Originally posted by Lalania

As I said, the park is FULL of dogs, most on-leash and the paths are not wide.
It's a by-law, not a law about off leash dogs. Only a fine if the dog narcs catch us.

THE DOG WAS VICIOUS!
If there is a fine if caught, that means dogs off-leash is a no-no. The width of the paths its totally irrelevant. See, at first you said it was not legal for dogs to be off-leash in this park, then you state this. That, in my book, is backpedaling - changing the story mid-stream to get people to accept your point of view.

My "vicious" dog also completed obedience classes and was perfectly fine off leash around the rest of the class of loose dogs. In a park, with a strange dog running towards him who we don't know, totally different game. How was the lady supposed to know? Your dog might have been vicious, and dogs will do things that surprise you - like fight with strange dogs no matter how many other dogs they've been around.