I take Gizmo to our park on our street right at the beach every day, and during the day they are all leashed, but I have yet to meet a mean dog there. There are dogs of all sizes and they all gt along well. 3 evenings a week we all meetup down there at sunset and let them all off leash, all sizes and they have a blast just running and playing till their pooped. One of Gizmos best friends is a giant schnauzer who is huge, named Charlie, he's a total gentle giant and lays on his side and all the little dogs (majority at the meetup have small breeds, with the exception on a couple large dogs) use Charlie like a jungle gym. I watch and follow Gizmo everywhere he goes though, but he's so much faster zooming around ten all the other dogs that might be bigger. The dogs at our evening romps are all pretty bulletproof when it comes to being friendly :-) Gizmos girlfriend Lilly is actually a German Shepard that lives 3 town homes down from us. I know all the ogs that come to our evening meet ups though and have been around them for a long time as they are all my neighbors. With strangers during our walks during the day, I always ask their dogs temperament and am very cautious when letting him greet them, if I don't like the way a dog is acting I will not let Gizmo near it. I don't judge a dog by its breed, but rather by its personality, and its owners. If I feel the east bit uncomfortable, I keep him away.
One weird thing is, I have never even seen a pit bull down at our beach here, although I have to say I would be Leary, but I'm also Leary of Chihuahua’s :-) I've seen more aggressive smaller dogs then larger dogs in my life though. I actually owned a pit once and it was the biggest baby ever lol. |