Northendwaterfront.com reports that the Prince Street Dog Park is once again open, but with some new rules - Only ten people are allowed in at a time, they have to stay six feet apart and all the balls and common water bowls have been taken out. Also, don't be piggy at the dog park: If you've been there awhile and there are other people and pets waiting to get in, say your woofy goodbyes and take your leave.
Angell Memorial Medical Center in Jamaica Plain is responding to a post in a a local Facebook group that somebody's dog died of Covid-19 after testing positive for it the animal hospital: Read more.
The Boston Sun reports plans for revitalizing the dreary Charlesgate under and around the Bowker Overpass that connects Storrow Drive to the Fenway now include a half-acre dog park that would have separate areas for both canine introverts and extroverts.
Word from the MFA is that Riley the Museum Dog is fine and still helping to protect the museum, along with Nicki Luongo, the museum's head of protective services. Here's Riley reporting for duty a few days ago: Read more:
Please take care of your own shit bags during the COVID-19 crisis, we don’t need any more diseases or germs because of people’s laziness.
A concerned South End citizen files a 311 complaint:
Can some sort of PSA be sent out to tell runners, etc to stop spitting on the streets. Our dogs are walking on their germs and we are all tracking them into our homes, etc.
A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint asking the city to get rid of the horse-chestnut trees at the Eden Street park: Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports that around 4:45 p.m., firefighters and EMTs responded to Scarboro Pond in Franklin Park to rescue a dog that had fallen through the ice - and her owner, who did the same trying to rescue her pet but who managed to make her way to one of the islands in the pond. Read more.
A fed up citizen filed a 311 complaint about the left-over joints now littering the streets of the North End:
My dog has been eating remains of joints on the street and getting high. Please help keep clean. I found this joint in his mouth.
Police are investigating reports of dogs being poisoned at Edwards Playground, Eden and Main streets in Charlestown.
Troy Urquhart sounded the alarm yesterday, posting a photo of daughter's and son-in-law's pet, Gunner, who died Sunday, several hours after a visit to the park: Read more.
Linuxlibrarian reports that Bruce the pug helped turn Myopia Road in Hyde Park into a turkey-free zone, at least while he patrolled it: Read more.
Former Boston City Councilor Mike Ross and wife Karolina Chorvath have been livetweeting over they way they saw a JetBlue attendant has hounded them and their 15-pound shayna punim of a dog on a flight to, well, they haven't said, but that's not what's important right now.
At 7:38 p.m., Ross tweeted: Read more.
Brenden paused to take in a memorial on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall to Woodrow the Labrador retriever. Read more.
Eric Herot spotted a couple of the entrants in this year's Jamaica Plain dog parade, reports the one on the right is named Charlie.
An irked citizen files a 311 complaint about conditions in Sweeney Park in South Boston: Read more.
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