rockhillmanor wrote:
Tlauden wrote:
I've heard some horror stories about dog parks and would never take our dogs to one......
You've got that right.
Take you dog to a huge open area where there are 10 to 20 other loose dogs? :S
9 out of 10 owners do not have a solid recall or for that fact any training on their dogs and just as many have never even let their dogs loose with other dogs. It's the owners that feel the need to do this not the dogs.
Dog parks are Dog fights just waiting to happen. Nope I am not about to turn my dog loose in an open area with owners and dogs I know nothing about. Not to mention you have no idea if these dogs are healthy and not carrying disease.
Exactly, now don't get me wrong. Our dogs love socializing and we regularly take them to family's house to play, all in all they are in contact with roughly 10-12 other dogs a year. The difference is it's the same 10-12 dogs every time, I know that these others are disease free and that they all get along.
I've also heard stories of poison filled dog toys left in dog parks by folks who don't like dogs. There is NO way I would ever take that kind of risk.