"Dog Parks" Why They Are A Bad Idea !!! "It's Your Job to Protect Your Dog" By About once every couple of days I get an email from someone asking about problems with their dogs being attacked when they are on walks or running loose at one of the local parks that many cities setup for people to take their dogs to. People question me on how to deal with overly aggressive dogs that belong to other people and they dog behavior problems dog bones question me about their own dogs not trying to defend themselves. Some people want to know if they should just let the dogs work out the problems themselves. I want to go on record as saying that the concept of "Dog Parks" was well intended but a bad idea, especially if the dogs are allowed to run off-leash. I do not recommend people take their dogs to these places. The average person does not understand how strong the pack instinct dog bones dog bones is in their pet. These drives click into high gear when a dog is taken into a park with other dogs. Dogs that are encountered when going to these parks look at the new visitors as intruders in "their personal territory." This leads to territorial aggression. When there is a group of dogs that are allowed to run together, they instinctively try to establish a rank order (or packing order). If there are several dogs that want to assume facts about dogs dog bones the role of pack leader there are going to be problems. If the dogs are left to their own devices, each dog will assume its rank within the pack. There is a good possibility that fights will develop to determine what order various dogs fall in. With inexperienced dogs, or dogs that do not have strong temperaments there will be posturing going on before a fight begins. Many times owners can verbally control their dogs and warn them to dog fence dog bones back off.