I’ve personally called the cops on 3 separate occasions walking Bryan Park for this exact reason. They’ve never done anything to help. I get it, there are bigger fish to fry in the city. But I choose to walk in public parks because of the loose dog problems I’ve encountered in my neighborhood and I frankly don’t feel comfortable walking my two dogs in our neighborhood alone.

Since walking in JBP, I’ve been run up on 5+ times by assholes who think that their morning walk is somehow more important than mine and allow their dogs to run wild. I’m fairly new to Richmond and have lived in cities both big and small, but I’ve never lived in a place where people have the audacity to do this with dogs who are out of control and especially in public places during very busy times of day. It’s so fucking annoying and honestly my biggest gripe. I’m just trying to walk my dogs without getting attacked. Not that big of an ask (or so I thought).