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[quote=Anonymous]I go to the dog park at Cabin John park and it is divided into separate sides for small and large. My dog is a bit of a freak in that he's short (basset hound legs) but has a big dog length body and head (we think he's part rhodesian ridgeback).  He's over the weight limit for the small dog side so when we first got him I just automatically took him to the large dog side and it usually worked out ok, although he never seemed to interact much. He did get aggressive a few times with big dogs (and one time got in a fight that left him bleeding -
 my faullt completely) so we now go to the small dog side where he's much happier.  If there's no one on the small dog side I do take him to the large dog side but stick very very close by and if I catch the slightest wiff of him looking like he might get aggressive, we get the fuck out of there quick. I never ever want to deal with a fight again, it was horrible.  But OP, to your original question, I agree with you that if a small dog is on the large dog side, and that small dog gets aggressive and shit goes down, it's the small dog owner's responsibility 100%.  I cringe when I see really tiny dogs over on that side.

I also cringe when I see families bring their kids to either side of the dog park, just to hang out and play with random strange dogs (without ever asking if it's ok to pet them) and climbing on the rock formations (which clearly say "do not climb") but that's a story for a different post. [/quote]

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