I see from this week’s Current that Scarborough neighbors are getting ready for a dog fight. You know, gripe sessions, isn’t the world awful, I should be able to do what I want with my dog, I pay taxes, things aren’t like they used to be. Surely we’ve heard it all before!

After all, I had to ask myself, why wouldn’t you want to have someone’s 100-pound dog charge down the beach and stick his nose between your legs or jump in your face. What’s the matter with people today? Shouldn’t they look forward to having their family lay in the beach sand that dogs have defecated on the day before?

I personally experienced an unleashed dog stop, stare, growl and charge at me. Luckily, I had my trusty can of pepper spray. That kinda leveled the playing field and the dog, so to speak. A-yup!

Robert McManus

Scarborough