I am always baffled by dog owners that allow their toy dogs to roam free in a dog park with larger dogs on the loose. Not being judgemental but really am curious as to why they don't see potential danger in this? So all you yorkie owners who allow your yorkie to roam free with the "big dogs" give me a sense of perspective. Earlier this year, our local newspaper had front page headlines and a series of articles recounting how a maltese was killed by a larger dog at a local dog park. It was heart breaking, and happened in the blink of an eye. It was the maltese (a puppy also) first time at the park. As a parent, I often think that when my kids were toddlers I did not allow them to play unsupervised around older children. I've never taken my yorkies to a dog park and won't unless they set up a separate area for toy and small dog...that was the one thing that came out of the death of the maltese puppy... the local dog park is looking into setting up a separate area.