We may kid the Chronicle every once in awhile, for, oh, laying people off, getting rid of good columnists, and shoddy editorial standards, but sometimes you gotta give credit where credit is due. Which is why we come today to praise the Chron, not bury it, because the Chron done good. And what did they do? Did they expose citywide government corruption? Highlight details of a poor and put-upon underclass? Get rid of the Night Cabbie? Nope. But thanks to Chronicle Watch, the people who take their dogs to Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Park can now =wash their dirty dogs at a brand new dog-washing facility.

Yes, at the prodding of the Chronicle Watch, you, the Chronicle Watch readers, have set forth such a furious volley of e-mails, faxes, and phone calls to poor beleaguered Pat O’Brien, the regional general manager of East Bay Regional Park District, to demand your doggy washing facilities that Pat could do nothing else but to listen to the Voice-of-the-People(we wonder if whenever the Chronicle Watch unveils some new thing to fix up and post a picture of some middle-management government lackey, the lackey’s first thoughts upon seeing their mug and phone number in the paper fall somewhere along the lines of “oh no…”). According to the story, the new place consists of “six new tubs with built-in stairs, a large-capacity water heater and retail shelves. There is also a new gathering place for humans: Last month, doors opened at the adjacent Sit and Stay Café.” Hell, we’ve thought about renting places that didn’t sound as nice.

So with that, we say, thank you Chronicle Watch! Thank you!