Originally Posted by capt_noonie (Post 2658216)

:eek:WTF??? I don't understand people like this. It's common knowledge that small dog owners don't like to hear their babies called rats. They only use that term as a put down. So why would he ask to pet her then if he obviously is not a small dog lover?

Originally Posted by yorkiepaws (Post 2658271)

We nicknamed Laya 'Lil Rat" :eek: Maybe I'd better change that. LOL

Originally Posted by lje213 (Post 2658283)

Ha ha. Well, a cutesy nickname is better then a stranger calling your baby a rat (the way this guy said it)...it's all about the way in which it is used!

Originally Posted by yorkiepaws (Post 2658294)

Yeah, if someone else called her a rat I would feel like punching them!!! :D LOL
Glad your baby is alright, hopefully she won't be scared of the park now.

Originally Posted by roxies_mom (Post 2658998)

I wonder too if the lady is still learning and working on this dogs behavior. It also sounds like it might have been their first trip to the dog park? Hopefully she works on correcting her dogs behaviour. Even still I'm so glad your baby is ok and it would have scared the crap out of me too. Also glad the lady left and made sure ya'll were ok. I'll bet you were ready for yesterday to end. It was one of those, "how much more can I take days?".

Originally Posted by lje213 (Post 2657779)

Loli loves the dog park. We take her every weekend. She loves to run and play with all the dogs there. We have been going for quite sometime now and have never had a problem...until today.

We headed over to the "small dog section" as we normally do. Loli see's a few pugs that she is interested in. (She loves pugs! My friend has a few pugs who are her best friends!) Out of no where this dog twice as big as Loli (probably 10-12 lbs) comes rushing over. It spooked my poor girl and she started to run. My husband and I were trying to call Loli but now the other dog is full on chasing Loli while she is shreaking in horror trying to get away. We are rushing after our girl while the bigger dog has her pinned down. She was shaking in fright when by the time we got to her.

The other dog ran away while we were comforting our baby. Tears were streaming down my face as my heart was breaking watching my baby shake and wimper.

She was okay physically but was quite shaken. A couple of people who saw the whole thing play out came over to make sure Loli was alright.

All of the sudden we hear the same thing play out again except this time it was with a dog a little bit bigger than the "attacking dog!" We heard some shreaks from the dog then the dogs owner yelling and crying.

We took Loli outside the park and as we were holding and cuddeling her some more we heard the same shreeks a third time! I was very upset that this lady was letting her dog terorize every dog in the park. Although her dog did not physically hurt Loli she obviously has a problem and shouldn't be allowed in the park with out a leash...or maybe not at all.

I told my husband I was going to go talk with the lady about her dog. Just then the lady came walking up the hill with her barking dog in her arms.

She yells over to us "Is your dog okay!? Just so you know we are leaving the park!"

I didn't say anything although there was alot I wanted to say! I was upset that she let her dog stay for as long as she did!

On our way out I noticed there were all sorts of signs hanging up with the rules and regulations of the park. There were all sorts of notices posted everything from "clean up after your dog" to "leave the park by 9 PM" I didn't see anything posted about dog behaivor. I really feel like writing the city to let them know they need to post something about this.

What do you think? I would appreciate your feed back. Have you had a similal situation? I think this park is a great place to let dogs run and play but dog owners should responsible enough to know if there dog is fit to play in this kind of enviornment!

Any advice you have would be great!

I am sorry to rant and rave but I had to get all my frustration out and I knew this was a good place to do it!

Originally Posted by yorkie mad (Post 2659096)

You know when you guys were talking about "dog parks " I was quite jealous. After hearing so many horror stories about them I'm rather glad we don't have them in the UK so I wouldn't be tempted to take my baby there.
So glad your baby survived it.

Originally Posted by lje213 (Post 2659126)

It's tough because Loli loves the dog park. We have never had a problem until yesterday. I hate to keep her from it because she loves it so much. We will try it agin this weekend. I am for sure going to be on my toes!

Originally Posted by yorkie mad (Post 2659181)

Yes Im sure you will be on your toes next time.Its such a shame that there are not enough good stories about them though as the idea of a dog park is a brill one.
Do they have big dogs in one fenced off area and smaller dogs in another?