Beautiful Park - People Ruin It

Every single time I have been here, without fail, something goes wrong. Once my dog was bitten on the nose by a larger dog. He was 7 months old and bleeding profusely. It wound up not being so bad. I figured it was just him being an annoying puppy so I went about my business, took him to the vet, and didn’t think much of it. I will also add that the woman with the aggressor said that, “I should control my puppy”.

Three time I have encountered people with smaller dogs who get upset when my dog, a friendly happy go lucky 90lb dog, comes over to say hello.

Today, my dog approached the large dogs playing in the dusty area per usual. A dig about the same size pinned him down and aggressively barked and nip at my dogs neck. I normally wouldn’t have thought much about it until the owner, an interesting woman to say the least, shouted frantically at her dog. She gave up and her dog proceeded to pummel mine. I was upset and snapped a little asking her to remove her dog from mine. Suddenly it was my fault. The person with her, also quite interesting, had much to say. Then a third jumped in. Needless to say I felt somewhat cornered and got a bit aggressive. Especially when some shlub urged me to, “do something”. He wasn’t as brazen when I approached him, but I digress.

I realize that if everyone else in a room is pointing fingers, perhaps I should question myself. I did, and I can’t think of a reason why any of this nonsense has occurred.

It’s an off leash dog park. My dog isn’t aggressive in the slightest. I’m normally a friendly and understanding guy. Needless to say, I won’t be returning to this park again.

Sep. 13, 2020