A Small Tiff In The Off-leash Park

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

mason's mum

I don't know your lab, he must be special. I think there is a good chance a dog can tell the difference between a soft toy and a cat or kitten. My dog is extremely gentle with small puppies, she mostly just lies down while they jump all over her and grab her ears. But she kills soft toys.

I've also heard of, but never met, labradors that are not motivated by food treats. They're out there. But they're not most labs I know.

[DerRottweiler]

Man you guys whinge!

Seriously. Dogs are dogs. Sometimes they behave bad, i assure you, nobody 'wants' their

dog to be rude. Off-leash park= other off-leash dogs.

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

What I'm whinging about is owners who allow their dogs to be rude and reward them for being rude.

I don't like rude dogs. It's not that hard to train them to behave (most of the time) and still play well and have a good time.

[Crisovar]

If it is acceptable for dogs to be dogs then my dogs are quite within their rights to snap at or growl at any dog that gets in their face that they don't like or do not know.

[DerRottweiler]

There are always going to be people who do not know how to train their dogs, or even consider them running free doing whatever in an off-leash park as being rude.

Sure the problem needs to be fixed, but seriously, it isn't that bad.

Also, sure if another dog gets in your dogs face, it is within its rights to warn the other dog to back-off.

NB: My dog isn't allowed to do whatever, he is actually very disciplined off-leash, I'm just making general comments as to

how the 'public' think.

Edited May 7, 2010 by DerRottwelier

[mita]

Got to love labs & their enthusiasm.

O/T but we saw a young yellow lab come into the vet emergency hospital at the weekend. Dad heading the procession with 2 young lads about 14-15 yrs carrying the lab....one at the back & one at the front. Young lab still smiling.

Very nice Dad said to the receptionist...'He (the lab) was playing touch football with the boys. And he tackled the ball & bent his front leg into the ground.'

Lab just kept smiling from his human stretcher. Then he spotted my golden tibbie girl. And his ears shot up....'Blonde at 12 o'clock, boys!'

Obviously, it'd been one time when Enthusiastic Young Lab Velocity had got the lab himself!

I loved his spirit, tho'....still ready to chat up a small fluffy.

Fortunately, he was well restrained by the 'carriers'.

It was so sweet....a true 'lab' moment.

[CavsRcute]

We have just had the same type of experience this afternoon.

Our local oval has an off lead area next to it behind a fence but many people seem to believe that the oval is also off lead

I was walking my Cavalier, who has HD and a sore back, on lead around the edge of the oval when a black Lab came bounding up to her. It came very close to her hips and I put myself between her and the Lab. The couple who owned the lab were on the other side of the oval and were calling it but of course it paid no attention, I continued to walk and finally the old lady came and said that thet Lab had slipped it's collar in the off lead area. This was a lie as I had seen it hooning around on the oval for a least 5 minutes and it had a harness firmly in place

It's bad enough that there are uncontrolled dogs in area where there are lots of kids but people continually say" oh he won't hurt your dog" ...baloney! And I'm not about to take that chance.

And the moral of the story is don't let your dog barrel up to another dog, no matter what the size or you might find me at the other end of the lead and I can be mighty scary

[Just love my dogs!]

Threads like this remind me why I don't use off leash parks, too many rude dogs, too many ignorant owners, too many opportunities for something to go wrong.

If a large rude dog bounces up to and all over my small dog and injures it or frightens it my dog is at fault, too timid shouldn't be there, if a rude dog bounces into the face of my large dog and my dog tells it to piss off, my dog is at fault, DA unsocialised shouldn't be there.

Staying away seems the option.

Meanwhile rude dogs bounce their way through life unrestrained because they are only young, only playing etc etc.

:laugh:

the OP's dog is a rude dog and I can't fathom why they think it it ok to behave this way

I don't think that's fair to say

[Just love my dogs!]

I think it's fair to say that there are other large breed dogs (not just labs) out there that can be overly excited and boisterous, especially if they are pups.

[Mas1981]

We have just had the same type of experience this afternoon.

Our local oval has an off lead area next to it behind a fence but many people seem to believe that the oval is also off lead

I was walking my Cavalier, who has HD and a sore back, on lead around the edge of the oval when a black Lab came bounding up to her. It came very close to her hips and I put myself between her and the Lab. The couple who owned the lab were on the other side of the oval and were calling it but of course it paid no attention, I continued to walk and finally the old lady came and said that thet Lab had slipped it's collar in the off lead area. This was a lie as I had seen it hooning around on the oval for a least 5 minutes and it had a harness firmly in place

It's bad enough that there are uncontrolled dogs in area where there are lots of kids but people continually say" oh he won't hurt your dog" ...baloney! And I'm not about to take that chance.

And the moral of the story is don't let your dog barrel up to another dog, no matter what the size or you might find me at the other end of the lead and I can be mighty scary

Maybe he did slip his collar as he could have had both a harness and a collar on??

[Mas1981]

I think it's fair to say that there are other large breed dogs (not just labs) out there that can be overly excited and boisterous, especially if they are pups.

Agreed!! Very often many other breeds run up to my dog, he will have a play with dog and when I call him back he will come to me whereas loads of other dogs just ignore their owners .......

[Hetzer]

Man you guys whinge!

Seriously. Dogs are dogs. Sometimes they behave bad, i assure you, nobody 'wants' their

dog to be rude. Off-leash park= other off-leash dogs.

That assessment merits a HIGH FIVE!

[black magic]

Threads like this remind me why I don't use off leash parks, too many rude dogs, too many ignorant owners, too many opportunities for something to go wrong.

If a large rude dog bounces up to and all over my small dog and injures it or frightens it my dog is at fault, too timid shouldn't be there, if a rude dog bounces into the face of my large dog and my dog tells it to piss off, my dog is at fault, DA unsocialised shouldn't be there.

Staying away seems the option.

Meanwhile rude dogs bounce their way through life unrestrained because they are only young, only playing etc etc.

:laugh:

the OP's dog is a rude dog and I can't fathom why they think it it ok to behave this way

Wow! interesting that you can say that about a dog you have never met!

I have come in here to let people reading this post how I personally found Archie when he stayed at our house over Christmas for three weeks while Mrs T was OS so assumptions like yours about a dog you have never met are not believed to be true.

We picked Archie up in Sydney so save Mrs T's family some travel time, and drove him back down the South Coast. He was in an unfamiliar car and he settled in and sat calmly and quietly for the whole trip.

During his stay at our house, I had nothing but praise for his behaviour, he did everything that was asked of him, My OH and I both said how impressed we were with him (we were actually going to change our locks so they couldn't get him back). His manners during the whole time were fantastic I would let him stay at our house any time.

Calling him RUDE thats not how I found him after having him for 3 weeks 24/7

Some of us don't have the perfect dog, and I'm sure yours has faults, but the fact that someone is willing to put the training in and ask for help is a good thing! comments like yours add no value to the thread.

[Adnil444]

My lab was chased by 5 chihuauas ( spelling?) today at the dog park, he was running away from them as they were growling at him and trying to bite his legs, while running away from them he took such care that even when they were running underneath him he never once stepped on them - obviously these dogs didnt get the memo that labs can be dangerous and aggressive

LOL - but in my opinion those 5 chihuauas should not be in a dog park if they are going to go for other dogs - one of mine may well go back at them and I am sure others in the park I go too would also. I would have nicely asked the owners of those 5, to either put them on lead or take them to the other side of the fence and walk them.

[CavsRcute]

We have just had the same type of experience this afternoon.

Our local oval has an off lead area next to it behind a fence but many people seem to believe that the oval is also off lead

I was walking my Cavalier, who has HD and a sore back, on lead around the edge of the oval when a black Lab came bounding up to her. It came very close to her hips and I put myself between her and the Lab. The couple who owned the lab were on the other side of the oval and were calling it but of course it paid no attention, I continued to walk and finally the old lady came and said that thet Lab had slipped it's collar in the off lead area. This was a lie as I had seen it hooning around on the oval for a least 5 minutes and it had a harness firmly in place

It's bad enough that there are uncontrolled dogs in area where there are lots of kids but people continually say" oh he won't hurt your dog" ...baloney! And I'm not about to take that chance.

And the moral of the story is don't let your dog barrel up to another dog, no matter what the size or you might find me at the other end of the lead and I can be mighty scary

Maybe he did slip his collar as he could have had both a harness and a collar on??

That's beside the point...the dog was not under appropriate control and was in an area he shouldn't have been, and he was harassing my dog.When the dog came near to us I tried to grab its collar and there wasn't one there! And the dog had been running around for at least 5 minutes with nobody even close to him. I don't care want the circumstances were, the owner was in the wrong. And people should be accountable

Edited May 7, 2010 by CavsRcute

[lovemesideways]

I have nothing much to add about the original topic. However, in regards to Labradors I just thought I would add these....

Thank dog for Labradors

[Just love my dogs!]

I have nothing much to add about the original topic. However, in regards to Labradors I just thought I would add these....

Thank dog for Labradors

[Mas1981]

I have nothing much to add about the original topic. However, in regards to Labradors I just thought I would add these....

Thank dog for Labradors

I take my hat off to working dogs, some people's lives would be much more difficult without them, their willingness to please makes labs wonderful service dogs

[Earthdog]

And you really see LOTS of Labs like that at off leash dog parks.

[lovemesideways]

And you really see LOTS of Labs like that at off leash dog parks.

There is a park near where I live.

Both my labrador's are from guide dog lines. We frequent the park.

There is a assistance dog that comes and has "off lead" time named Raynar.

There is a puppy raiser who brings her dog Macey.

There is a failed guide dog named Parish.

Another dog from guide dog lines name Radar.

All are amazing dogs.

All at a dog park.

The Labrador Retriever is a fantastic breed that has the misfortune a lot of the time of being owned by people who don't know how to train them.