I bucked up today, I took Boone to a dog park. The first time since early spring I believe where he was screamed at and chased by a toddler and ran after him then bit the mother when she reached out to him. Never broke the skin though. He did great. He gave a few people funny looks but was distracted enough by the other dogs and I think knew better to not do it. it was around 10:30 in the morning we got there I believe and already had around a dozen people there with dogs. I thought there wouldn't be very many but guess I was wrong, maybe I should head out even earlier next time. Anyways he did great for awhile then started getting to big for his britches and started biting other dogs on the bums and raising his hackles with some growling and showing of teeth. What?! Yeah, my social butterfly (at least with other dogs) went all cujo. NOT ACCEPTABLE! When he got like this I quickly called him over and had him stick by my side in a down position or go to an empty area of the park where he could calm down. This helped. We ended up leaving when they started up the riding lawn mower to cut the grass, Boone will go after it as he goes after the push mower so I figured it was time to leave then.
This park is wonderful! 4 acres, completely fenced off into 5 different sections for the dogs and another section for small children where dogs aren't allowed so there is no fear of them getting hurt and a dog getting frightened. There is the woodlot area that can be separated from the rest of the park, lots of trees, the ground is covered in large wood chips, nice logs to sit on. Beautiful spot. There is a small dogs only area that can be blocked off, an agility course that can be blocked off, the main area and a large open field with a drinking and hose down pad that can be blocked off. I took a few pictures but not many as I was keeping a close eye on Booney.
Totoredaca "Toto" Leash Free Park
http://www.totoredaca.org/
Sniffing around the woodlot.
A small area of the woodlot.
Time to drink a barrel of water and then barf it back up 10 seconds later. Silly dog.
Part of the agility course. It has a couple A-frames, a see saw, weave polls, some jumps, a tunnel, dog walk and a pause box.
part of the field and drinking/hose down pad.
Part of the main area and the boardwalk in and out of the park. The small dog area is behind the large clump of trees to the right.
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