I had kind of a weird experience at the dog park the other day. I was wondering what your guys thoughts are on people who are in wheelchairs with large breed puppies.
Ill give you guys the fast version. I took my 6 month old puppy to the dog park so she could release a lot of energy and fast (she had a group training class that evening). Right when I let her in, a slightly larger and older pup went after her. No one helped me separate them and it was pretty hard because they aren't exactly small dogs. The older pup got free a couple times and I had to separate them again. Finally a lady in a wheelchair showed up to help me but she was upset at me for trying to restrain her dog.
PLEASE don't judge me but I was upset about my dog being attacked for no reason and upset because I saw no owner helping me and when I first saw her my initial though was, "Why does this lady have this very fast, very strong, 50 pound puppy?" Now that Im not as upset, I keep thinking about the incident. I want to think that the wheelchair had nothing to do with it and that it was simply the owner, wheelchair or no wheelchair, who was not being responsible in the way that she maybe wasn't watching her puppy or maybe her puppy is just aggressive and shouldn't have been there to begin with? What do you guys think?
BTW, I have nothing against people in wheelchairs. Feel like Im going to get really bashed for this post Hopefully not!.
Ill give you guys the fast version. I took my 6 month old puppy to the dog park so she could release a lot of energy and fast (she had a group training class that evening). Right when I let her in, a slightly larger and older pup went after her. No one helped me separate them and it was pretty hard because they aren't exactly small dogs. The older pup got free a couple times and I had to separate them again. Finally a lady in a wheelchair showed up to help me but she was upset at me for trying to restrain her dog.
PLEASE don't judge me but I was upset about my dog being attacked for no reason and upset because I saw no owner helping me and when I first saw her my initial though was, "Why does this lady have this very fast, very strong, 50 pound puppy?" Now that Im not as upset, I keep thinking about the incident. I want to think that the wheelchair had nothing to do with it and that it was simply the owner, wheelchair or no wheelchair, who was not being responsible in the way that she maybe wasn't watching her puppy or maybe her puppy is just aggressive and shouldn't have been there to begin with? What do you guys think?
BTW, I have nothing against people in wheelchairs. Feel like Im going to get really bashed for this post Hopefully not!.