Letting strange dog dominate yours?

[Pepper311]

I was at the dog park my dog was so excited. There was a great playmate there for her but then there were 2 older husky who were clearly over it. They were just waiting to go. My pup was being very submissive to them and then play bow and run around. They would play a little. Then one of the dogs rolled my dog and got her on her back stood over her and stared at her. It was not play it was an older dog putting a young dog in it's place. The owners are just standing around picking their nose. I go over call the dog off by yelling "off". My dogs comes back to me she does not seems to care but did not like it. That dog put her in her place but all she was doing was running around. She was submitting to them a lot already even rolled over. But the jerk dog still had to pin her. I think he just did not want to play and was telling her to chill out.

I did not like how those dogs were acting so we went for a run in the meadow instead.

Am I being over protective for leaving after that? Should I just let other strange dogs dominate my pup she is 9 month old. clearly my pup was annoying them. So I left.

Cookie is great with other dogs. She knows how to greet others with out pissing them off unlike my little dog. She is very confident but submissive if that makes sence. She is still a pup and has lots of energy too much for older dogs.

[carmspack]

here we go again with dog parks.

not worth it.

[onyx'girl]

Never let a strange dog dominate your dog! You are your dogs advocate. A strange dog dominating her(even if she is being pesky) will bring her confidence level down, or possibly cause her to become reactive with any strange dog after a negative experience.
Had she stood her ground, you may have had a fight on your hands.
Had she had a relationship with this dog, respect would have been there and then IMO, him correcting her pesky behavior would be no big deal. But that type of relationship usually only comes from packmates, not casual playmates.
Stay with one or two dogs she plays well with, the ones she doesn't know aren't worth it.

[msvette2u]

Originally Posted by carmspack

here we go again with dog parks.

not worth it.

Ditto.

[chicagojosh]

I don't mess with dog parks, but I don't think dog owners should intervene every time one dog pins another at a dog park. that would be constantly!!!!

every time ive been to a dog park (without my dog) I see dogs rough housing, pinning each other, biting each others necks. usually all in good fun.

if the husky wasn't "aggressive" but more so aserting itself as alpha over your dog i honestly see nothing wrong with it...I wasn't there to witness it, but thats my take

[Pepper311]

Yeah I left right after it happened. Because she was still happy and confident. Other dogs where coming in and she still wanted to play with them so that did not upset her much at all. But I still rather leave then let it happen again. She had more fun in the meadow anyways.

That's what I was thinking had she not submitted it would have been a fight. I feel like I am the only one at the dog park that really understands what dogs are saying to each other. Or I am the only one that cares. I try and only go when there are less then 5 happy playful dogs.

Yeah the husky was just putting my dog in her place he was not aggressive but he did stare her down once he was on top of her. That kind of freaked me out the most. Full eye contact like a stare is like the dog saying Bring it on.

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by carmspack

here we go again with dog parks.

not worth it.

Agree, I just have no use for this type of thing.

[Rott-n-GSDs]

Originally Posted by carmspack

here we go again with dog parks.

not worth it.

Agreed.

I don't let any dogs, strange or familiar, dominate my dogs, and I don't let my dogs dominate others, either. I don't go to dog parks for a variety of reasons. I have my own large fenced in yard and friends occasionally bring their dogs over. My Rott tends to want to put the visiting dogs in their place in the beginning of play, but I do not allow it. I interrupt play whenever he is dominating and not taking his turn at being submissive. He figures out quickly that play is no fun when it keeps getting stopped so he quickly reverts to taking his turn as the low dog on the totem pole.

[martemchik]

Here is my take, it wasn't bad the husky just had enough and told her to stop. You sound like you're blaming the husky owners a bit, but their dog did nothing wrong. If YOU don't like how a dog is treating your dog, then it is up to YOU to stop it, and if necessary leave the park. Don't expect other people to control their dogs when they are not being aggressive or dangerous (pisses me off when people try to correct my dog when he is being playful).

You were also allowing your pup to harrass this other dog, and to you the play was no big deal, but the dog didn't like it and he stopped it. Just stating a fact but you didn't read the body language of the husky quickly enough to prevent your dog from being pinned, so maybe you don't understand dogs as much as you think. I do have to add that I do not allow him to pin, I try to stop it whenever I spot it and redirect him.

I will say though, I don't think her being pinned is a big deal at all. My boy was pinned all the time when he was little, and I didn't mind because I knew he would grow up to be very confident and outgoing. He's the one that pins dogs now when they get out of hand and has absolutely no problems meeting other dogs. I wouldn't worry about her behavior from this point forward at all.

[martemchik]

I should add that I don't allow him to pin and try to stop it whenever I see it happening.