Thoughts on Off- leash parks - Page 1

Hi, I am new to the site and would like your taughts on off-leash parks and how they may affect some dogs, weather it be negative or positive.
Thanks in advance.
 

avoid

If it's a hiking or walking trail where you can let your dog off-leash and walk on some trails without encountering too many other people or dogs, it's a wonderful thing.  If it's a traditional urban dog park with a bunch of dogs who don't know each other running around, playing and fighting and trying to hump each other AVOID!

i personally think they are bad for dogs like german shepherds well most  but i think some dogs have blasts at them there is a park near my place and i see a lot of dogs there and it is always full but again i wouldnt take my dog there.  German shepherds play too rough and get serious to quick well the females from what i have seen i just wouldnt wanna take the risk but i see the other dogs play great together.  Had a male german shepherd was a lot more trust worthy around strange dogs but he was a bully and liked to play rough but still predictable my female seems a lot more serious and snappy with other dogs less predictable. These places the one here is all medium large dogs no one brings their toy dogs there.

If dog don't run to other dog - OK. But if all together - its a horror.

1life
Off leash dog parks are good for one
thing, practicing obedience outside the
fenced area while all the dogs run crazy
and out of control inside the area.

They are also super places to have your
dog pick up fleas, giardia/coccidosis, and
of course the occasional dog fight too.

Avoid....had my pup attacked once by a pitbull mix.

When I first got my latest pup I took him to the local park. Within two minutes a Dobernann ran over and attacked my pup, I started beating it off and then had a woman come rushing over saying "He just wants to play". I gave that park a miss for 3 months and then the very next time I went there the same bloody dog tried to do the same thing again and the woman came out with the same excuse. I kicked the dog off, told her to get him some bloody obedience classes booked and until then to keep him on a leash. Irresponsible owners make life hell for the rest of us. My dog now has issues when seeing other large breeds and also when he encounters smaller breeds so thanks to one poor owner I'm left with some hard work socialising a mixed up GSD pup that is wonderful in every other way.

Off leash is ok if your dog is obedient, unfortunately there are too many lazy owners.

"My dog now has issues when seeing other large breeds and also when he encounters smaller breeds so thanks to one poor owner I'm left with some hard work socialising a mixed up GSD pup that is wonderful in every other way."

There you have it; dog parks teach dog aggression.

They are the invention of the devil and so are flexileads.