‘The chosen victims’?

Dear Editor:

So now we have just had our second visit from the bylaw inspector regarding our well known, friendly, gentle, beloved canine who does not go off our property unleashed.

This time he tells us that we must keep our dog leashed even when sitting on our porch! His opinion is that dogs have the ability to go off a property at any time! I call this harassment!

The first contact was instituted by a vindictive resident who is out to get us, whose previous dog was never on a leash off property! We are law-abiding, neighbourly, community-oriented seniors just wanting to live out our retirement years in peace and harmony in Rockwood.

We know the bylaws concerning canines and follow them strictly. We are feeling threatened and singled out by the bylaw inspector, whose last words to us were, “You have been warned!”

Has anyone else dealt with this bylaw inspector on this same issue? Or are we the chosen victims?

Wendy Groskopf, Rockwood