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[quote=Anonymous]I love dog parks but it seems that a lot of people on here can’t handle any stress at all, and despite claiming they know so much about dogs, they don’t seem to understand how dogs behave and learn from each other. It is no wonder there are so many reports of reactive dogs by the people on here. If you go to some of the parenting posts on here too, there are also some clearly high anxiety people who post.

Every dog I’ve ever had has done very well in dog parks. But that is partially because I don’t catastrophize every interaction. As example, there’s a dog we see regularly who always tries to hump my dog. Ok, my dog nips at him when she gets tired of it. I don’t flee the park, swearing to never go back because my dog was ‘attacked’. This last week, my dog took another dogs ball and the dog went after my dog fairly aggressively. My dog yelped and dropped the ball. Lesson learned. None of these interactions would make us stop going to a dog park, and my dog (and me) are stable and flexible enough not to be terrified by these normal interactions. It seems that many people on here are egg shell, and they end up with egg shell dogs. It’s unfortunate for their dogs.

The only exception to this I have is pit bulls. I don’t trust them - their kill instinct is too strong- and we avoid playing in parks with them. [/quote]

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