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I want to comment on what one woman did a while back at the dog park. In the fall, my mutt and I visited the dog park often on Sunday afternoons. It was fairly busy at this time, with nice weather and a variety of people and dogs.
I am always amazed at how careless dog owners can be. One woman showed up with her dog while pushing a baby stroller. This alone might not have been so bad, but the woman actually pushed the stroller through the gate in front of herself and her dog. Then, ten or more large dogs inside the park rushed to the baby, smelling and pushing their faces in the baby’s face. They pushed each other out of the way, rambunctious and eager to see the small person. Some licked the baby in the face. Let me add that I also see plenty of dogs eating their own poop while at the park, among other gross things.
The woman showed no concern, and did not push the dogs away or tell them no. Not only that, but my friend and I were the only dog owners who did anything to restrain our dogs. My friend owns a 120-pound great dane and even though her dog is gentle, she is perfectly capable of knocking a stroller over by accident. Like my mutt, she is pretty much a klutz.
My mutt was interested in the baby, too. Like him, most of the dogs had probably never seen a baby before. Luckily, none of the dogs bit the baby or knocked the stroller over, but imagine what could’ve happened with a pack of dogs romping around, chasing, crashing into things and just being dogs. You never know how a dog will react, especially a strange dog. Trusting them around a baby is just plain stupid.
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