Dog Parks
Why They Are A Bad Idea
by Ed Frawley
“I want to go on record as saying that the concept of “Dog Parks” was well intended but a bad idea, especially when dogs are allowed to run off-leash. The main problems all stem from people who don’t understand and have not established pack structure with their dogs. This means their dogs are out of control. “
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Sorry—I’ve been taking my dogs to the Dog park for at least 14 years now. If new folks show up and are not watching their dogs properly, the rest of us let them know immediately.
We can suggest they leave if their dog show signs of “not playing well with others”—and if there is still a problem, we have an animal control cop we can call, although I’ve never known that to happen.
There is a fence dividing the park into 2 sections—one for small dogs—but most of the smaller dogs play just fine in the big side.
The park is clean and well maintained—we are each responsible for cleaning up after our dogs, and no one has a problem with telling another dog owner that his dog needs cleaning up after, in case the owner does not notice that his dog is leaving a mess.
My brother is a veterinarian and he agrees with your statements on dog parks. He also adds disease as another reason to stay out of dog parks.
Many years ago my dad had a big, wonderful German Shepherd that was great around children and adults but when it came to other male dogs, he was alpha all the way. Zarek would not have played nice at a dog park........LOL!