We had a bad dog park night (well the last 20 mins were bad) so I had to vent. Every wed. and thurs. evening I take Willow, Tater and my son to the dog park for a couple of hours. Usually a good time is had by all. The people at this particular dog park are super friendly and for the most part are great about keeping a handle on there dogs. Tonight was a different story. For the 1st hour and a half Tater and Willow were having a blast. Willow even let strangers pet her (which is a miracle to say the least). About 20 mins. before we left a couple come in with there beagle and Tater immediately wanted to play and off they went. All of a sudden the male owner of the beagle decided to "pretend" to attack his dog. This in turn scared the bejesus out of Tater and he went after the guy and since Tater freaked out Willow ran over to protect Tater and she freaked out. The guy tried to make it out like my dogs didn't know how to play and that they should understand that he was playing. I just looked at him and said "anyone with any sense would know that not ALL dogs play the same way and DOGS don't always understand when WE humans are playing. Just because you play like that with your dog doesn't mean I play like that with mine." Then I dragged Willow off (which is FAR from easy) to settle her down and My son got Tater's attention and he went off to play. Willow was cranky for the rest of the time we were there and the good feeling we had when we came in was now gone. This incident won't stop me from taking my dogs to that particular park, but if I see that couple and there dog again We'll definitely leave right away. Anyway, I needed to get that off my chest and thanks for "listening".
