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09-06-2016, 09:17 AM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | More about leash free parks What is the expression live n learn........sigh. I swore I would never bring my wee one and my. Biggie together on my own to a leash free. Well the other day I did it. I scanned the whole park it was empty at that time of day on a holiday monday. So we proceed. We have about 10 minutes of joyous time running n retrieving the ball. Blissfull. Then I see at the farthest gate two men enter with a bully breed. I have only time to leash up my wee one razz and short tie him into the picnic table. The young bully goes full tilt run to magic and attacks. My close to 11yr old boy turns to meet the attack. Luckily the bully owners went at a dead run and my magic did obey me and dropped the neck of that bully. We got a hold of their collars and circled them away from each other. In one sense the owners were clueless but in another they knew they were in the wrong. As we always seem to hear oh my boy has never done this before! Prob BS. I know bully breeds need to be muzzled all the time out in public. T hey also had no idea magic was going in for the kill. Magic is one very serious boy and will never ignore that full out attack. I educated them a bit. They put the leash on their dog and immediately exited. Learning nothing I am sure. I should never do this again.
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09-06-2016, 11:04 AM | #2 |
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| Wow! You are sooo cool under pressure and Magic is one very good boy to listen to you when all his senses are full-tilt another direction! Thank goodness everyone is ok---truly. I think every single one of us have had thatI-never-do-this-but-it'll-be-ok-just-this-once...instances (I know I have, but never again) and thankfully we've 'survived' and come out the wiser. |
09-06-2016, 03:35 PM | #3 |
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| Yorkie's are very small, they may think they are tough guys but going up against a "bully-breed" that's 60 lbs of solid muscle is not a good idea. Leash-free parks are a recipe for disaster with ANY dog, and possibly deadly for a toy breed. "Bully-Breeds" can be a docile as lambs and little yorkies can be as ferocious as lions. It's all a matter of the temperament of the dog, it's silly to paint ANY breed with such a broad brush or force any to be "muzzled" in public unless they individually have been proven to be prone to aggressive behavior. For a tiny Yorkie, going up against a big lab or a German shepherd could be just as bad as going up against a pit bull. Bottom line, its safer to take your dog on a walk on a leash, and if your dog needs to run, find a friend's big yard or a wide open space where you don't have to worry about other dogs. |
09-06-2016, 04:40 PM | #4 | |
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In terms of muzzling that bully dog has just shown to me he should be. I am not on board with automatic muzzle laws, but in this case it is warranted. Unprovoked that bully crossed 300feet of ground on his immediate entrance to attack my playing dog. Usually this leash free have owners with friendly dogs which is why I go there. And don't condemn all leash free. Truly there is nowhere one hundred percent safe to either walk or let your dog roam free.
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09-07-2016, 11:07 AM | #5 |
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| That's a very scary story! So glad everyone left the park unharmed. I'm also scared of letting them roam, even when there are no dogs around. But I've done it from time to time because they love running around freely so so very much! Luckily, I've never encountered an attack situation. Think I would just have a heart attack! When I let both of my Yorkies run around, I have them tied to each other's harnesses on a long lead so that I can get a hold of them quickly just in case.
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