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Originally Posted by PugMom
with all due respect, please don't use dog parks. you have no idea who the stranger's dog is, what they have/had or how they 'play.' imo you take your pet's safety in your hands unless you already know all the dogs & it's a great place to pick up parasites, too. i arrange play dates for the Pug, with friends we already now & she enjoys being with. they're just like kids.
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The biggest menace and problem dogs at most dog parks, are dogs who don't go to dog parks regularly and learn how to be "dogs". Dogs that don't socialize with other dogs on a fairly regular basis, just don't know how to be dogs ... it's like raising a child and not allowing them out of the house until they're 18.
Dogs are generally "pack animals" and it's hard to learn how life works, when you're in a "pack of 1".