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Hello, the first time I went to a dog park I had a bad experience with other dogs becoming overly dominant with my dog and pinning him in the ground. After coming here to ask about it people suggested not to take him to dog parks since there are dogs that are not trained properly and could become aggressive.
Since then I've just been walked him, maybe sometimes I let him say a quick hi to some dogs during the walks but I've been mostly focused on have him sit down when other dog is passing by and have him pay attention to me by giving him some treats and let him watch the dog pass (before he was pulling very hard to try to meet the passing dog).
I dont have friends that own a dogs so is very hard for me to find other dogs that he can be around, we take him to puppy classes once a week but there are many tiny dogs that just run away scared when he gets close to smell them prompting him to chase them and it all becomes a chaos so I don't let him play with them. There are 2 other dogs in that class that are around the same size so he plays a bit with them but that's all.
One day last week I passed through this fenced park where there were only a small dog and a golden retriever puppy which was around the same age than mine, so I thought it was a pretty safe environment for my dog to meet other dogs in a more free environment. He started chasing the golden puppy and then the golden puppy started chasing him, most of the time it was the other puppy chasing mine but sometimes they would take turns, my dog ran a lot and he seemed to be having a lot of fun.
Today I went to the park again and i thought, "well lets give it another try". When I walk in I'm watching very closely how other dogs react to my puppy before removing the leash and letting him go free. After a few minutes, all the dogs seemed friendly so I let him go free. We were there for about 10 min and this is the video of my dog playing with the other dogs at the end of our session.
PS: At the end this black and tan dog came (you can see in the video) and he was barking and behaving quite aggressively, getting into a small fight with the golden that you see around [you can see it around the second 0:59] (i was so surprised that the owner of the aggressive dog didn't seem to care at all). When I saw that I rapidly took my dog out of the park and left before anything could happen to my dog.
Now the question: Is this type of play healthy for my dog? Maybe not to take him there daily but maybe once or twice a week for 10-15min.
I can't really think of any other way of having him interact with other dogs and I want him to grow up thinking (hey other dogs are cool I have nothing to be afraid of)
VIDEO:
4 Month German Shepherd puppy playing chase
Many thanks!
Since then I've just been walked him, maybe sometimes I let him say a quick hi to some dogs during the walks but I've been mostly focused on have him sit down when other dog is passing by and have him pay attention to me by giving him some treats and let him watch the dog pass (before he was pulling very hard to try to meet the passing dog).
I dont have friends that own a dogs so is very hard for me to find other dogs that he can be around, we take him to puppy classes once a week but there are many tiny dogs that just run away scared when he gets close to smell them prompting him to chase them and it all becomes a chaos so I don't let him play with them. There are 2 other dogs in that class that are around the same size so he plays a bit with them but that's all.
One day last week I passed through this fenced park where there were only a small dog and a golden retriever puppy which was around the same age than mine, so I thought it was a pretty safe environment for my dog to meet other dogs in a more free environment. He started chasing the golden puppy and then the golden puppy started chasing him, most of the time it was the other puppy chasing mine but sometimes they would take turns, my dog ran a lot and he seemed to be having a lot of fun.
Today I went to the park again and i thought, "well lets give it another try". When I walk in I'm watching very closely how other dogs react to my puppy before removing the leash and letting him go free. After a few minutes, all the dogs seemed friendly so I let him go free. We were there for about 10 min and this is the video of my dog playing with the other dogs at the end of our session.
PS: At the end this black and tan dog came (you can see in the video) and he was barking and behaving quite aggressively, getting into a small fight with the golden that you see around [you can see it around the second 0:59] (i was so surprised that the owner of the aggressive dog didn't seem to care at all). When I saw that I rapidly took my dog out of the park and left before anything could happen to my dog.
Now the question: Is this type of play healthy for my dog? Maybe not to take him there daily but maybe once or twice a week for 10-15min.
I can't really think of any other way of having him interact with other dogs and I want him to grow up thinking (hey other dogs are cool I have nothing to be afraid of)
VIDEO:
4 Month German Shepherd puppy playing chase
Many thanks!