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A great day at the dog park!

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    Yes, restraining a dog can definitely make them react when he normally wouldn't...but it is a double edged sword, if you aren't sure what your dog will do...you almost have to restrain him in some way...kwim? Glad it worked out! Maybe you are on to something!

  • … and now I have to bathe them cause they have been slobbered on by all of those huge dogs! I swear they all had waterfalls of saliva coming out of their mouths! I think I take for granted how CLEAN my dogs are... until a bunch of slobbering dogs get near them and they get covered! ha ha ha.

  • I had the exact same experience today at our new dog park in Lansing!!! It must be a great week for dogs in Michigan!

    Cooper behaved beautifully for the two hours we spent there. I was expecting a little bit of growling at greetings, but he even met the rotties and pit bulls with no problem. And they were barreling down on him, too!

    We walked for a while with a greyhound and her mom. It was beautiful to see them run together! She was the only dog in the park that ran faster than Cooper.

    Why are all other dogs so dirty!?!?!?! Cooper dries in mere minutes from a dip in a pond or lake, but he was caked in slobber from the other dogs! And it made him smell like a dog. Yuck!

    We're all tuckered out from that adventure!

  • Very encouraging stories. Must be nice to have some happy and tired Basenjis. ;)

  • Pics Pics Pics!!!

  • Just thought I'd post some pics from our recent outings to the dog park!

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  • and some more!

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  • Those are some great pictures. I love how Basenji's are fearless towards other dogs! They just owned that dog park :):):)

  • We have two great parks near us. The closest is wooded & we saw a large copperhead there recently, so we've vetoed it for the summer. I have no problem with a copperhead existing in its natural habitat, but I can see Booger & Lola both walking right up to make friends with a snake with bad consequences. The other is about 15 minutes away, and its a huge open field with a slight hill in the middle & a small wooded area off to the side. You can see the entire park from almost anywhere in it, so you always know where your kids are. Booger knows any growling or snarking or not playing nice means an immediate exit & return home, so he is always on his best behavior. He will run for over two hours & not sit down to rest. We always get comments on his speed… he is amazing to watch. Just put some pictures up in our gallery from the dog park last week (don't know how to post pictures in a thread) We love love love the dog parks!

  • What a great story and great pics! It's nice to have a place where your dog(s) can run and play freely!

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