This situation has me a little confused.
Yesterday we took the beagles and my friends pound dogs to the dog park. There was probably 20-30 dogs there. A good mix. There was a guy there with 4 small dogs: a boston, and 3 other small dogs like it.
Those 4 dogs were being little brats the WHOLE time. They kept ganging up on all the bigger dogs. It didn't become an issue until they ganged up on 3 pitbulls. 2 belonged to one lady, and one belonged to a guy.
Needless to say, these pits did not appreciate it and a fight broke out. A BIG fight. 2 of the pits each had one of the bostons legs and were trashing their heads and pulling in opposite directions. All 4 of the little dogs were being attacked, and about 15 of the rest of the dogs that were at the park got involved. Including my friends dog and Kody was barking at all the commotion.
So I run up to my friends dog and take charge. "Grab the back legs!" I started yelling. Everyone was just hitting the big dogs with leashes and trying to grab the little dogs to get them out of there. They finally got all the small dogs out, and things calmed down. We all just held the dogs that were involved to let them cool down, and the guy left with his small dogs. The boston ended up having a messed up leg from it, but Im pretty sure that was all the damage done.
Now the pit owner said, "THATS why you dont bring small fragile dogs into the large dog park!" I replied, "Just be careful because a lot of people will blame your dogs because they are pits over a boston." She agreed and then the dogs started playing again.
Well a little later on, another boston, a different one comes in, and the pits go nuts. Just the lady's pits, not the guys pit. She grabs a branch off a tree and smacks her dogs with it and says "STOP IT!" The dogs cower in fear, and before long, she leaves.
Im inclined to say yeah the 4 small dogs instigated the problem, but its hard when you bring a pit into a dog park with tons of dogs and expect your dog who was BRED to be DA to like every dog. If that was 2 bostons fighting it wouldnt have escalated to the level it did. It just bothered me when she started hitting them too.
I bring bailey into the big dog park because small dogs annoy her. YET she would never attack one. Yes those 4 dogs were being brats the whole time but they were doing it for a good 45 minutes BEFORE the pits reacted the way they did. My point was that the labs and the aussies, and the dalmations didnt fight back, only the pits did.
So.... who was wrong?
The owner of the 4 small dogs for having 4 small, bratty dogs that could easily get hurt in the big dog park?
Or the pitbull owners for bringing potentially DA dogs into a social enviroment?
Yesterday we took the beagles and my friends pound dogs to the dog park. There was probably 20-30 dogs there. A good mix. There was a guy there with 4 small dogs: a boston, and 3 other small dogs like it.
Those 4 dogs were being little brats the WHOLE time. They kept ganging up on all the bigger dogs. It didn't become an issue until they ganged up on 3 pitbulls. 2 belonged to one lady, and one belonged to a guy.
Needless to say, these pits did not appreciate it and a fight broke out. A BIG fight. 2 of the pits each had one of the bostons legs and were trashing their heads and pulling in opposite directions. All 4 of the little dogs were being attacked, and about 15 of the rest of the dogs that were at the park got involved. Including my friends dog and Kody was barking at all the commotion.
So I run up to my friends dog and take charge. "Grab the back legs!" I started yelling. Everyone was just hitting the big dogs with leashes and trying to grab the little dogs to get them out of there. They finally got all the small dogs out, and things calmed down. We all just held the dogs that were involved to let them cool down, and the guy left with his small dogs. The boston ended up having a messed up leg from it, but Im pretty sure that was all the damage done.
Now the pit owner said, "THATS why you dont bring small fragile dogs into the large dog park!" I replied, "Just be careful because a lot of people will blame your dogs because they are pits over a boston." She agreed and then the dogs started playing again.
Well a little later on, another boston, a different one comes in, and the pits go nuts. Just the lady's pits, not the guys pit. She grabs a branch off a tree and smacks her dogs with it and says "STOP IT!" The dogs cower in fear, and before long, she leaves.
Im inclined to say yeah the 4 small dogs instigated the problem, but its hard when you bring a pit into a dog park with tons of dogs and expect your dog who was BRED to be DA to like every dog. If that was 2 bostons fighting it wouldnt have escalated to the level it did. It just bothered me when she started hitting them too.
I bring bailey into the big dog park because small dogs annoy her. YET she would never attack one. Yes those 4 dogs were being brats the whole time but they were doing it for a good 45 minutes BEFORE the pits reacted the way they did. My point was that the labs and the aussies, and the dalmations didnt fight back, only the pits did.
So.... who was wrong?
The owner of the 4 small dogs for having 4 small, bratty dogs that could easily get hurt in the big dog park?
Or the pitbull owners for bringing potentially DA dogs into a social enviroment?
