If you lived in New York City and could afford it, would you cough up $100 a day to send your dog to "hike" around in New Jersey?

You would probably want to take man's best friend to one of the city dog parks or leave them at a doggie day care, right?

Nah. We're talking about New York!

According to a story in The New York Times (and I'm paraphrasing here), some New York dogs are like the Giants and Jets -- they're New York in name but they do all their playing in Jersey.

That story reports that services like My Dog Hikes are bringing New York pups to New Jersey parks, where they run around without leashes, and if one Facebook comment is to be believed, pooping everywhere.

Jerseyans and a county executive are not happy.

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. took to Facebook Monday to respond to what he read in the report.

We are alarmed by a story in the New York Times about dog walking companies letting their dogs roam off leash in South... Posted by Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. on Monday, November 12, 2018

"Having dogs run free is not allowed in Essex county parks, including South Mountain Reservation, and poses a safety risk for other people enjoying our open spaces as well as the dogs," he said.

Just go to one of the four dog parks if you want to run the dogs off leash, he said: one each at South Mountain, Brookdale Park, Hilltop Reservation and Watsessing Park.

He even mentioned siccing the Essex County Sheriff's Office on dog walkers. Officers, he said in his post, will be making sure, "our rules are followed."

Late on Monday, a My Dog Hikes representative disputed this: "we hike on private land and carry poop cans," they wrote.

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