Ahhh dog parks, how I miss them! Great chance to socialize and have fun for you and your dog, or just sit and relax for a time.

I used to go, and often, we have several parks up in the Northern Virginia area, but now I have moved away and am without a dog currently.

I hate to sound like a jerk, but this is just how the dog park ettiquit goes. Tell anyone you know from the park what happened. That way, they all will know, so if this lady comes back they will ALL keep their eyes on her and her dog. So if she claims your dog, or any other dog ever bites her again you can have at least 10 people standing right there saying "NO he did not!"
Not to mention, it can be an extra set of people to explain to her that dog parks are not for everyone.
If she can't deal with the occasional hyper and sometimes dirty dog jumping up on her to say hello, then don't go to the park, it is not her personal park, and there are no rules against a dog jumping up on someone out of happiness occasionally.


I've had so many things happen to me or my dogs at parks. I was hanging out with a foster named Gingko a shibaX, he was looking out through the fence minding his own business, and this Shepard on a leash started growling at him, so his owner told him to hush up, but the dog just kept on getting more and more aggitated at my dog (whom was doing nothing) then this lady from BEHIND the fence (not even in the park) said to me "You really need to take your dog out of here, he's causing problems and that's not acceptable"

I was just too shocked.


Does this park have a list of rules you can print off? Sometimes we do this and hand it out to new comers as a friendly reminder. "off" is a common word at dog parks, she can either become familure with this and accept it, or you can give her directions to another park, lol.