Four dog park visits today, three were great. Third dog park visit had an unneutered dog running around with no owner in sight. Dog kept interacting with other dogs in a way that got everyone to turn and see which dog is being attacked. Three dogs involved in the first incident. Two owners were in there, pulling their dogs out to protect them. Third owner, owner of attacking dog, missing in action. For the second time in my life at a dog park, this dog park, I yelled, "Will the owner of this dog come and get it." No response. I said to someone, "If I go up and put a leash on that dog and start walking it out the gate, I'll bet the owner will show up." I looked at the dog and it has no collar, so no required city license, and no special license for this particular breed, and no special license for being an unneutered male over 6 months of age. "Maybe I should call 311 and ask for animal control to come and take this dog."
Dog is a bully, going from one dog to another, intimidating growling and behavior and causing the dogs to try to get away from it.
Incident two, and everyone turns again to see which dog is being attacked and by whom. Everyone is hearing it, and it is one of those scary kinds of sounding attacks, the kind where you wonder if a dog is going to die. Owner of attacked dog is there, separating his dog from attacking dog. Attacking dog's owner is missing in action. Again, I want to call 311 and ask for animal control. Up walks a younger woman, on her phone, with a pronged collar, and puts it on the dog. Dog is still trying to go after other dogs. Owner HAS to know her dog is a menace. I am so irritated seeing this go on I say to her, "Take your unneutered dog and get out of here." She began to act like her dog. Surely she knew what had been going on with her dog. Surely she could see how her dog was behaving. But maybe for her, there is nothing wrong with her dog attacking dog after dog. She told me I was so rude. Big deal! This is not the first time a foreigner has told me that. This must be the ultimate insult in some cultures, to tell someone who is telling you something you don't want to hear, that they are rude.
Fortunately for me, my alarm goes off, and it is time for me to leave, so I do. As I am walking out others are telling me that I was right. One woman tells me that it isn't illegal to have an unneutered dog in a dog park, but the dog was causing problems. Well, it actually is illegal to have an unneutered male in that city. All male dogs are to be neutered by the time they are six months, or have a special permit (and tag, and paid for), because there is a thing about waiting until they are older. This woman could have been ticketed for a few $100 if animal control had showed up. She was too busy on her phone and hiding in a corner so she didn't have to take responsibility for her dog.
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