Dogs Bring Communities Together

10 Jul 08

Can it be true that dogs make communities dangerous places? How’s this for a reality check!? The Times online (5 July 2008) interviewed local London dog owners on how their dogs integrate with their lives….

Self-employed estate agent Ray Smith, 32, needed a low maintenance hound, hence Abe, a dachshund with some celebrity status in the bars of Hoxton. “Daxies basically sleep all day,” says Smith. Of Abe Smith says that “he’s a ridiculously affectionate dog. Customers love him, he’s sold a fair few flats. I get stopped every day by people wanting to talk about dachshunds.”

This theme of dogs bringing people together, as opposed to tearing them apart, is echoed by many.

“Dog people are united in their love of dogs,” says Rodman Primack, 32, chairman of the London branch of Phillips de Pury, the auction house. “I get stopped four times a week to talk about Theo, and that’s just the Japanese tourists. I love it.”

SuperWoof to Abe and Theo! Archie, another Londoner dog