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08-03-2014, 10:24 AM | #16 | |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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08-03-2014, 03:30 PM | #17 |
Ringo (1) and Lucy too! Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On the Edge of Glory
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| It's good to be back! Between 2 dogs, a teen-ager (now in college) and 92 year old Father (recently passed), I did not have time to breathe. Now I have too much time - but isn't that how it goes.
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08-03-2014, 03:36 PM | #18 | |
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I can't believe your son is now college age. Where does the time go? Hope the doggies are doing well. *sorry Mike to hijack your thread for personal business. Ban me for it.
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08-03-2014, 08:02 PM | #19 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Some of the comments on that article... *smacks head* Honestly, it's very rare that I find a dog park around here that DOESN'T have a separate small dog/big dog section. I find it amusing that some people think it's such an odd thing??? I did used to let Jackson on the big side, but as he's gotten older (and I ) I don't do it anymore. Jackson stopped having fun, he was too nervous with certain types of big dogs (he doesn't like bully breeds, and their play style) and it simply wasn't worth the risk anymore. I saw too many fights and questionable behavior. I think I was maybe naive when he was younger. OR, a lot of times the dog was not being aggressive, just simply trying to play... but very obnoxiously. Jackson doesn't appreciate it and will stick him for himself, which is what scares me. He is a very well behaved, well trained dog. It has nothing to do with 'training' as some commenters said. It's literally a safety issue. I am fine with Jackson playing and hanging out with big dogs that I know and trust. A bunch of unknown dogs loose together in a big thunder-dome style fenced in area? Umm, no thank you. As the years have gone on, I've kind of become somewhat indifferent on dog parks in general. I used to LOVE them, see nothing wrong with them, etc. To be honest, I've had mostly positive experiences at the dog park (on the small dog side). But I've seen way too many clueless people who walk in, and either don't understand dog body language at ALL or maybe are looking a little too closely into it, or a bit of both. There's two extremes, really. You have the people who allow their dogs to just run wild, humping everyone, jumping on everyone, growling (not playfully), etc, who are all "oh they're just dogs! Let them play!" Then the other end of the spectrum, person walks in with their dog, won't take them off the leash, a dog goes up to sniff their dogs butt and they immediately pick them up off the ground and think the other dog was being aggressive. LOL... I do not think it's a great place for puppies, especially in crowded parks. It can often make or break a dog liking other dogs or traumatize them. And people have this idea that ALL dogs must love ALL other dogs, when that's simply not the case. Some dogs simply aren't 'dog park dogs' and there is nothing wrong with that. I occasionally bring Jackson to our dog park still (used to a lot more when he was younger). We have two close ones, and frequent one more than the other. The one we go to is regulated and in a state park, so there are park rangers, etc, available close-by. Most people here tend to follow rules, and sometimes can be a bit snobby, but sometimes it's better that way. I am very good at reading canine body language and I also know my own dog very well. If he is not enjoying himself, we leave. If I see a questionable dog, we leave. I definitely find the small dog side to have less problems overall and *I* feel a lot more ease only having small dogs under 25lbs or friendly elderly big dogs. It doesn't seem like a far fetched request to me to have fenced in areas for both! And for little dogs not being REAL dogs... pshhh... it always amuses me because most of the time it comes from people who have huge, fat, lazy giant dogs who don't do anything more than sit on their couch and chill in their backyard anyway. But your dog is more "real" than mine (who hikes, swims, runs, etc, with me?) because he's 80+lbs? Ohhhkayyy.
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08-03-2014, 09:24 PM | #20 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Cave Creek, AZ, USA
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| so typical all that's said. Frustrating for small dog owners. They are big dogs in little packages. It's funny that my Yorkie could out walk a s**tzu and a golden both who were younger than he. They'd drop back and he'd look back at them, up and me and kind of make a nod forward. Always cracked me up. |
08-04-2014, 01:20 PM | #22 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | Thanks for the commiseration. It's sad that so many of us have simular experiences. The story glosses over that fact that 5 of the 6 current "dog parks" are unfenced. Our city of 300,000 only has one small fenced park. They're in the process of approving a second official fenced park -- Valley of the Moon park, which my little dog group turned into an unofficial dog park because it was fenced and no one was using it as a ballpark.
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08-06-2014, 10:30 PM | #23 |
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| Have you tried seeing about raising the money, or getting the materials and work donated for the fence for the park, and maybe seeing about a discount on admission for small dogs for doing this. Also check with your local Boy Scout group to see if anyone is going for eagle Scout and needs a project to works towards his goal. There are many ways of getting the fence put in at no cost to the city/county, you just need to see what can be done, and who is willing to help. I love all dogs, but am a Yorkie man through and through. Good luck with the fence issue. Cheers Quad & Gina
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08-06-2014, 10:46 PM | #24 | |
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You're absolutely right, though. If you want something done right, do it yourself!
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08-07-2014, 04:42 AM | #25 |
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| Unbelievable. It's not a "pampered" dog issue, it is a safety issue. Sheldon is my first little dog, but I had the opposite problem with my Bullmastiff foster. He was a pup, but a BIG pup when I first took him to the dog park. He was doing just fine when I had some guy feel the need to tell me he was "too small" for the big dog side of the park (they are separated here). It pissed me off so I looked at him and told him, "This dog will be around 100lbs at maturity (he was already 26lbs at this point), and he is way too big to be in the small dog section. Mind your own business". He then proceeded to tell me that I should keep my puppy at home until his size was more appropriate. Lol...meanwhile, his two dogs were terrorizing the other dogs and he didn't get off his bench seat once. I couldn't help but roll my eyes and laugh at him. |
08-07-2014, 12:13 PM | #26 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire
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| Oh I get comments from narrow-minded ignorant people about my small dogs all the time. I brush it off now. They don't know the love of a little guy or girl, until they own one! Its their loss! I personally just love all animals. They all have so much to give and teach us!
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08-07-2014, 02:55 PM | #27 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | We see that ignorance all the time at dog parks. We pulled our little dogs into a corner at far end of field for safety, and one medium size dog came ôver and played too rough. Owners saw it but were seated on a bench on the other side. I walked over and talked to them, and they said they thought the meetup was about socialization. They didn't realize they had to assist in the socialization sometimes. It's frustrating when the owners don't even try to learn. They left in a huff.
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08-07-2014, 08:49 PM | #28 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Florida
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| Alaskayorkie, you ask a really interesting and thought provoking question. The question is bigger than just the park issue. Although, I completely understand your frustration. My humble advice, would be to use the surrounding beauty of Anchorage as a place to take your dogs. Who are obviously total bad asses. But your question is really good, there is a group of people who view small dogs as inferior or as you said "not real dogs". Many of them are men, who have either never lived with a small dog or with any dog at all. As a man myself I know that some people think its ridiculous I have little dogs. Its some kind of stupid macho thing. I honestly don't give a %$@# what those people think. I have found that once these type of people get to live with small dogs for a while they change their mind, big time. Pound for pound a Yorkie is every bit as capable as many other big dogs. Mine have chased Cattle from my property, they catch and kill lizards that are really, really fast, and they are incredibly good watch dogs. Just in a small, portable, package. If you haven't read the book about "Smoky" the war dog. I highly recommend it. The good news is there are lots of people like you and me that love little dogs and understand how important they are and will speak up to protect them. |
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