There is one dog park where I live, and its not a very good one. It's really a large fenced-in reservoir that they turned into an official "dog park". I was happy to finally get one so I could take Lacy to a safe place for her to run around off leash. My backyard is super tiny and not enough room for her to do much out there.
The park has problems though...it's a reservoir so it gets muddy easily when it rains. And there are two "ditches" running through it that always have water in them...nasty water that I don't want Lacy to drink. The main problem though is that there is no seperate small dog area. I took her several times without any problems, but once a boxer pinned her down and bit her next to her eye..and a blood vessel actually popped so that a corner of her eye was red for a day. Luckily she was okay. I hadn't been back since that happened until last weekend.
I remembered there are two seperate entrances...most people stay on one side. So I took Lacy and Rylie to the side that is normally empty. I just wanted a place for them to walk/run around without other dogs being there. A couple dogs did come over to visit and luckily were nice. You just never know though... I keep seeing so many little dogs getting attacked by bigger dogs...it's just taking such a risk. I ran around with Lacy some (Rylie just stood there) for about 30 minutes when I was about ready to leave. Two greyhounds started coming toward us and all I could think about was that story of the yorkie getting ripped apart by that pack of greyhounds...so I picked Lacy and Rylie up and decided to leave.
I think its supposed to be a nice weekend and I'd love to take Lacy and Rylie to the park again, but I'm scared to. I don't want to take a chance on them getting hurt
I can take them to other parks on their leashes, but I want them to be able to safely run around off leash.