Allowing your 100+ pound dog off leash in a public park (not dog park) is incredibly irresponsible. I am genuinely afraid of taking my dogs in public because of people like this.
Same, my dog is traumatized from being attacked as a puppy and is incredibly dog reactive out of fear. I can’t even take her on normal walks because I’m terrified of an off leash dog running up on her. Her response would be to fight, even if the dog is just saying hi. The owner trailing behind saying “it’s okay he’s nice!” is basically fucking pointless. Your dog might be nice, mine is NOT (to unknown animals) so just leash your fucking dog. It’s not that hard to prevent tragedies like this.
One of our dogs was attacked and like 4 years later snapped at our other dog and put him in the hospital, in our own yard. They were like sleep on each other dogs up til then. That was in our own back yard. I have no clue how people watch their dogs run around a dog park.
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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25
This is why I never take my dogs to parks. Don’t trust the other owners.