In these dog park settings, who's wrong?

1. Person A is doing the right thing by leaving rather than allowing a confrontation. It's unfortunate that he had to, but smart that he did. Person B should not be in the small dog section or at a dog park AT ALL if his dogs are not good with other dogs. Person C could have been in the small dog section had B not been there - although they should have politely asked him to leave that area.

2. B is in the wrong by not leaving and having an out of control dog in the park.

3. Person A should continue socializing their dog (which is what they're doing at the park I assume) to work on the bad-dog-manners problem. Person B was correct in leaving as the pit is non-aggressive and her dog is (even if provoked).

If you feel uncomfortable at the park or a situation arises that involves aggression/fights/problems - if the other person doesn't look like they're going to leave, you should. If a truly aggressive dog is there, remove your dog and yourself from the park and call animal control. Even when we know we're right, we have to do what's safest for our dogs and ourselves - even if that means leaving the park with a normal dog.

You are not being controlling, you are being insane. But don't worry, many people does this kind of mistake, expecially if they have some other problems with their partner (like your lack of time, for example). Try to re-read your wall of text: You don't APPROVE his friends? You don't have to approve his friends, they're not something that he need your permission to see, love(in a friendly way) and have fun with. Even if a person is a screw up and his life is a failure it doesn't mean your boyfriend should leave him alone. It's something HE has to feel and eventually decide. YOUR trust over HIS friends is not asked, not needed, not influent. Don't stick your nose in it, you wouldn't like him to do it with your friends if you cared about your friendships. He didn't tell you about that girl 'cause he knew you would have freaked out like hell, since you didn't like her in the first time. Besides, she owes you nothing, it's your boyfriend who has to stay faithful and would be disgusting if he wasn't, 'cause HIS promise to you is all that has been made. If she likes him, it's obvious she wouldn't care much if he's taken, and try anyway. She will eventually, if she really cares about him, understand he loves you and he is happy with you. If he is. And choose for the best, not troubling his relationship. But even in that, she would still want to be at least a friend, it's not a bad thing. Going out is also important, in particular when you work a lot, you need to steam off your stress, and if you're ok doing it staying at home it doesn't mean he is ok with that, and he does it that way. Everyone has their different way to make their life a little less like a constant hard working and sweating "for a future" and a bit more... happy? Under any point of view? Your relationship isn't, and shouldn't be EVERYTHING that matters in his head. Under that point of view, you can make a fair half of it. You go out with him sometimes, and sometimes he stays home. Wanting to force a man into thinking that way will eventually make him very nervous ('cause he would fight to defend his rights and become rather unreasonable), very depressed and will slowly make him lose affection towards him. I hope you realize it.

Thank you for reminding me of the very reasons I keep my dog out of the dog park. Happy New Year.

most dog parks have a strict code of rules that unspayed & unneutered dogs are forbidden. it's a good rule.

1. Person B seems strange, is his dog not socialized or something? Anyways Person C is an idiot for having an unspayed pet at a dog park.

2. Person B is at fault. You should watch your dog to see if it's picking on any other dogs and stop it.

3. Person A is at fault, you should watch your dog to see if it's playing rough with a dog that is submissive/not playing rough back. But also I'm not sure what you mean by spazz. If you mean the Shepherd mix snarls at a dog that's biting etc. then I stand with person A being at fault.

I hate it when I have to leave my dog park because some idiot doesn't see their bone head dog biting my dog's neck/tail/legs when my dog is laying down or just not playing with it. I wish my dog would stand up for itself more often, it does sometimes. Oh well atleast I get a reason to yell at some idiots and embarass them infront of other dog owners.

1. person A should not have a dog off leash until he is inside the dog park. no dog inside the dog park should be left on a leash for whatever reason.

person B should remove his dog if the dog shows threatening or fearful body language.

person C that's fine to bring a small dog in the big dog side unless there is a rule. at my local dog park, you can bring small dogs into the big dog section, but it is against rule to have a dog above 30 lbs in the small side. it's also against the rule to bring a dog in heat..for that reason only i think C is wrong.

2. the unspayed mix is unstable. the dog is fearful when crowded by other dogs. that's not a good time for her. she should not be taken to a dog park.

3. why does person B have to leave? both owners should understand and just keep their dogs apart.

Dog parks are unfortunate because owners are always going to have their ideas about how other dogs should behave, have stereotypes about certain dog breeds, and think THEIR dog is not at fault.

and dogs are forced to socialize and accept every single dog that comes in, or they are seen as "bad".

would dogs or wolves in the wild go visiting other packs? no way. dogs shouldn't be forced to either. some will enjoy it but most won't. it can undo good social skills the dog may already have.

on the tv show "dogtown" they said most dogs subjected to dogparks were more anxious and stressed. stress like in humans cause lots of health problems in dogs too.besides just being unpleasant.

With every fight a dog has in a dog park, that increases the chances that dog will fight again because of HABIT. for every stressful time a dog has in a dog fight (like the unspayed mix) that makes every more trip to the dog park a bad time for the dog. why do owners INSIST on going back to the dog park if their dog is stressed?

Most dog parks have posted rules about unneutered dogs. Where I take my dog, it's unnuetered has to leave, regardless of who started it. But it sounds like these are in between situations. you just need to be more assertive. Either stay and stubbornly don't leave. Or walk up to the offender and cite the rules and ask if they will take their dog some place else, or come back later.

Everyone is responsible. Why would anyone go to a dog park? They are an accident waiting to happen. Only irresposible people would take their dogs to a dog park, that is why I don't take mine!

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