Sandy Moore Webboard User Reg: 07-25-2006
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We go around 5:00 am. First, because nobody is around that time of day (what sort of fool would get up at 4:30 to walk a dog, anyway?) and second because Phoenix summers get mighty warm mighty early. 5:00 am is generally the only time it's not 90+ degrees.
Me too! I'm the same kind of fool and for the same reason.
But my dog and I got kicked out of an enclosed baseball diamond by some park guy riding around in a golf cart. Just when I thought I had found a secure place....
I used to take George to the dog park every great once in a while. But he doesn't want to play with the other dogs and gets grumpy when they try to take his beloved tennis ball, so now if I go it's at 8 in the morning on a weekday so he can go swimming (which he's obsessed with).
This is another thing that is bad in a dog park is people bringing toys it is the perfect thing for starting a fight over resource guarding. I went with a Jolly ball one time and another dog went for it, my dog freaked she went right into resource guarding mode. Gotta keep the toys apart from them!
The problem is he will NOT run anywhere unless he's retrieving something. The only time he gets any serious exercise is when he's chasing down the stupid ball. In fact, I tested this once when I threw a rock into the water. He jumped in and would not stop swimming (and he got farther and farther away) until he found the rock, which by that time was long gone. So I had to get the ball out and throw it. I'd love to play fetch in a nice, big fenced-in backyard but that's just not possible until I can get his recall up to snuff. Right now if he sees anything out in the field (which is basically our backyard), he'll run for it and won't come back until he feels like it.
I don't worry about the non-social dogs in the morning because George heads straight for the water anyway. If another dog shows up wanting to use the dock, we leave. If I get there and there's more than one other dog there, we leave. It's tucked back into the middle of nowhere, so it's not like there's dogs there all the time.
Jeff Brosius Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2007
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But my dog and I got kicked out of an enclosed baseball diamond by some park guy riding around in a golf cart. Just when I thought I had found a secure place....
Sandy:
I notice in your profile that you are from AZ as well. Was this a Phoenix city park? Did the guy in the golf cart give you a reason you couldn't be there? Did you get his name?
I had a similar episode a year or so back, when I was living in Scottsdale. Park staff guy said "All dogs must be on a leash" and I pointed out that his e-collar was a leash, that the ordinance didn't specify otherwise, and so forth.
Perhaps something worth investigating. If nothing else, a phone call to Parks Department with a mild complaint might stir the pot.
Lastly, check your private messages. I've a few questions to ask you off the boards.
This is more on topic with the original article (small dog killed by big one) - what owner of a tiny dog feels safe brining it into an enclosed pen with much larger unknown dogs? Especially with an elderly animal? My dog weighs about 40lb and is pretty small IMO and I don't feel safe bringing her around much more powerful dogs that I don't know just for the sake of safety and precautions. Although I'm not agreeing with dog parks, there's usually a reason many have two separated containment areas - one for large dogs, the other for smaller/younger/older dogs.
Dog parks are indeed a bad idea. Too many people think of their dogs as "people with fur" , not animals. I would never take my GSD to one because she has such a high prey drive that I know she might get carried away and hurt another dog either unintentionally or maybe even intentionally.
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