To add to Madalina Motoc’s excellent letter to remind forest users to be careful with their THC products and other drugs (Pique, Jan. 12), may I take this opportunity to talk about “No. 2”? It has come to my attention, since my daughter now owns a beautiful pup, that sometimes these canines choose to eat human feces (can’t imagine why)! Unfortunately, and quite unbelievably, her dog has been high several times and cost her a lot of worry and money. During the first trip to the veterinarian, through bloodwork, it was discovered the poor doggie had THC, meth, cocaine, and other drugs in his system. He was fine, but it wasn’t the last time he was to get high.
I know what you’re going to say: “leash the dog.” Even leashed, it doesn’t take more than a couple seconds for a dog to sniff out and chomp on things it shouldn’t, and let’s be real, there are lots of places in Whistler where we feel pretty free to take our dogs off-leash. So I guess the point is (and I get it, sometimes you just have to take a nature dump), the right thing is to do a good job of burying it. At least that will give the dog owner enough time to redirect and give the pooch a more nourishing treat. Worst-case scenario, carry your own doggy/human poop bags. It’s especially easy to do in the snow! Let’s take care of all our furry friends!
