My mom decided to try out a bark park the other day (a park with a fence you can set your dog's loose in). She had heard bad things about them but was willing to give it a try. We have greyhound and they like the chance to have a good run in a large space.
Now this park has two sections, one for large dogs and one for small dogs. This is a good thing, because not all large dogs play well with small dogs. Some get carried away and play too rough, forgeting that thier playmate is much smaller than they are. Some, like a couple of mine, are just not small animal friendly. A small dog is the same as a cat or a rabbit or a squirrell.
So long as these rules are followed, it's perfectly OK for my dogs to be there. They have no problems with dogs thier own size or bigger. Howver, a lady came in with a Jack Russell terrier and a Yorkie and let them loose in the large dog area.
My mom, seeing this and knowing how our dogs are, politely approached the lady and told her that she might want to take her dogs to the small dog area. It was not safe for them to be there. The lady replied saying they would be fine, but my mom responded saying that they could be hurt.
The lady's responce was "I don't care."
I DON'T CARE!!! :angry:
How can you not care if your dog gets hurt. My mom gathered up our dogs and left, because she cared whether this lady's dogs were hurt, but this lady could care less if her own dogs were killed in this play area. You have to respect the nature of the animal. My dogs do not play with small animals, so we keep them away from small animals when we can and kep a tight hold on them if we can't. But if you have a small animal, you should try to listen when someone says you might want to keep your distance.
People like that shouldn't have dogs.
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