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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dog parks are not a good idea for any dog, regardless of breed.  You are basically creating an unnatural pack in an enclosed area with limited supervision.  Some owners are very attentive.  Many are completely clueless.  Most of the time nothing bad happens.   The key words are "most of the time".

We've been raising and training German Shepherd Dogs for years.   Mine are well-behaved, well-trained, and well-socialized.  There is no way I would ever take them to a dog park.  There are just too many variables that you cannot control.  And even the most well-behaved, well mannered, well-trained dog is still an animal.  Animals do not behave the way humans do.

It's great that you want to socialize your dog.  There are many, many ways to do that.  Taking them to a dog park with unknown dogs and unknown owners is not the way.  Take your dog on lots of walks and let him meet dogs and owners one on one.  Let your dogs play with friends' dogs.  Enroll in doggy day-care or an obedience class.  Avoid dog parks.

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Honestly, I kind of agree with this.  I was taking my dogs to the dog park pretty often (at lunch on weekdays to avoid the madhouse it becomes on weekends).  Someone casually mentioned that a small dog had been mauled badly at that park a few weeks prior when I mentioned I don't come when it's busy because my small dog gets overwhelmed.  Between that and witnessing some owners not intervening at all when their dogs pick fights with multiple dogs, I've decided to just stick with doggy daycare if I feel the dogs need to blow off some steam.  [/quote]

NP. You can't go to the dog parks where they mix large and small dogs. My small dog is so sweet and enjoys the company of other small dogs, but is very afraid of large dogs. And large dogs treat him like a toy. He's been "rolled" one time too many by large dogs. Previous dog was mauled by a pitt bull coming out of the dog park. I just can't trust large dogs around mine. My current dog actually spends most of his time at the dog park trying to get humans to pick him up and pet him. Which defeats the purpose of the dog park. [/quote]

Unfortunately, dog parks large enough to have a small and large dog section are rare in the city.  Most are just defacto large dog play areas because they are so unsafe for smaller dogs.  [/quote]

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