Dog park + Ridgeback Puppy + Crazy Lady = Bad day!

[kotchfam]

So true - fenced in school yards are the very best - I look for them all the time when I'm traveling.....

Alice

Thats too funny, we do too. I know where a handful of schools are that arent too far from show sites now.

Kelley

[machem]

The best "defense" against the pull of the dog park is having at least two RRs.

If you are fortunate enough to have a consistient group of people at a consistient time, and you know when to grab the dogs and get out, DP can work out. I simply won't go in the afternoon or on weekends.  Most people who are dog crazy enough to go to the DP first thing in the morning are crazy enough to know how to socialize their darn dogs.

Cheers

Mike

[shodyL]

There are a ton of people who will never go to dog parks.  i used to go, but after taking Leonidas home bleeding three times, I quit.  I have taken Meile a few times, but she really doesn't seem to like that many dogs at once.  Contrary to some experiences, the pits I meet are always nice.  We had trouble with black labs.  Every attack we had was a black lab...

I prefer the school down the street, the dog beach (wide open and less dogs), the public beach and the riverbed or hills.  We do go to petsmart, home depot, best buy and downtown SLO or Santa Barbara.  Many of the shops and stores in these areas allow the dogs to come in, and there is a dog bakery!

[kitoyogi]

And that's just it.  I hate to generalize a breed, but most of my bad encounters have been with pit bulls and their owners who say they are there because their dog needs to be socialized. 

I didn't mean to come off as labeling pits as problems.  I'm not about to make a blanket statement about pits.  That was just one encounter with one intact female pit that did not want a puppy bothering her and she told Xhabbo off in a way that scared her into a yippying frenzy at full speed down the hill.  She has some scratches but otherwise was not harmed physically.  She just became wary about strange dogs after that.  She has a slow to warm up personality with strange dogs but once she knows that they aren't going to hurt her she is fine with them.  One of Xhabbo's favorite dogs at that offleash area is another little intact female pit named Daisy but she is super friendly and super spazy.  She loves the Ridgebacks and Xhabbo think she is great fun.

I've seen aggressive encounters with all sorts of breeds and mix breeds, more so than pits.  The second attack on Xhabbo happened to be with two mixbreeds, probably chow or aussie mixes that busted out of their house and came after her.  Both had ahold of each side of her flanks when their owners got them off of her.  That could have been a really nasty attack if the owners had not acted so quickly.  Those dogs were intent upon doing harm.  Poor thing didn't even try to fight back.  This was all while we were leash walking around the neighborhood.  I have thought about walking with a cattle prode but they are too burdensome.  I now just try to avoid the areas where there are aggressive dogs when we walk.

[machem]

Xhabbo sounds like Junebug;  both what happened to her and the end result.

Anyway, things can happen anywheres, but the probability of problems is certianly higher at DP.

Cheers

Mike

[kitoyogi]

Xhabbo sounds like Junebug;  both what happened to her and the end result.

Anyway, things can happen anywheres, but the probability of problems is certianly higher at DP.

Cheers

Mike

Absolutely, these things can happen anywhere there are dogs.  My friend's dog was attacked while running in the mountains.  There is just an increased chance at the dog parks, and the result can permanently affect the behavior/confidence of your dog if they are in their mental developmental stages.

Sorry that happened to Junebug.

[PlayAgility]

We went to Dog Run Park on Thanksgiving Day
Was happy to see another ridgeback over there and you can hear me saying:
“Finally! Ridgebacks playing!”

Ridgebacks Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_40Qtsm_P4

"Freedom Park" Dog Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfdUcq-8HbU

Oksana,
Alisa NA, NAJ
http://www.playagility.com

[scrbear11]

The best "defense" against the pull of the dog park is having at least two RRs.

If you are fortunate enough to have a consistient group of people at a consistient time, and you know when to grab the dogs and get out, DP can work out. I simply won't go in the afternoon or on weekends.  Most people who are dog crazy enough to go to the DP first thing in the morning are crazy enough to know how to socialize their darn dogs.

Cheers

Mike

Hahaha!!! We have a Sunday morning "breakfast club" every is standing around with a cup of coffee while they dogs play at 8:30 in the morning on a Sunday. You don't hear anything except dogs panting and pounding feet. It's the best.