| 7/27/2008 5:38:59 PM |
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storm44
Royal Oak, MI
age: 27
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yes, i take my dog to the park everyday. i enjoy it ive met alot of cool dogs and people. do you people take your dog to the dog park
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| 7/27/2008 6:29:49 PM |
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craftygirl002
Tacoma, WA
age: 40
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I take my little guy to different dog parks in the area. Some of the parks have separate areas for little dogs and some don't. Since my dog is only 7 lbs, I have to be careful in the parks where large dogs are in with the small ones. Many of the large dogs at the parks are good with similar smaller breeds, like westies or cairn terriers. Unfortunately, my dog is small enough to trigger the prey drive of a normally docile dog. I've even watched larger dogs in the small areas playing with the cairns and westies before we go in. As soon as we enter, the larger dogs are on my little guy trying to figure out if he's a toy or a dog. Luckily I've only had to verbally correct a large dog one time for deciding he was a toy. (All I said was "NO".) The owner gave me a dirty look, but saw I wasn't about to back down & quickly put a leash on his dog so he could take him to the large dog area.
I'm really fortunate to be able to take my dog to work with me. If we're at the main office, he gets to visit the other dogs in the office. If we're out at a jobsite, he gets to explore fields, streams, or any of the other fascinating places a dog could possibly enjoy on a construction site. Having the freedom to incorporate my dog into my professional life really makes going to the dog park unnecessary. We just do it if we get bored and I can't think of anything else fun to go do.
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| 7/28/2008 1:46:42 PM |
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bigsilverwolf
Phoenix, AZ
age: 50
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I can take the Collie to the dog park, or any place for that matter. She is a certified therapy dog and is well behaved. I would never take a puppy or a very young dog to a dog park due to the increased possibility of diasease transmission. The wolves only go to the dog park VERY late at night when not many others are around. They are not at all aggressive, but can be a bit intimidating.
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| 7/28/2008 2:38:13 PM |
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flwrgrl123
Saginaw, MI
age: 49
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The first time I took my dog to the dog park no one was there so I thought that would be a good introduction. Oh my gosh the smells must have overwhelmed her in 2 minutes she was at the gate pushing her face through to get out. She was panting so hard when we left I felt bad for her. We never went back. Just stuck to the neighborhood walks!!!
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| 7/28/2008 5:38:13 PM |
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craftygirl002
Tacoma, WA
age: 40
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Aww, flwr. The poor little girl was probably very confused. That's a lot of different dogs to smell in one place. Since she couldn't see any dogs, she didn't have a point of reference. There was nothing in what she was seeing (or hearing) to put all those smells into context. It might be a totally different experience for her if she went and saw several dogs playing. Seeing dogs coming and going, as well as her own arrival and departure, would help her to understand that it's a place dogs go to play. Instead of being freaked out by all the dog smells, she might be more interested in checking to see who had been there recently.
My little guy is wary of strangers and can be a bit skittish with new dogs if they're too active. He's actually learned a few things from the dog park though. Most of the dogs are very people-friendly and will visit with the people, as well as other animals. My little guy has become less shy about approaching new people. He will even approach them on his own now.
One day, we met a little dog who had designated herself the 'Wal-mart Greeter' of the dog park. She was adorable. As new dogs entered the small dog area, she would wait and approach them with the calmest, sweetest & friendliest demeanor I've ever seen in a dog. Everything about the way she approached the other dog just said 'Welcome, I'm so glad you could join us today. Please make yourself at home.' I'm tellin' ya...if she could speak english that's exactly what she would be saying. Now my little guy tries that approach when he sees a new dog at the dog park. The results are really helping him build his self-confidence.
There are those times when he'll decide he's ready to go home after 1/2 hr, but most of the time he wants an hr or 2 to play. You might try to take your little girl when there are other dogs there and let her watch from outside to see if she is interested in going inside to join the fun.
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| 7/28/2008 7:02:13 PM |
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alicekathleen
Fresno, CA
age: 63
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I don't drive, wish I could. I live in a neighborhood where people walk their pets, and there are sidewalk cafes
where we all go and sit. Pepe loves his morning coffee walk! He is small so I would want to find a park
which has a section for puppies and/or toy dogs.
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| 7/28/2008 7:21:13 PM |
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storm44
Royal Oak, MI
age: 27
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we have one over in pleasant ridge michigan as a matter of fact i just came back from the dog park. we come late when its hot outside.
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| 7/28/2008 11:10:56 PM |
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dave632
Mississauga, ON
age: 54
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Hi One of the places I go is : http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1B29
It's not the biggest but in the winter it's neat because they have put up some double wide garage doors so there is a "cabin" - no roof but walls and inside they have a woodstove. ON a cold winter night with a wind shrieking across the fields you can sit and be warm sitting in front of he fire. Quite pleasant when it could be brutal. The dogs run around and play and we sit and b*tch about politics, etc. Oh and one also neat thing is that with not roof your dog can bring you a ball and you can fling it from inside the "cabin" so your dog still gets a good run.
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| 7/30/2008 9:20:40 PM |
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craftygirl002
Tacoma, WA
age: 40
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I checked out the website, Dave. It looks like a fantastic place for large dogs. As a small dog owner, I would be less enthusiastic about the facilities. It looks like you have to go through the large dog area to get to the water source and the agility area. My guess is that the agility area may be set up primarily for large dogs, even though small dogs can be great at agility. Even if it's set up for both large and small dogs, there isn't a separation of sizes shown on the layout. I would also be concerned that if a dog got hurt while practicing agility, that's quite a distance to carry a large dog from the agility space to the parking lot. It would be nice if they could move the agility area into the Phase 2 wooded area and plant the current wooded area for exploring.
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| 7/30/2008 10:47:34 PM |
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dave632
Mississauga, ON
age: 54
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We organized another park down near the Lake shore (Lake Ontario). It is 22 ACRES, all fenced, no water but everybody brings bowls and jugs. It has trails, woods and a few hills which are toboggan runs in the winter.
http://www.jackdarling.com/dogpark.php
This was the first park we organized and broke a lot of legal / municipal ground because "leash free parks" were unheard of back then. The local by-law morons used to lurk and catch people walking their dogs off leash in a remote section of this park where NOBODY ever ventured. Enough of us got tickets that we got pissed off and organized. We were almost brushed off by local POLS who didn't realize the power of 400 or 500 VOTERS showing up at meetings to demand a leash free area. Shoulda seen their faces when they expected maybe 20 at the meeting and around 500 showed up - PISSED!!
We won, fenced the area, sold "memberships" which paid for the fencing and a supplemental insurance policy in case the packs of crazed puppies were to start eating all the humans within the fence - don't know WHAT the idiot POLS thought would happen when a bunch of well socialized pups get together but the supplemental eased their panic attacks.
We have doggie days every few months and local businesses donate prizes (like the amazing AURORALITES safety collars {crass commercial plug}) and raise funds for various plans.
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| 7/31/2008 5:15:02 AM |
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craftygirl002
Tacoma, WA
age: 40
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Cool story.
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| 8/7/2008 5:55:38 PM |
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rob27278
Hillsborough, NC
age: 30
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wish i could mine get to crazy as soon as i open tha door they go crazy kinda hard to handle 200 pounds of dogs pulling you around
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| 8/21/2008 7:09:10 PM |
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55mm
Comstock Park, MI
age: 38
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i wish. I would love to, but Grace tends to scare people and it's best we just not socialize. she does have a little poodle boyfriend she plays with in the neighborhood, but most of the other dogs around me tend to be not such good friends. Yes, she can be a bit of a loud mouth, especially when another dog barks first. It's never a pretty sight.
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| 8/31/2008 1:26:15 PM |
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dej88
Harrisburg, PA
age: 59
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We don't have dog parks here.
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| 9/6/2008 10:00:51 PM |
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simplebeauti
Denton, TX
age: 22
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As much as possible she goes to the dog park. I love watching her be standoffish and run around and enjoy the feeling with being around her "kind."
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