It's been a while

i would like to say hello to all, its been some time since iv been on line .....am staff/2 dogos...my name is phil...so dog parks....like,m...or dislike ....id like to hear the pros and cons....me...... i live in one!!!! its nice to be back

Welcome back!! Dog parks..........well we don't have them here, well not in the countryside anyway.

Welcome back.
No dogs parks here either

Welcome back There are no dog parks here n have never been to one.

not many in my area...how about leash laws....does it affect hunting

welcome back.

We are pretty lucky in the Uk that we still have loads of places for dogs to go off lead. Don't know about hunting, I think it's a more popular hobby in the US than over here.

Hiya, we don't really have dog parks as such but I live in a more rural area and when I go into a city, now and then, I take the dog. Where I am most dogs get daily freedom off lead, somewhere and when we go to the fenced in parks in Edinburgh, there is a huge difference, in one visit my dog was accosted by a Westie and then pounced on by a NI, in the space of about 5-10 mins, so I suppose thats the closest we have to dog parks?

Pro's - far too much traffic to let them play in a street, shared garden etc so at least they have somewhere to play, run.

Con's - a lot of dogs in one area, a lot of them seem a bit under exercised (I said a lot, not all) it does seem a bit chaotic.

My dog has been socialised from a pup and gets on well with other dogs so the Westie didn't get a reaction (no fight) and the NI eventually convinced him to play a little, so for me its not really a problem. If your dogs hadn't been socialised or trained at all, or are not tolerant of other dogs then I would think an actual specific dog park could 'end in tears'

I'm not saying they are a bad thing, after all we don't have them, so I don't know, but I think I would be a little wary at first.