Fido-friendly for the filthy rich?

The Blaine County Recreation District is now charging $49 for each dog permit on their designated groomed winter Nordic trails. This is over a treble increase from last season’s $15. And a tenfold increase from the five bucks they charged when my Petey-boy was a mere pup.

When I broke this dreadful news to Petey-boy, he trembled hard, as if that brazen pit-bull down the street was nosing around, uninvited again. We required a trip to the Sun Valley animal shelter psychologist, where it was recommended that I put on some Earl Scruggs, so we could howl at this overpriced bad taste to get it out of our systems.

Following our bluegrass grounding, I promised Petey, that we would figure out something different this year. If each if the ten thousand (maniacal) canines in the Wood River valley sign up for this permit, it would net the district almost ½ million bucks. However, many of us restricted poor boy pup-owners are boycotting what is perceived as an outrageous increase and may have to start our own trail, leaving locals wondering if this small change isn’t just one more example of brazen local government wagging to the elitist Sun Valley wishes.