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my roommate and I were out walking her 6 month old pit bull puppy. we took her to this dog park where the only other person there was a guy with his 3 small kids, all under 3 years old, and two larger dogs. the guy literally sat on his butt and drank beer and read a paper as his 2 older kids (the littlest one was in a stroller) were being knocked down by the dogs who kept running into them. after 10 minutes, we just decided to just leave b/c we didn't want to be held liable if Bella hurt the kid. she's completely harmless other than the occasional jumping up on you for kisses, but she is a pit and we knew how people can overreact w/ them.
we were so annoyed by this. a dog park is for DOGS to be free and run around. it isn't fair that we can't let our dog run around off leash uninhibited b/c toddlers are running around unsupervised. it just isn't a place for small children. and if parents insist on bringing kids, why can't they just keep them on the sidelines and close by their sides so he dogs can run around? ugh, between untrained little hellions to questionable parenting, we've had little luck with dog parks. I've never been a fan of them, but Bella LOVE playing with other dogs and has benefited from the socialization. now we don't even want to bother with them anymore.
Our local dog park also has a separate, fenced playground for kids. The offleash dog section of the park also has a minimum age requirement of 12 for dog handlers. Problem solved. Who is in charge of maintaining, etc. your dog park?
Dummy daddy was drinking beer in the park? Hell, easy answer to your problem (this visit). You should have reported it to the the police. Especially if he drove to the park with his kids.
But I feel your pain. Some people are just clueless.
Every time I read something like this, I am really glad we live on a 2.5 acre clearing in the middle of another 9 acres of dense forest. We have 4 dogs, 3 GSD's ranging from 11 yrs to 4 mo. AND, exactly ONE Genuine Rescue Muttpuppy. In the backyard we have a half acre fenced in, it has lots of room for frisbee flippin' or ball tossin', also, an 80 gallon cattle trough up against the fence in constant shade.
Yeah, I've seen that as well, including parents who get upset when dogs jump on and knock over their kids (being friendly). Small children and dog parks don't always mix.
I avoid them for other reasons now, and will probably only take them in the winter due to the rampant flea problems at dog parks.
Because a large percentage of people are just plain dumb. Undoubtedly, their dogs are not spayed/neutered and do not wear id tags or have a microchip. Dumb dumb dumb...
If the park is park of the city/town system, odds are they ahve many rules from age restrictions to behavior rules. I bet most poeple, includeing the dog owners, have no idea whatt he rules are. because they don;t know what they are, they break the rules and others se that and they break the rules. in time there is a whole lot of rules that get broken.
Soon the place becomes out of control and people leav e all frustrated because its not what the place should be. I say, stop leaving and take the time to read and understand the rules. If the park went dwonhill because of rule violations, complain to the proper people. There is no rreason for you to abandon a park set up for you because some people are to stupid to follow the rules set out.
Now don;t expect much because odds are half the rules that are broken are being broken by people who belive in the rules so long as it applies to everyone else but them. They will applaude soem official coming in to tell underage kids they have to leave except if the underage kids are their, Now its not about underage kids but about those underage kids and how exceptuions needs to be made for their kids. Look at people with bully dogs that have to harrase smaller dogs when they come in. Nobody wants theior dog harrassed but when their dog does the harrasing, well its just a dog being a dog.
Stand up for what you belive is right and compalin to make the place better, just don;t expect others to side with you.
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