Dog parks are horrible for dogs in general. When my dog was only a puppy, she was attacked by an Old English Sheepdog. The owners did nothing, and my dog went home with a nasty wound. People there commented on being scared of the wrong dog (my pup is a pit bull-type dog), and after reading about many incidents like this happening, I have decided to only take my dogs when no one else is there. It would be nice if they could all just get along, but they are dogs, and some of them are not dog-friendly. Too bad their owners don’t know or care, because dog park dogfights happen all the time, often by breeds you would not suspect.
A group of well-meaning folks in this town tried to get the County to open a dog park in my neighborhood adjacent to a golf course. It certainly wouldn’t be used by the people in my neighborhood as we all live on 5 acres, or more. These were all folks who lived across town. In any case, a number of us banded together and stopped it. We did a lot of research on dog park problems, zoonoses, runoff (the area floods), filth, etc. The County stopped it, but we had to go to about 5 meetings to get this done.
In our research we uncovered hundreds of stories like solo describes, eminating from dog parks all over this nation. It makes me wonder who likes these things? The acreage around my house is my dog’s park. He knows not to leave the property. He has no restraints when outdoors. It took a lot of attention to train him, but he’s very dependable after 7 years.
Yep. It’s a lesson in life. And a lesson in why liberalism (failure to take personal responsibility) is so lethal to society.