Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
They'll start running around and screaming when a dog chases them. Well, what do you expect? It's a DOG park, not a kid playground!
They probably expect to not get chased. That's unacceptable behavior IMO. Where I live there are hundreds of designated off leash areas. They are not completely closed in like many of your parks seem to be. In fact hiking trails and bike paths run through a lot of them. Does that mean dogs should be able to chase bikers through the park (after all what do they expect, they are biking through a dog park), of course it doesn't. It means that you should have control over your dog.

At the same time I see the point of the dangers of having kids at the dog park and can only say.... parents should control their kids. They should teach their kids the proper ways to behave around dogs. But of course it's not a perfect world....