This evening I took Jack to a new indoor dog park/day care facility. They seemed to be very into safety--made me take off Jack's collar and put on a velcro collar, had me enter by putting Jack in a dog holding area with a door into the park that he was supposed to push open himself while I entered through another gate....
There were a couple of things that bothered me, buuut I can be a little weird about things sometimes, so I was curious if they bugged anyone else, or if it's just me....
-There was a pug/french bulldog mix there that was just a nasty little thing. Anytime a dog got near an object she wanted, a person she was interested in, or just plain got too close she would do this growling/screaming/yapping thing and go after the dog, chasing them even, until the owner grabbed her and made her stop. I didn't see her actually bit anyone, but she wouldn't back down even if the other dog was defering to her or trying to get away from her. We were not even there for an hour and this happened roughly 10 times--twice to Jack--the first time for trying to greet her and the second time for trying to greet a little girl the pug X considered "hers" I supposed. The owner of the facility and several staff members witnessed this and didn't do anything about it. One of the staff members commented that at least the dog "couldn't really hurt anyone," but I feel like that's kind of missing the point.....
-Kids older than 6 or 7 were allowed, which I'm OK with--Jack likes kids. However, it didn't seem like they were watched very carefully--they were allowed to lay on the dog beds, sit on the floor with the dogs milling around/stepping over them (Jack and a couple other dogs were there for the first time ever, so the staff really has no idea how they are with kids), one kid accidentally let one dog out while leaving the play area, etc....
Anyhoo, I'm curious to hear others opinions....
There were a couple of things that bothered me, buuut I can be a little weird about things sometimes, so I was curious if they bugged anyone else, or if it's just me....
-There was a pug/french bulldog mix there that was just a nasty little thing. Anytime a dog got near an object she wanted, a person she was interested in, or just plain got too close she would do this growling/screaming/yapping thing and go after the dog, chasing them even, until the owner grabbed her and made her stop. I didn't see her actually bit anyone, but she wouldn't back down even if the other dog was defering to her or trying to get away from her. We were not even there for an hour and this happened roughly 10 times--twice to Jack--the first time for trying to greet her and the second time for trying to greet a little girl the pug X considered "hers" I supposed. The owner of the facility and several staff members witnessed this and didn't do anything about it. One of the staff members commented that at least the dog "couldn't really hurt anyone," but I feel like that's kind of missing the point.....
-Kids older than 6 or 7 were allowed, which I'm OK with--Jack likes kids. However, it didn't seem like they were watched very carefully--they were allowed to lay on the dog beds, sit on the floor with the dogs milling around/stepping over them (Jack and a couple other dogs were there for the first time ever, so the staff really has no idea how they are with kids), one kid accidentally let one dog out while leaving the play area, etc....
Anyhoo, I'm curious to hear others opinions....