What’s your opinion on dog parks? Do you guys have Any horror stories or have you only had good experiences?
The first time I brought kuru to a dog park was when she was 18 weeks old and it ended up easily being the worst decision of my life lol! At first it was all good, I had the whole thing to myself and it was a great area for offleash training, I was hoping I could maybe get some dog socialization in with a chiller dog.. but not these dogs.... Shortly after people brought their dogs in that absolutely harassed my pup ? I couldn’t get to my poor girl in time to ward off the other dogs as I was mid fetch, a huge mastiff and another gsd went after her and chased her about and boy I was angry! She finally B lined to me and seeked refuge under my legs.. I didn’t have any problem warding off the other peoples dogs with all means necessary. The owners tried to call back their dogs... which ignored and continued to tell me ‘ oh they’re just playing ‘ ... yeah, right.
Just as I got done speaking to the owners about their dogs acting this way towards mine, a dog fight broke out between 2 other dogs.. I picked up my puppy and we headed to the beach lol. * photo below *
But two weeks later I decided to give it another go and actually met a couple people who had very nice sheps who were very well trained! It was nice getting to talk to them and let my pup actually enjoy her time with other dogs! So I’m about 70/30... not being in dog parks favor.
What’s your experiences?
The first time I brought kuru to a dog park was when she was 18 weeks old and it ended up easily being the worst decision of my life lol! At first it was all good, I had the whole thing to myself and it was a great area for offleash training, I was hoping I could maybe get some dog socialization in with a chiller dog.. but not these dogs.... Shortly after people brought their dogs in that absolutely harassed my pup ? I couldn’t get to my poor girl in time to ward off the other dogs as I was mid fetch, a huge mastiff and another gsd went after her and chased her about and boy I was angry! She finally B lined to me and seeked refuge under my legs.. I didn’t have any problem warding off the other peoples dogs with all means necessary. The owners tried to call back their dogs... which ignored and continued to tell me ‘ oh they’re just playing ‘ ... yeah, right.
Just as I got done speaking to the owners about their dogs acting this way towards mine, a dog fight broke out between 2 other dogs.. I picked up my puppy and we headed to the beach lol. * photo below *
But two weeks later I decided to give it another go and actually met a couple people who had very nice sheps who were very well trained! It was nice getting to talk to them and let my pup actually enjoy her time with other dogs! So I’m about 70/30... not being in dog parks favor.
What’s your experiences?