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Dog park etiquette, finding parks

our 2 year old boxer mix is getting pinned by the same three huskies at the dog park every evening while their owners tell me to let them work it out, last week he started hesitating at the gate of a park he used to drag me into, so i need people who actually understand dog park dynamics to tell me where rough play ends and bullying starts, whether one bad month can sour a friendly dog for good, and if walking away from dog parks entirely is protecting him or giving up

Milo is a 2 year old boxer mix, 58 pounds, adopted at 10 months from a county shelter, and for the first year he was the mayor of our dog park. 5pm most weekdays, he had a crew of regulars, a corgi he...

Posted by MuttLover_KC_64•
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two and a half year old rescue staffy mix who is friendly and well socialized in calm settings but has begun showing clear stress signals at our local dog park in the last three months, the published advice on dog park etiquette treats the question as binary should you go or not and does not address the middle case of a dog who can handle some park visits but not others, looking for families and trainers who have navigated the selective dog park dog and what the actual decision framework looks like inside it

Tessa is a two and a half year old spayed female staffy mix we adopted at fourteen months old from a regional pit bull rescue who pulled her from a southern state shelter after she had been there for...

Posted by rehabvettech_Steph•
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Dog park etiquette - am I overthinking this?

New to the dog park scene and feel like theres a bunch of unwritten rules im not aware of. When do you intervene in rough play? Is it rude to bring treats? Should I let my dog off leash immediately or...

Posted by fetch_lucy•
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Had to leave the dog park early again

Theres this owner who brings her dog even though he clearly doesnt enjoy it. Dog is stiff, keeps trying to hide under the bench, shows whale eye at every dog that approaches. I left because my dog...

Posted by first_time_pawrent•
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