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Originally Posted by Lovey2
do you mean you were running towards the dog with your hand out? and then again? and again? I'm not sure what you mean by laps, maybe I am reading this wrong. It's not clear to me you actually believe the dog is the issue either.
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No. You walk around a 5 acre dog park. A lap is just someone walking around a large back field. There were two women at the picnic table with their dogs Jade and Harlow. I walked by three times and the dog got worse and worse in its treatment of me acting like I was a threat to it or its owner. I made no quick moves and put my hands behind my back as soon as I feel Harlow might attack me. This is a 66-70 pound pit bull mix.
What would be the issue except for a dog that should not be at a dog park??? There are more men than women who go to Doggie Doo Run Run as these are mostly Villagers. If a large dog has a problem with men and acts like it is going to bite someone then it should be leashed or at home. And not at a dog park at all.
Harlow has only been coming to DDRR for a few months. And, I have had problems with him/her before but never where the owner cannot control the dog.
There is no reason I know of that either of these women would have ill feelings towards me. I do know that dogs pick up on the feelings their masters have about certain people. I do not know Harlow's master at all. I have talked extensively with Jade's owner about various things and have NEVER had ANY problem with Jade.
I do have a problem with a dog becoming protective of its owner at a dog park unless there is a valid reason this pooch fears for its owner's well-being. Harlow seems like a dog that some men abused at some point and now wants to hit back and anyone that reminds him/her of the men who abused it. That's just a theory though as again I do NOT KNOW Harlow nor its owner.