There may come a time, when you will be walking your dog, and a stray dog attacks you and/or your dog. Many different ideas have been bounced around on this topic. They all have merit for particular situations. It should however, be noted, that not any one single idea (that is not deadly), will work for everyone in all given situations. With this in mind, I will list a few of the general ones, and comment on each.

• Carry Pepper spray
• Carry Anti-personnel spray
• Carry a firm wooden stick
• Carry a spray bottle with a chemical that will hurt, but not harm
• Carry a piece of rubber hose
• Carry a loud policeman-type whistle
• Carry a plastic bag with baby powder or some other non-lethal powder

The hours of operation for the Riverstone Ranch Pool are from 10am - 8pm, Tuesday - Sunday. The pool is closed on Mondays for maintenance.

The rules & regulations, especially regarding the use of pool tags is going to be enforced even more now. Be sure you take your tag with you and sign in when you arrive.

Pool registration will be held at the Riverstone Ranch Recreation Center, 9212 Riverstone Ranch Drive, on Saturday, May 1^st from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Saturday, May 15^th from 12 noon – 3:00 pm. These dates will be the only time to receive FREE POOL TAGS, after these dates, there will be a $5.00 PER TAG charge. Pool tags will only be issued to residents with a ZERO BALANCE on their account. This includes interest and late charges.

If you felt like me, there's a void that needed to be filled within our community. It feels like there's not enough information passed on to the home owners and there's no real sense of a well informed community.

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