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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no such thing as an "informal dog run". There may be a group of dog owners regularly breaking the law. That doesn't make it legal. The park is not your personal or collective doggy socialization zone. They do have dog parks for this, if you're interested. That's the appropriate location (or your backyard, but something tells me you'll see the liability issue there, in which case, just apply it to the potential disaster you're creating in a public park and you can answer your own question).

Yes, you should immediately begin following the laws that say you must not only have your dog leashed, but under your control. Do not let your dog approach, sniff, or bark at people without their consent. It's not "being friendly" or "socializing", it's illegal. If you use a retractable leash, STOP. They break, they're dangerous, and they don't allow for sufficient control of your animal.

While you're at it, put your phone away, and make sure your dog's license is visible and their shots are up to date (just in case).

The BS logic of "my dog would never hurt a flea" makes you sound like an idiot, BTW. You know this. I don't. My dog definitely doesn't. And, most importantly, it's not the responsibility of every other person at the public park to learn and know this about you/your dog. It's your job, as a responsible owner, to keep your dog fully under your control at all times.

You've been lucky up until now. Don't push it. You know better, so do better, and tell "all your neighbors" so they can suck less, too.[/quote]

Thank you. That was also my first response.

There's a park in our neighborhood that people have turned into an "informal dog run." It's actually a playground with a field for sports practice, and the field is a material that dogs aren't supposed to be on at all (like it's a municipal rule that dogs are not supposed to go on this field, it's some kind of special turf that will get ruined by dogs). So the park is just not for dogs at all, but a bunch of owners decided it was an "informal dog run."

The annoying thing is that I would 100% support the creation of an actual dog park within this park. There are a lot of dogs in the neighborhood and I think it would be great for people to have a place to take them to socialize and be off leash. I have suggested this to several dog owners in the neighborhood and they just shrug and say "the park works fine for us as is." Like they don't understand that their dogs shouldn't be wandering around the playground/field at all, much less off leash. I've explained this and they just shrug it off.[/quote]

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