Good dog owners deserve good infrastructure. Teddy Knows Best is a community advocacy organization fighting for the resources Silver Lake dog owners need to be responsible neighbors — bag stations, bins, safer signage, and off-leash space. In memory of Teddy.
We're neighbors, dog owners, and advocates working together to close the gap between what this city requires of its dog owners and what it actually provides them. Here's where we're focused.
After my mom died suddenly, Teddy was my rock. He didn't fix anything. He just showed up every single day... with those piercing brown eyes and that ridiculously long tongue, steady and present in a way that quietly taught me how to be the same.
He made me better. He made me want more — for him, for myself, and eventually for every dog owner in this neighborhood who deserves more than they're getting.
This is what I built in his name.
Silver Lake & Beyond
Neighbors
Dogs in Los Angeles
Your Legal Obligation
Max fine
For not picking up LAMC
Sec. 53.49
City Infrastructure
On Silver Lake streets
City-funded bag stations outside the dog park
LA Dog Attacks
USPS attacks in 2024
LA ranked #1 in the nation — two years running
Active Initiatives
And counting
Fair Woof Warning · Clean Streets · Off-Leash Silver Lake
Dog Parks
For the whole neighborhood
Located at the top — nothing serves lower Silver Lake
"I did everything right. I bought the bags — the lavender ones. I picked it up. I followed the law. And I was still out here performing poop bag one-hand gymnastics over a stranger's trash bin at 8 in the morning... because my neighborhood has no infrastructure for the thing it legally requires me to do."
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