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Originally Posted by Mayzoo  If your guy is good with recall (coming to you almost without fail when called even with distractions) then you do not have too much to worry about.
Some folks believe a dog park is a great place to off leash socialize a less than social animal. Then they may or may not watch their animal since the human, in reality, has no idea how to socialize them to begin with  . |
Agreed! Make sure Ruger has good recall. Scottie eats other dogs poop and refuses to come when he's got poop in his mouth
so I can't bring him there. No idea why, but people seem to like to bring their dogs there and let the dogs play while they chat with the other human friends - meanwhile not watching when their dogs poop. Either that, or they don't care period to pick up after their dog, even with signage everywhere. Argh. Hopefully your dog park isn't as bad!
In my area, there were 3 incidences last summer where a crazy person tried to socialize their big aggressive dog by bringing it to the dog park. Three times, the aggressive dog attacked a yorkie. It was in the news each time...
The guy was clearly crazy - apparently he used fake names when he introduced himself to others at the park. Police never caught him
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Originally Posted by margaritaville ...I always worry that my dogs will get parasites from a dog that has them. My dogs get their monthly heartworm and flea treatment but there is always the chance. |
And yes, besides the poop, I end up not taking Scottie there because I'm worried about parasites from dogs and diseases he might pick up from poop-eating.