Thoughts on Off- leash parks - Page 4

I had a 3 yr old male who was ok with othet dogs I had taken him there ot was only us then all the suddon like 6 people all showed up.. One lady came on with a Pitt watching the dogs posturing and such at the gate I knew he wouldbe trouble so I was just about to leave when she let the dog off leash the dog ran for me not my dog and just before he got to me my boy plowed him over so o get to my dog they are both holdong each other I outed my boy he did and the Pitts owner just stood there I lept telling her to grt her dog and she still stood there finealy someone elae grqbbed jer dog I went into the devider fence checked my boy for problems she pfcoarse sqid the dog has never done this before and she would pay any vet bills involved. It tooke a year tp gety bot to beable to walk down the road wo growling at any dogs he sqw... Sorry for typos typed on my Droid

I am a new GSD owner but I have to say I would NEVER take my dog to a dog park, and my breeder/trainer has specifically said these places over the past few years are attracting more and more irresponsible owners who WANT their dogs to attack other dogs.  She said an attack as a young dog could ruin my puppy for life, not to mention the vet bills and legal issues.  But even without her telling me this, I knew my sister had a terrible experience at a dog park in Irvine, CA, a beautiful community, she had adopted an older adult 80 lb lab from the pound and he was a great dog at home and good with her two boys who were 10 and 12.  So, they took him to the dog park on a leash, and was horrified when another dog ran over and attacked her lab within minutes, she could not separate the dogs because of course the lab fought back, and then the attacking dog's owner finally tried to help separate the dogs by beating my sister's lab over the head with a bicycle helmet!  He wouldn't beat his own dog but beat the crap out of the lab so my sister had to grab the guy's arm to try to stop him... this nightmare all happened in minutes and it left my sister's poor lab bloodied and bitten and with an injured eye that had to be removed, caused by the beating with the helmet.  The attacking dog (who was smaller) also had bite injuries but the beating with the helmet caused serious damage.  We are not suing people but my sister took the guy to small claims court for the vet bills and to teach the guy some kind of lesson, it seemed obvious he wanted his dog to fight because he made no move to stop the attack.  Anyway... no dog parks or beaches for my GSD, not ever.  Walk your dog around your neighborhood and local park on a leash, take him to Walmart to walk the lot and sit near the front door to get exposed to the activity, and your dog can play with other dogs at a supervised professional obedience training class.

I took Maya to puppy day care where there were so called qualified trainers watching over the puppies and dogs. I got a call at work to come and get Maya ( she was 4 months old ) she had been bitten by one of the older dogs there. Now, this was a supervised day camp for dogs and look what happened.  Imagine a dog park with stupid owners.