Awwww, sorry little Lucy did not have the greatest time.
You probably know that I love our dog park. We actually have not been going as often as we used to, as in the hot weather, Jackson tends to just lay around outside anyways so it always seems pointless to go.
But all the dogs at the two parks we frequent always have a really good time. I have seen a few first-timers who come in and are terrified. There was a Chi who did not enjoy it at all and kept wanting to be picked up but after about an hour there, she calmed down and went and sniffed around.
That's annoying when the dogs are too big to be on the small side! I have no problem with old senior mellow dogs over there but sometimes people bring in rambunctious large breed puppies and that's not cool.
Some dogs are just not meant to be dog park dogs. I would try to find a meet-up for small breeds, I have seen a few of those around here, so there are certain days when a dog park is full of a small dog meet up group. They also have specific breed meetups -- there is a Westie one at our dog park and I've never seen so many white dogs in one place!
Here is how Jackson generally spends his days at the dog park: