{"id":2456675,"date":"2020-04-02T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/inhospitality-in-a-hospitality-town\/"},"modified":"2020-04-03T07:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T13:22:43","slug":"inhospitality-in-a-hospitality-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/inhospitality-in-a-hospitality-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Inhospitality in a hospitality town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday morning, I woke up to my 15th day of self-isolation. Since the sky was finally blue I decided to go for my run, the only thing keeping me sane these days, on the Rio Grand Trail.<\/p>\n

I was off to the side of the trail pre-run stretching when a very friendly, off-leash, black boxer walked right into my hamstring stretch and dropped her toy at my feet. Slobber, smile and all.<\/p>\n

Naturally, I went to pet the dog and say hi when her panicked owner ran up shooing me off and snapping at me that she was not letting anyone touch her dog. Fair. I can appreciate the precaution. But snapping at me while your dog is off-leash and walking up to people is not the answer.<\/p>\n

I did suggest she leash her canine as a solution. But I may not have offered said solution in the most congenial of ways. To the Rio Grand Lady, I apologize. Your stress and fear-induced aggressiveness is no excuse for me to behave badly as well.<\/p>\n

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