#Victory over #goatheads: #Peaceful #Petitioning

Ah, to be able to enjoy a goathead-free dog park!

       During a visit to the dog park in El Dorado, where there had been a petition drive among dog owners to spend a little more than $300 to get rid of the goatheads, which have burrs that painfully burrow into canine feet, I saw a sign.  It said that the board of directors will close the dog park for two days in late September, 2011, for "goathead removal."
     Victory!  the peaceful petition drive worked.  The "dogs don't wear shoes" drive was successful'  The goathead a.k.a. "puncturevine" will be eliminated.   Next: a petition drive to make the Tea Party more intelligent!
      “Millie, the young Springer, is sitting beside me, head in my lap as I type, practicing the "spaniel gaze." At sixteen months she's already got it down. The spaniel heart is warm. The soft spaniel eye brims with love. If ever the world's diplomats and arms negotiators learn the spaniel gaze there will be peace on earth.”                   Larry Shook