Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick its butt. In other cases, it may eat its own poop or, worse, the poop ...

Is the playground, in essence, a dog run for children? Should the laws of the park — spoken and unspoken — govern it as such? This is the ethical question posed this week by a dog owner in a NextDoor ...