Jen
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Last night at the dog park by our house--it's only 2 blocks away and has a fair amount of small dog visits, but last night it was all big dogs. Two were pits, and one was really following Abbey. I was right by her, and her tail was so far under her that it was sticking out of her elbow! She was freaked, but I kept talking to her and coaxing her to walk with me. The pit wouldn't let up on her, and when the owner would call her, so she'd circle over to the woman, then come back to us. I was getting really annoyed and asked the woman to call her dog off. She replied that she only wanted to play, and I replied that it's clear my dog doesn't and would she just give us some space. :x She still wouldn't leave us alone, so I picked Abbey up after realizing she couldn't resolve this situation on her own--by walking with me. When I picked her up, the pit growled and stepped towards me. I put my knee up and kinda turned myself, thinking she was going to jump, but she didn't. The owner still wouldn't come over and get the damn thing, but instead told me again that she was only trying to play. I then lost it, I told her that it was obvious by her dog's growl and posture (super tense and making direct eye contact with me) that she wasn't interested in playing and that the dog was clearly not listening to her so she really had no control over her. I just walked away, I was so mad! :x . Just to prove my point though, I put Abbey down once we got outside the fence, and that freakin' dog came running to the fence and followed us along the fence all the way to the damn car. Two things that annoy me here, first, that the woman had no control over her dog in terms of recall, and second she had three young children with her--I think people who have dogs that are good with kids just assume that their dog is good with other dogs. Not the case many times, as many dogs can get protective of the kids or many dogs just aren't exposed to other dogs enough. AND, who would let toddlers just run around at a dog park?? I hate that the situation was so stereotypical--pitbull and small dog, but that woman had too much going on--two dogs and three kids, and I wasn't interestsed in risking my dog' saftey, or mine, because some idiot is multi tasking and obvisoulsy failing at it! :x :shock: