I go to our local dog park, its about a half hour away from me. I keep a close eye on my girl, and make sure she leaves the other ones alone. They have a time out cage in case that happens, When we had the PT meeting, Kia got put in there with her mommy!!! The people I meet there regulary (Cincy'sMom,Amy, and her mom Diana and their dogs) are very responsible with their dogs. Most people are that go there.
There is one case of a husky that the mom is very very heavy and only makes it as far as the picnic table and then bellows at her kid to come and pick up the dog poop. The one time the kid was in there by himself (against park rules, you are to be 16 unless accompianed by an adult) and Balto got to playing too rough with Taggert, Diana, swatted him and this kid says " I don't appreciate you touching my dog" and she said "well I don't appreciate your dog trying to kill mine!!" Most of the time if the dogs get out of hand the owners pack them up and go. I thoroughly enjoy going to the park and Keegan loves it. As soon as I head in that direction she whines the whole half hour drive!!! I enjoy being with people that share a similiar interest like mine. Keegan has TOTALLY come out of her shell since going there. Not that she was shy, but she didn't get to play with other dogs and was very people orientated. Now she likes to play with the other dogs.
I agree tho, I would probably feel very, very different if I had a small dog, especially like Ricki and Lucy2!