Dog stuck on the cliffs at the Douglas Family Preserve at 2500 Block of Metcliff Road.
Dog Rescued from Douglas Preserve Cliff
Roger
October 9, 2017, 12:00 pm
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Put your dogs on leashes please!
Rescues of dogs, by our Fire Department, seem to be a regular thing at the Douglas Preserve. Are dog owners billed? It seems like a good time to do that, perhaps a deterrent, and to protect the dogs. Owners are not protecting their dogs adequately. Are dogs getting injured? Sad.
There hasn’t been a rescue in quite a while. The fire department needs to train, I’ve never heard that they miss another call while rescuing the dog, and they don’t want to bill because that will discourage people from calling when they need help- for all these reasons I say continue with the rescues. But Douglas is not a place for a really excited dog or one that will chase a ball over the cliff. There are better places for them like the beach.
Just take them to Hendrys beach instead which is right below the preserve. No need to put your dog in danger when it can easily be avoided or as Sundance says keep them on a leash which im pretty sure that preserve is not off leash until you get to designated areas. At least the city’s website say so AND the sign at entrance but, who follows rules these days?
What’s the count, so far for 2018 ???
More importantly, put your cell phones down when driving! Human lives are at stake, but do people care? Not so much… Do people care about picking up THEIR dogs poop…? Not so much… Do they have a clue about their spassie dog walking off leash right next to a cliff…Nope, they are talking on their phones!
With the amount of dogwalking going on at The Wilcox, these incidents are extremely few and far between. It is absolutely wonderful that there’s such a lovely place to walk your dog off-leash—legally. Not everyone wants to go to the beach. Sand, tar. City Animal Control has been stepping up enforcement and I was told (by an AC officer) that the fine is $180 for having one’s dog off-leash illegally. I know the fine is a heck of a lot more $$$ than that if your dog is unlicensed and not altered. Hooray for The Wilcox. A million billion thanks to all those who worked tirelessly to obtain such a terrific open space and the same thanks to those worked so hard to keep it off-leash.
The Fire Dept bills for emergency in many cases. They charge for transportation to ER after traffic accidents for example. Where do they draw the line?
sand, tar…… nature!!!!! gross. thanks to the fire department for rescuing the dogs that do quite often fall here
This is the 1st one posted on Edhat in 2018. There was one at More Mesa in 2017. Another one at Douglas in 2016. Not a big problem according to Google.
its not a dog park, no matter how much you want to convince yourself it is. dogs are to be leashed and i’ve seen AC there recently siting people. not everyone likes your pet jumping on them, pissing on flowers and taking dumps on trails….yes i own two dogs, but refuse to act like some of the other pet owners….
mm, no. dogs are allowed to be off leash in areas of douglas preserve. https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/parksrec/parks/features/passiveopenspaces/douglasfam.asp
Dog owners should be billed for such services. For sure, had my child fallen down the cliff with this rescue there would be a bill sent to me or my insurance company. The idea that the fire department needs the training is beyond absurd.
Training is not absurd, they do it regularly, so a call that is not life-threatening is good practice. Who would bill you if your or any child needed rescue?!! I mean the rescuers, not medical providers. We already pay for fire and police through our taxes. That’s how it works.
Do you have evidence of this? And where would they put the patient?
They rescue kids for free, just like other creatures. The fire department is staffed 24/7 and incurs little or no extra cost servicing the unlucky or foolish at the park. The notion that they should charge for services implies they shouldn’t be paid if they’re hangin at the station.