This pooch couldn't run wild, chase a car, or bite a child if he tried, but that doesn't exempt him from the city's recent crackdown on unleashed dogs.
Mail carriers can breathe easy again.
A bronze dog statue being unveiled in Tompkins Square Park next month will wear a leash, its creator said Tuesday. We didn't want to appear to be unaware of the message that was being sent, . . . that it was acceptable to have your dog off a leash. Turned out they were putting the cart ahead of the, um, dog. Artist Jack Dowd, of Sarasota, Fla., was already planning a permanent, bronze leash for his work. Because a man wouldn't sit on a park bench with a dog without having a leash on it.