[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac

Please use a little common sense if you own a pit bull type dog and feel the need to take it to a Villages area dog park.

This link has some good guidelines about these dogs. http://www.pbrc.net/socializing.html

I know a very well behaved pit bull type mix that frequents one Village area dog park. This dog is often more afraid of the large dogs than most of the small dogs at the dog park.

Over the weekend, however, I had a very bad experience at one of the Village area dog parks with an American Staffordshire Terrier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...dshire_Terrier and her owners. They seemed to think it was OK for their dog to pin and hold down with her jaws another dog that happened to snarl at their dog because the pit bull type dog threatened the much smaller dog.

Some owners have to realize how traumatic seeing your dog in the jaws of a pit bull type dog is!!!

Actually, that (snarling) dog pinned my little 10 lb dog to the ground. The owner ran over and said the dog was just playing and put it on a leash. It didn't harm my dog, but it certainly scared me.

One good thing about private dog parks is that an aggressive dog can be reported to the owners. And the owners will ban the dog from returning.