k8nkane

I don't know where you live BlueDrake, but there ARE places you can take your dog if you know where to look. It just might take some time. Check out tennis courts, fenced-in baseball/soccer/football fields. You could try posting an ad on Craigslist asking if someone has a large field or yard you can use for a couple of hours or whatever.

Bluedrake

Sorry lua I should of read that correctly. I live in south Africa..... Not looking 4 an area that my dog run free, but rather what u guys and girls consider a safe place 2 walk your dog on a lead.... So in other words do u think its fine 2 walk a dog where all dogs are on a lead... Or a place where one or 2 are off their lead but very well behaved? What is the worst area u would go 2

k8nkane

Ideally, the best place to walk your dog would be in an area where all dogs are leashed.

stonerreakinhavok

WHERE ALL DOGS ARE ON LEADS tini just escaped the house today and acted a fool on our block barking at kids and their dogs while we were out at the fair (the lady next door said he tried to attack but if the dog woulda attacked he woulda bit some one, shows how much people know about dogs). my fault for not triple checking the back door, but none the less you never know how a dog is going to act off leash of with out its owner(you really dont know if their dog walkers or owners or family friends). tini is always well behaved when he is with us, but apparently when no on is home he escapes he's a head luckily our neighbor and a family friend were able to round him back up into the house. so now will get locked back up in the bedroom or i have to break out his crate again.

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aus_staffy

Bluedrake, I understand what you're saying. If you feel the risk is minimal, then you can use your own judgement, you're a grown up. I don't think what you're talking about is quite the same as taking them to a dog park. Personally, I don't go to places where dogs are allowed to run free even if mine are leashed but that's just me (although many here would do the same).

scottytheoneandonly

we stopped bringing our dogs to dog parks years ago when we got our first Greyhound. She was injured early on by someone elses dog jumpking on her and cutting open her skin. she was also agressive toward small dogs (they look like prey). And inevitably every time we went to a dog park, someone would bring their toy whatever breed into the "big dog" area. we found it to be too stressful and too risky. We socialize our dogs now with friends and dogs we know in fenced in areas on private property.

mago73

i know better than to bring Precious out to a park leash or not, they see her small and think their bigger dogs will be ok if they came close, but she could be lethal. What i usually do is drive around until i find an empty parking lot and then i go in the back and let her play catch or just run around, also industrial parks work.

Patch

Great advice and a great read!!!

Sucker For A Rednose

I will agree about the dog park being a bad place;

I will also admit I took O'Malley till he was around one and I started noticing little things that made me more cautious. He became more on edge with dogs jumping on his back and/or rear,got really stiff when dogs would charge him,and to be honest lost pretty much all interest in the dogs all together and wanted to be around the humans and share their bench with them. Lol. Now, I take him to Tuscawilla Park here in Ocala,Fl which is a human park with tennis courts,basketball courts,HUGE pond stocked with fish and a giant fountain,bridges to walk over,paved walking paths,water fountains,ect. I love it and he has been the only dog I have ever seen there.

I can't say O'Malley is D.A. neccesarily BUT he is not tolerant of others bad behavior. I do believe genetics have a play on this and as much as people want to argue that you can train your dog to not have aggression, You CANNOT fight genetics. My boy is raised very well and still has the iffy factor with strange dogs. He loves our other dogs (a golden retriever & a labrador) as well as our neighbors dogs,too. But just doesn't know how to react when a strange dog doesnt have manners.

I have explained this to people many times at Tuscawilla and some agree while others claim i'm not putting enough effort into him and his signs of defense towards other dogs. I have even been thrown the Caesar Milan lines of how ANY dog can be taught not to be aggressive.

Why fight genetics? You should know what your getting into when you get the breed. Their drive and power is what makes them who they are.

Ahh,enough ranting from me. :P

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SDPitbull

I absolutely agree with this. I would love for my dog to behave in every situation imaginable, but I know that my pit was born and bred to fight. I go to the dog park near my house here in East Chula Vista, San Diego. But only when nobody's around, and the moment people show up with their dogs, I leash up Zoe and we take off. A few folks have said, "You can keep your dog here, my dog isn't aggressive and its well behaved." I just tell them thanks, but I've got a pit bull, and I think it avoids drama altogether if we leave. But yeah I agree with this quote.

EL CUCO

Lol its good that you do that. But I would skip the "I've got a pit bull" comment. It can be perceived wrong to the laimen. I would just say maybe next time...we have to go lol

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Posted by KMdogs
We always have to humanize dogs actions, we feel oh the dog is tall so we are helping when in reality its more natural for a dog to eat on the ground... And healthier

Blue_Nose_Bella

Yes, leave that comment completely out of the equation because it will just reflect a negative image on our breed do as Nowucme said

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SDPitbull

Yeah you guys are right, most folks already have this misconception about our breed.

Pittdamuss

Used to have to run my dog real early in the morn to make sure he didnt attack
other dogs or bark at strangers, but to be honest it was a pain in the ass because he could sense dogs from a hundred metres away and I had to yell at him and chase him down to prevent the inevitable, makin me look like an idiot and the dog like a monster. On leash exercise is to restrictive and I could never train him not to pull on the leash. He caught a few hares and rabbits in the bush, and was always darting in and out of the bush in hunt mode. Any way he killed the neighbours dog and got put down so now I own an American Bulldog X Amstaff, which is not Dog Aggressive at all but is a good guard dog and a lot more obedient and not human aggressive either unless they are trying to come in the yard without permission. Still got those good attributes of pit looks and willing to please, without the dog aggression killer prey drive, which lets be real, is useless for most of our purposes, unless you fight dogs.

ladyluck145

Interesting post. My dog is fairly socialized. When I take her to the dog park she plays really well with others. She is probably the silliest and friendliest one running around the entire dog park.