I am trying to muster up the courage to take our dog to the dog park. When he was about six months, we tried to socialize him at a dog park and he was bullied by another six month old, literally dragged across the park by his neck. The owner thought it was play until others complained. The dog needed serious corrective training. Then there was another one who constantly mounted ours and the owner thought it was just natural dog behavior. Ours didn't like it and it became a fight, repeatedly. The owner just refused to managed his dog. Eventually, he was removed. When ours became a year, he started going after the same breed that bullied him. Then it generalized. So I had to take him out of the park and have him play with a few dogs that were compatible. Fast forward to three years later. I have just gotten him to be able to approach or "play" with dogs with no issue. I don't see us going to the dog park. Plenty of dogs in our neighborhood. I wouldn't have been as nice to the person as you were F16 1UB
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