Off-Leash vs. Leashed

"...second Sunday I have taken my dogs to the "off-leash" part of the hike-and-bike trail only to be verbally..."

Aug. 19, 2007 Postmarks

Parks Board Supports Shrinking Off-Leash Area

Suggested plan would require new Downtown housing to provide dog play areas

"...that would substantially reduce the size of the park's off-leash dog area won the approval of the Parks and..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Leash-Free Is Okay but Control Your Dog

"...Dear Editor, There are many leash-free areas in Austin's parks, and I'm cool with that,..."

May 11, 2008 Postmarks

Benji: Off the Leash!

New dog. Old tricks.

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Nick Barbaro

The Common Law

Off-leash dogs take over Central Austin park?

"...the park where dogs are allowed to be off leash. Recently the rest of the unfenced park green space..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Column by Luke Ellis

Then There's This: Turf Fight at Auditorium Shores

Dog owners challenge city's plan to shrink off-leash play space

"...Austin lags behind a national shift toward creating more off-leash dog parks – what the Trust for Public Land..."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Lengthy discussions on dog ordinance have county officials a bit snappish

"...court is hereby sick of talking about passing a leash law and is ready to actually pass one. Really...."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Then There's This: Dog Days of Parks and Rec

Planned changes to off-leash area at Auditorium Shores draws howls

"...anyone out there who supports shrinking and relocating the off-leash dog park at Auditorium Shores, you wouldn't know it..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Commissioners trying to craft ordinance that is proactive, not reactive

"...taking a first stab at coming up with a leash law (largely in response to the December mauling of..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

This third film in the tween series is funny without being in any way condescending to its target audience.

"...and pal Chirag (Brar), this outing finds the trio off-leash for summer vacation. For Greg, that means playing video..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bewitched

Again Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.

"...in that town). Ferrell, in need of a shorter leash, never makes the character any more than a caricature,..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Black Dog

"...mission. Black Dog is best kept on a short leash...."

May 8, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Associate

"...audience around as if on some sort of moral leash is disturbingly unpleasant and, ultimately, undermines the film's good..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Léolo

"...carnal, savage play of a psyche that's slipped its leash. But what makes Léolo so remarkable is that it..."

May 28, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid

In his account of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the New Yorker writer reports the killers are off the leash

"...had been set loose. The killers were off the leash."..."

June 4, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael King

PARD in Heat Over Dog Park

"...for walking his dogs Abby and Lopez without a leash in West Austin Park, and arrested him for not..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

To Dog or Not to Dog

The leash-law controversy continues in Old West Austin

"...else, the lingering dispute over a proposed six-month pilot off-leash period for dogs in West Austin Park demonstrates that..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

The dog-running controversy continues … and chalk another one up for Ventura.

"...have experienced unfounded, irrational reactions to my dog being off-leash. I walk my dog to the neighborhood park every..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...During the flurry of argumentative articles and letters about leash laws, leash-free areas, and enforcement of such ordinances, something..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Putting a Leash On Dog Owners..."

March 8, 2002 Column

National Dog Day the Austin Way

Show some love to your animal friends on their special day

"...way to celebrate National Dog Day than with a leash in one hand and a drink in the other?..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

The Common Law

Dogs and nuisance issues (poop, leashes, and noise)

"...seeing folks walking their dogs around town without a leash. This seems dangerous to me, but is it actually..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Column by Luke Ellis

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Travis Co. Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to enact a leash law for dogs in unincorporated parts of the county...."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A Dog Law With Teeth

Travis County tries to collar loose dogs

"...in unincorporated parts of the county is not a "leash law." Rather, the kind of law the court wants..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Dog Park Redux

"...which many neighborhood dog owners have used as an off-leash area for 20 years. In June 2000, the City..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

The West Austin Park, for years an unofficial off-leash "dog park" for neighborhood residents, gets an unexpected makeover into a T-ball field.

"...Ninth and 10th Streets, has functioned as an unofficial off-leash "dog park" for at least 15 years, residents say...."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bad Dog

When we see a dog running free, why are we frightened? Longtime Austinite Paula James meditates on the effect that fear of the natural world has had on us.

"...woman approaches down the sidewalk, her Pekinese on a leash. It yaps. My dog glances back without interest...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Paula James

Going to the Dogs

"...in Luke Ellis' "The Common Law" [Feb. 10] regarding off-leash dog areas, note that Auditorium Shores is NOT off-leash..."

Feb. 21, 2023 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: Privacy Fence

A really dense hedge makes good neighbors, too

"...bathroom – which I have to do on a leash now – my neighbor is out there "working," and..."

April 15, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?

Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?

"...Off-Leash Dogs Off-Limits. Starting Monday, Jan. 25, park users who..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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