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Cavalcade of Canine Crap in NYC (3)

The Arrogance and Privilege of The Leash-Holder — Part 3 of 3

aleXander hirka
4 min readJun 6, 2022

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Give me your privileged, your arrogant, your entitled puppy owners — yearning to take them everywhere . . .

The Food and Drug Administration’s Food Guide lays down the law: with few exceptions, live animals of any kind are not permitted on the premises of a grocery store, a restaurant or other Food establishment.

1. During the pandemic there has been a boom in pet ownership.
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2. The pandemic has also led to a noticeable slackening in following rules and respecting others.
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The blending of these two paradigms has led to Pooch Pandemonium—transforming New York City into a Houndog Hades!

In grocery stores and other food establishments.

Two pups for double emotional support, and so Lucy and Desi come along. Meanwhile, Spock is not much interested in fish.
Sherlock and Dashiell on line at the bagel shop — and Chandler being pulled towards the delicatessen

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aleXander hirka
aleXander hirka

Written by aleXander hirka

Writer, visual artist, philosopher, autodidact, curmudgeon. More than half of what i do is make believe. https://alexanderhirka.nyc

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