representation of every customer I have encountered. While working a particuarily unpleasant shift on Valentines Day I was shocked by the way customers treated myself and other
workers. I completely understand that Valentines Day can be a bit of a downer for a lot of people but It in no way excuses treating another human being like garbage. I won't go into details but a few individuals were so nasty that I left my shift in tears. I wish I could say this was a rare occurance but I've witnessed many of my coworkers go through the same thing and are left crying after work about something a customer said. A lot of us are in our late teens working very hard to pay our way through school. I can't even describe how discouraging it is to have people speak to you like you're somehow a lesser person. That being said, 95% of the people are very respectful and kind. This is for the 5% that maybe don't realize how they much of an impact they have on our feelings. Please just try to be kinder to kind people who are really trying their best to help you out. Thank you :).

Here's what you knew:

You saw me get out of my car to walk into the store, leaving my baby in the backseat. You must have been mortified or something, to call the cops. What kind of mother does that?

Here's what you DIDN'T know:

My child was sleeping. And she HATES being taken out/ put in to her car seat. She would have screamed if woken up and taken into the store, only to go back into the car seat moments later. I would have likely gotten many dirty looks, and even strangers unneeded opinions on how my child is 'probably' tired.

While you told the cops I was gone for 10 minutes, you were in fact very off. Why did you lie? I assume that you 'guessed' at that time. Makes sense, I mean most people would assume that when a person walks into a store they're going in to shop and buy something. However I was not. If I was, I would have brought my child in with me. I walked in to snap a picture of something my husband was interested in purchasing and walked out. I was gone less than 5 minutes... and when I came out, you were NOT there.

My baby weighs in at almost 30lbs. She's OVER the 100th percentile for weight. On top of that, I have a very bad back and need to go to the chiropractor and massage therapist 2 times a week. I'm also not covered for these visits so you can imagine the cost adds up rather quickly. If I can avoid picking my child up when I'm hurting, I do that.

I'm currently horribly sick with a nasty cold. So simply going out to run errands seems like a nightmare, but I do it anyway because these things need to get done.

Help? My husband works full time and both my parents are dead. My in-laws are in another country and other family members live hours away. So help is something I do not have.

So thank you. Thank you for ruining my day, wasting a police officers time and being ignorant to the facts. I suppose if you saw someone filling their car with gas, walk in to the store to pay, all with their child in the back seat of the car you'd see that as a problem too? Because I walked in and out of that store in LESS time it takes to do that. Maybe I'm wrong, but is that a crime? It shouldn't be. And when talking to other mothers, they confessed to me they do this all the time.

So don't worry. We won't go out anymore. Going to the library for story time? Can't risk someone calling the cops because I put my child in the car first (rather than her crawling around the house unattended) and then packed up our things. Baby swim time? Nope. I've eliminated all of the risks and in doing so... all of the fun too. So now my baby crawls around in the living room, looking rather bored. But hey, she's at least 'safe' in her over protective bubble. I'm sure she thanks you for that... since I know she's really going to miss swimming. We also go into the yard and play in the snow. She is loving the snow. Hopefully no one will see problems with this and ruin that for us too.

Being a mom is a tough job, but one of the things that makes it so is people who have little to no compassion or understanding. I ask that next time you consider the facts, or approach that mother personally if something is bothering you. I'm a kind person and would have respected that... rather than the unnecessary events that took place that day.