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Yesterday afternoon I was at a dog park that I go to almost every weekday, sometimes multiple times a day, with different dogs. I had two dogs with me, a fox hound, who I've been seeing for just a few months and an Aussie Shepherd who I've been seeing for a couple years. I see the fox hound on Thursdays and Fridays and the Aussie Shepherd I typically see every week day.
As we were leaving, fox hound goes crazy. We were just out of the gate, leashes on, the car about 15 yards away. There was a man with a Rottweiler standing on the corner, watching, not approaching, just watching. The foxhound had a regular collar on and a prong collar with the leash attached to it. The foxhound is going crazy, doing everything he could to escape his collars, pulling, trying to back out of the collars, and going crazy. I started pulling up on his leash, with little play, so that he wouldn't be able to pullout. I was walking him slowly so I could control him, and it took me a step at a time, and it was a struggle. But he kept pulling and pulling until he finally escaped and ran back towards the fenced dog park. At a certain point, I saw the man with the Rottweiler walk into the park.
We were fairly close to the car, so I put the Aussie in the car and went to see about the fox hound. Someone from the dog park had opened the gate to the entry way of the small side and fox hound went in there, now at least contained in the entry way, but still going crazy. I walked over to fox hound wondering what in hell am I going to do with this dog?
A woman from the large side asked if she could help me get him to the car? "Yes, please!"
By now Rottweiler and owner are in the large side. Woman helped me get collars on and we start to walk to the car. Dog is still going crazy, again trying to escape.
We went into the entry way of the large side, and woman removes two prongs of the pronged collar to tighten it up, and leave the entry way. All of a sudden, fox hound quietly walked straight to the car. I missed when it happened because of the distraction, but as we are walking to the car and I see the man outside the park and walking away with his dog.
After I got the dogs home, I texted fox hound's owner, told her about what happened. She apologized and then told me again about fox hound's trigger: unneutered male dogs. And she tells me that there is a Rottweiler on her block that really upsets fox hound, because he is unneutered. As we talk about it, we realize that the dog was THE Rottweiler who lives on her block and upsets fox hound. The man has seen this before.
The man standing there watching, KNEW that fox hound was reactive to HIS dog. He watched me struggle with fox hound for quite a while, just watching, not leaving, not walking away, just watching me STRUGGLE! He was probably amused! And, he only stayed about 10 minutes or less with his unneutered dog, who is NOT supposed to be there, because he is unneutered!
I got home, exhausted from the ordeal, and began to rethink the whole thing. If I had known about the Rottweiler being unneutered and fox hound being reactive to him, I would have probably given the man a piece of my mind. Or I would have called animal control. Don't want to neuter your dog? I have no problem with that! But don't take your unneutered dog to a dog park where the posted rules are NO UNNEUTERED MALE DOGS!
UGH! If I am ever there again and this man shows up with his dog, I will call and report the guy for having an unneutered dog at a dog park. I know someone whose dog was attacked by an unneutered Rottweiler. Call went out, quick response by animal control and police. That man got a $500 ticket for unneutered male dog in public dog park, no city license, and aggressive dog at public dog park. Man told police and animal control that they couldn't ticket him. They did. We haven't seen him since.
As we were leaving, fox hound goes crazy. We were just out of the gate, leashes on, the car about 15 yards away. There was a man with a Rottweiler standing on the corner, watching, not approaching, just watching. The foxhound had a regular collar on and a prong collar with the leash attached to it. The foxhound is going crazy, doing everything he could to escape his collars, pulling, trying to back out of the collars, and going crazy. I started pulling up on his leash, with little play, so that he wouldn't be able to pullout. I was walking him slowly so I could control him, and it took me a step at a time, and it was a struggle. But he kept pulling and pulling until he finally escaped and ran back towards the fenced dog park. At a certain point, I saw the man with the Rottweiler walk into the park.
We were fairly close to the car, so I put the Aussie in the car and went to see about the fox hound. Someone from the dog park had opened the gate to the entry way of the small side and fox hound went in there, now at least contained in the entry way, but still going crazy. I walked over to fox hound wondering what in hell am I going to do with this dog?
A woman from the large side asked if she could help me get him to the car? "Yes, please!"
By now Rottweiler and owner are in the large side. Woman helped me get collars on and we start to walk to the car. Dog is still going crazy, again trying to escape.
We went into the entry way of the large side, and woman removes two prongs of the pronged collar to tighten it up, and leave the entry way. All of a sudden, fox hound quietly walked straight to the car. I missed when it happened because of the distraction, but as we are walking to the car and I see the man outside the park and walking away with his dog.
After I got the dogs home, I texted fox hound's owner, told her about what happened. She apologized and then told me again about fox hound's trigger: unneutered male dogs. And she tells me that there is a Rottweiler on her block that really upsets fox hound, because he is unneutered. As we talk about it, we realize that the dog was THE Rottweiler who lives on her block and upsets fox hound. The man has seen this before.
The man standing there watching, KNEW that fox hound was reactive to HIS dog. He watched me struggle with fox hound for quite a while, just watching, not leaving, not walking away, just watching me STRUGGLE! He was probably amused! And, he only stayed about 10 minutes or less with his unneutered dog, who is NOT supposed to be there, because he is unneutered!
I got home, exhausted from the ordeal, and began to rethink the whole thing. If I had known about the Rottweiler being unneutered and fox hound being reactive to him, I would have probably given the man a piece of my mind. Or I would have called animal control. Don't want to neuter your dog? I have no problem with that! But don't take your unneutered dog to a dog park where the posted rules are NO UNNEUTERED MALE DOGS!
UGH! If I am ever there again and this man shows up with his dog, I will call and report the guy for having an unneutered dog at a dog park. I know someone whose dog was attacked by an unneutered Rottweiler. Call went out, quick response by animal control and police. That man got a $500 ticket for unneutered male dog in public dog park, no city license, and aggressive dog at public dog park. Man told police and animal control that they couldn't ticket him. They did. We haven't seen him since.