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Originally Posted by lovespandp  Yeah I agree. For the most part the dog park's are pretty gross... Most of the people I have seen just let their dogs go crazy and have no discipline in what they are doing. Peanut is fully vaccinated, but I know there is always that chance of him catching something. And you never know what the other people are not doing with their pets..as far as vaccines.Yesterday I saw a 5 month old puppy going into the dark park!!  Thats what I worry about the most.. and Peanut is really submissive, I am not sure if that is good or bad, but when he is near me and a strange dog comes up to us and touches me he barks at them and does like a little bite, just like a get away bite. So I don't know I think there are way too many dangers at the dog parks, I can understand if you could know about the dog if they were vaccinated, healthy and know on their temperment, and if the park people would spray down the park...but they dont. At least I am not aware of that.
I think I will just end my worries and keep taking Peanut on our walks. Thats what he enjoy's...and we have this big grass area at our condos that DH and I will take him and play with his ball ( he loves it)  |
Our dog park is strict. The other day -- there was this dog excessively barking (which you're not supposed to allow) and he was just kind of obnoxious. Well, this woman kept pushing the dog away from her Westie's so the guy got mad that she was shoving his dog, etc, etc... they got in a fight. Minutes later, 3 park police were walking in the dog park, writing the guy a citation because he called her a "fat a**," lol. So, people don't mess around at this park. If your dog is acting up, you best control it, or you're going to get cited and not allowed to return.
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Yesterday I saw a 5 month old puppy going into the dark park!! |
I don't think there's anything wrong with a 5 mo. old puppy being in a dog park. They should be fully vaccinated by then. They need the socialization the most at that age.