I found this on another site, it talks about the types of people that make dog parks a headache.
I've never been to a dog park,so I have never bumped into these kinds of people.
The paranoid -
These folks are often right inside the dog park gate where they get the best vantage point for gawking in fear at all dogs that enter. The paranoid will often freak out if your dog even goes near their dog and make a big spectacle about protecting their pooch. “Get your mean, scruffy beast of a hound away from my darling dog Darla!â€
The haters –
Similar to the paranoid, the haters spew anger rather than fear. One man went as far as picking up a pooper scooper and shaking it in my general direction when I walked in to a dog park with a pit bull mix. The dog had not done anything wrong – or even had time to do anything at all – but the man was ready and hating.
The “I don’t cares†–
These are the folks that unleash their dogs in the dog park then promptly start yakking on their cell phones or bury their noses in their books, not giving a dang what their dog is up to. They do not look up once, not to check if their dog has escaped nor to see if he happened to rip out another dog’s throat. One woman even once had the audacity to drop off her dog and ask someone to watch him, saying she’d be back in about 45 minutes as she had to run some errands.
The busybodies –
On the opposite end of the spectrum from the “I don’t cares,†we have the busybodies. They are in your business every step of the way, not only asking your dog’s name, age, breed and habits but also offering unwanted and unwarranted advice. “Your dog’s collar is too tight,†“Why do you let him jump on the table like that?†and “What do you feed him? His stool looks mushy.â€
The pooper snoopers –
The pooper snoopers are a subset of the busybodies who are only concerned with one thing: where your dog just pooped. They will sit on one end of the park and yell across the entire expanse every time a dog goes to the bathroom. They don’t care if you are already on your way to the pile with a scooper or bag, as they seem to glean joy from making these loud announcements.
These folks are often right inside the dog park gate where they get the best vantage point for gawking in fear at all dogs that enter. The paranoid will often freak out if your dog even goes near their dog and make a big spectacle about protecting their pooch. “Get your mean, scruffy beast of a hound away from my darling dog Darla!â€
The haters –
Similar to the paranoid, the haters spew anger rather than fear. One man went as far as picking up a pooper scooper and shaking it in my general direction when I walked in to a dog park with a pit bull mix. The dog had not done anything wrong – or even had time to do anything at all – but the man was ready and hating.
The “I don’t cares†–
These are the folks that unleash their dogs in the dog park then promptly start yakking on their cell phones or bury their noses in their books, not giving a dang what their dog is up to. They do not look up once, not to check if their dog has escaped nor to see if he happened to rip out another dog’s throat. One woman even once had the audacity to drop off her dog and ask someone to watch him, saying she’d be back in about 45 minutes as she had to run some errands.
The busybodies –
On the opposite end of the spectrum from the “I don’t cares,†we have the busybodies. They are in your business every step of the way, not only asking your dog’s name, age, breed and habits but also offering unwanted and unwarranted advice. “Your dog’s collar is too tight,†“Why do you let him jump on the table like that?†and “What do you feed him? His stool looks mushy.â€
The pooper snoopers –
The pooper snoopers are a subset of the busybodies who are only concerned with one thing: where your dog just pooped. They will sit on one end of the park and yell across the entire expanse every time a dog goes to the bathroom. They don’t care if you are already on your way to the pile with a scooper or bag, as they seem to glean joy from making these loud announcements.