It is a tradition and an Alaskan sport. I understand that having a lot of dogs in an area can be difficult, but if we re all honest we have that even if there isn t a dogyard. Most households have at least one dog if not more and even though our domestic dogs don t go into a serenade a couple of times a day they do have a tendency to bark a great deal. In investigating this issue I have learned that the owner of these dogs has had all of them debarked and has gone to great measures to be a good neighbor. I also know that not all people love dogs and they have that right.
Some people rather have chickens, ducks, horses, cats or other animals.
This practice used to happen with the nationalities of people and caused a great problem. Let s not repeat the mistakes of the past and tell other people they re not the type that belong in our neighborhood. That s not what Alaska or being an Alaskan is all about. This community and state benefit from the Iditarod and other races that are held here. A great deal of money enters our state because of this, but these races can t exist without the dogs and yards.