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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dh and I do with our dog in a section of a park nearby our home, it’s an informal dog run that all of our neighbors with dogs use. They love the socialization.

But reading the other threads about dog attacks makes me think we should stop.

We have a golden retriever who would never hurt a flea, but I don’t want someone to think because I had my dog off leash that she deserved to be attacked. [/quote]

OP the answer to your question is that yes, if your dog get attacked at this "informal" (meaning illegal) dog park while off leash, people will blame YOU for your dog being attacked. No one will blame your dog, who isn't making any of these [terrible] choices -- you are. And yes there will also be blame for the owner of the aggressive dog who attacks your dog. But it will be shared with you for doing an irresponsible and illegal thing and leaving your dog off leash.

You are contributing to a potentially dangerous situation by letting your dog off leash, even if your dog is not aggressive. This is on you.[/quote]

Not Op, but my neighborhood has an informal dog park (well area of a park off to the side that owners convene at in the AM on weekdays when kids are not there) and we wouldn’t blame OP, assuming her breed wasn’t aggressive. We’d blame the person who had an aggressive dog. There are no signs banning dogs fwiw, but yes, it’s not an official dog park section.

I’m not sure why some people on here are getting so angry over people using public spaces, and I find it interesting that people can’t think in context. Running your dog with some other well behaved dogs in an area of a park that is empty at certain times of day is not something to get this excited about. [/quote]

The problem is the dogs being off leash.

It's fine to gather with other dog owners in a park so your dogs can socialize. I don't know anyone who has a problem with this.

OP is wrong for letting her dog off leash (it's against the law) which will make it harder for her to get her dog away if someone tried to attack it. Also, by participating in a group of dog owners letting dogs off leash, this provides cover to someone with an aggressive dog who will do the same. Everyone is doing it, right? Well then what do you do about the idiots with the aggressive, untrained dog who also want to participate in the "informal dog park"? You can't do anything because you are engaging in the exact same behavior.

If everyone leashes their dog, none of these problems exist. Leash your dog.[/quote]

The problem is people who insist on owning aggressive breed dogs. [/quote]

Nope. Any dog breed can be aggressive. There will ALWAYS be bad dog owners (note: if you insist on letting your dog off leash in public spaces, you are one of the bad dog owners). Even if you get rid of all the pits, which I know is your goal, you will still have people who abuse their dogs, refuse to train them, refuse to fix them, fight them, etc. There is not some utopian future where dogs roam free off leash and it's fine because all "bad" dogs are gone.

I used to work with horses, also a domesticated animal. There are remarkably few very badly behaving or dangerous horses, and generally these horses are just put down. So the horse community has pretty much figured out how to handle the "bad horse" problem. But you don't see horse advocates suggesting that horses be allowed to wander around wherever because even the best, most docile horse in the world still poses a threat. It's an animal. It can be startled or frightened and it will respond with animal instinct. Horses are huge and can kill someone unintentionally just by running or kicking instinctually.

Well [b]dogs are also animals. Even the best dog can harm someone, even just accidentally, if something happens that triggers an animal instinct to run or fight. Your sweet tempered, non-aggressive dog could knock over a toddler and give them a concussion if they were startled by a bug bite or a car backfiring or, yes, an aggressive dog coming after them.
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So leash your dog. The problem is people who don't leash their dogs.[/quote]

Yes, exactly. [/quote]

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