[Photo for GL by Meg Groome]
Everybody knows about the roof guard dogs in Gowanus and some people have seen them from street level or from the F Train. Well, GL Contributor and blogger Meg Groome caught them and here what she wrote about them:
I was at the Smith and 9th Street station and noticed three dogs patrolling the flat roofs on 2nd Ave. Another day I was taking pictures on 2nd when I heard dogs barking very close to me. Much to my surprise and relief they were on the roof so I took some pictures of them snarling and snapping at me. On subsequent F train trips I have noticed some dog houses and feeding bowls up there so my guess is that they are confined to the roof, spending their days waiting for an adventurous graffiti artist or burglar to chase away.
Woof.G
6 responses so far ↓
1 Anonymous // Dec 16, 2008 at 2:25 pm
That’s fucked up. Report it.
2 spnder // Dec 16, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Got a good look at these bundles of joy the other night as I hopped out of a cab on 2nd ave bound for the bell house. Not exactly the reception I was expecting.
3 mjm // Dec 16, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Great picture. Poor dogs.
4 The Way Some People No Longer Live - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com // Dec 17, 2008 at 11:22 am
[…] residents know the bark, but few have actually seen the guard dogs who sit on the roof. A sighting. [Gowanus […]
5 cilla // Dec 18, 2008 at 9:21 am
Good luck trying to get the ASPCA to do anything. Despite how heroic they appear on their Animal Planet shows it’s very hard to get them to help guard dogs or the cats in deli basements, etc, living sad miserable lives. As long as there’s food and “shelter” which can be as little as a few boards nailed together, they don’t seize the animals. Best thing to do is what was done right here, photograph it and blog about it.
6 Tagarbejde // Jan 20, 2009 at 4:13 am
Dogs must be best friends, not slaves