Sorry for the long delay in getting back to all of you. There was a death in my family and I've been doing what I can to help out.

As far as the issue with the clown at the park, it's just a regular park that dog owners congregate in. Calling the authorities wouldn't do anything but get the rest of us in trouble as well. The situation resolved itself because his dog jumped on me and Seven didn't like it and growled at him and ran towards me. His dog backed off and hid behind the guy and when he said something to me about getting MY dog under control, I lost my cool and completely flipped out on him. I'm not a small guy and I think I really scared him because no one at the park has seen him since.

I don't like getting mad or losing my temper, but people CONSTANTLY ask me to help them train their dogs because Sev is so well trained and behaved so when this goofball said something about my dog's behavior, it really really hit a nerve.

Peace has been restored at the park but if I ever run into a situation like this one again, I will certainly use some of the wonderful suggestions posted here.

Thank all of you.