10-19-2009, 01:09 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Mikey  Yes oh yes-you can protect yourself and your dog if needed! Carry a stick or whatever...we have a 'stud chain' we use to walk Mikey-it's half normal leash material and half chain (just because he chews his leash when he gets excited, so we got one, and he stopped-chain is not fun to chew on) so it could easily be a weapon if needed.
We've only come across one incident, but we'd heard about them previously; they are two pitts belong to one owner. They don't play but they stalk and attack dogs-and they bring them to the dog park. I kicked the dog to get it off Mikey-was not doing real damage at that point but was getting there and Mikey was upset. Owners were of course walking away already. Then we called Mikey and chased the dog off. When we see them coming, we just go in another direction and keep an eye.
Sad-becasue it could be any breed who does that, but these sh8%head owners are giving pitts a bad rap (not to mention that they are restricted here, and are not even allowed in dog parks, or out with no muzzle for that matter!!!) | Report them...I hate to say things like that but like you said, its people like this who have dogs that get out and kill something or someone and give the bad rap. If you see then again, call the cops. | 
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10-19-2009, 01:27 PM
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#12 | | Dog Forum Team Member
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Originally Posted by Criosphynx I was at the park and a guy that I know (customer) brought in his unaltered Cane corso...which immediatly started to get into it with another largish unaltered male... both owners ignored the warning signs and they eventually fought....but the idiot who owned the corso didn't have a collar on his dog...and kept trying to grab him by the neck skin....normally I jump in and help but this was beyond stupid so I took my dogs and walked away quickly... btw all my dogs are taught to auto recall if they hear a fight.  Som'thing worth teaching IMO | now you are going to have to post tips for this in the training section you know! | |
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10-19-2009, 01:38 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
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After one request, the city divided Candlelight Park in West Eugene last year. However, said Foerstler, dog owners ignored the rules and often brought large dogs in the small breed area.
| Just noticed that rereading the article *rolls eyes* OF COUSE-ignore safety rules... Quote: |
Report them...I hate to say things like that but like you said, its people like this who have dogs that get out and kill something or someone and give the bad rap. If you see then again, call the cops.
| We did, but they said because they had left the dog park they couldn't do anything. We are hoping to inconspicuously follow them to the parking lot-get their plates (Don't worry-Dave is big LOL he'll protect me!) Then report again-and possibly post posters in the dog park-ie. description of them, dogs, lisence plates-look for them and report... Quote: | btw all my dogs are taught to auto recall if they hear a fight. Som'thing worth teaching IMOnow you are going to have to post tips for this in the training section you know!
| YES YES YES!! Tell us how! | |
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10-19-2009, 02:02 PM
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#14 | | Dog Forum Team Member
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| hahah...its just classical conditioning...have a solid recall...then when you hear a fight urgently call the dogs I'll say like "kiwi!kiwi!kiwi!" and gesture wildly (so they can see/hear you......and reward when they do...eventually they skip waiting for you to call them. Fight= recall=treats | |
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10-21-2009, 08:21 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Im in between states at the moment MD/VA
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| I noticed Emmy seems to do better with smaller dogs and she seems to hate some big dogs and some really fluffy dogs (she will bark constantly at the big dane sized ones, you can see she is visibly nervous, the ones with the mushy faces startle her when they make noises and she is all like "get away from me" too at them :P) and at our dog park, we have two sections, but really only one for winter, one for the warm months, but it gives the option for people to take their dogs to one area or another if they don't want to be around some dogs (except during winter). But I stopped taking Emmy after while because she was just not having fun anymore. She was constantly snapping at other dogs, and more and more dogs she didn't like would come and owners would not even watch their dogs(just would sit there talking to eachother not even occasionally seeing about their dogs). the dogs then would come around her and not leave her alone to the point where i could see her getting so agitated that i knew fur would go flying at any time, so I had to just take her out, cus the owners were all so oblivious to everything.then I always would get tense when we went, so she picked up on it, etc. it was just not worth it anymore.
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10-21-2009, 11:58 AM
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#16 | | Dog Forum Team Member
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Originally Posted by MySoulmateEmmy I noticed Emmy seems to do better with smaller dogs and she seems to hate some big dogs and some really fluffy dogs (she will bark constantly at the big dane sized ones, you can see she is visibly nervous, the ones with the mushy faces startle her when they make noises and she is all like "get away from me" too at them :P) and at our dog park, we have two sections, but really only one for winter, one for the warm months, but it gives the option for people to take their dogs to one area or another if they don't want to be around some dogs (except during winter). But I stopped taking Emmy after while because she was just not having fun anymore. She was constantly snapping at other dogs, and more and more dogs she didn't like would come and owners would not even watch their dogs(just would sit there talking to eachother not even occasionally seeing about their dogs). the dogs then would come around her and not leave her alone to the point where i could see her getting so agitated that i knew fur would go flying at any time, so I had to just take her out, cus the owners were all so oblivious to everything.then I always would get tense when we went, so she picked up on it, etc. it was just not worth it anymore.
~MSE | i have a lot of pet peeves that are sort of thrown in my face whenever i go to a dog park...the biggest thing is people not supervising their dogs!!!!
last night we went and i was surprised that people were supervising... 
yay! but i shouldn't be surprised at that, it should just happen... | |
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10-21-2009, 12:38 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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last night we went and i was surprised that people were supervising...
yay! but i shouldn't be surprised at that, it should just happen...
| haha, that made me laugh. i admit though, Emmy has weird socialization skills, she prolly gets that from me  (have social anxieties) which prob. doesn't help the situation:P
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10-21-2009, 12:55 PM
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#18 | | Dog Forum Team Member
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| atleast you acknowledge it tho...there is this one lady who brings her dog to the park, her dog doesn't really like being there...she doesn't hate it, but she doesn't like interacting with the other dogs...so she keeps bringing her then whenever her dog gets overwhelmed by everybody she goes over and flaps her hands all around the dog's head...says she is breaking up the negative energy...lol...sheesh! | |
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10-21-2009, 04:25 PM
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#19 | | Senior Member
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| lol you're really making me laugh today fawkese ROFL. i want to try and break up any negative energy around my dog's head now. :P ill tell you from personal experience if it truly works, LOL
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10-21-2009, 04:32 PM
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#20 | | Dog Forum Team Member
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| oh yes, please keep us posted on that one! | |
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