The dog park I take Duke to is a privately run establishment which works on a membership basis where you have to pay a monthly/yearly fee or if you just want to try it out it's $10 but it soon becomes cheaper to just buy the membership. All dogs must have proof of current vaccines, an up to date rabies tag and if over 7 months neutered and spayed. They also work on a 3 strikes your out basis though if anything serious comes up your out for good. They also have two staff members patrolling the park at all times to break up any dog fights.
I only go on sundays as they have a puppy only socilization sessions where puppys under supervision can play and besides one bad incident where a sharpei attacked a smaller puppy, Duke and I have enjoyed it very much. It's also given him a chance to try out their agility eqiupment ( they have everything out besides an a frame) and meet small and large puppys, all which he likes but dosen't have much enthusaism to play with.
When he's older I may bring him once he's completed a few more levels of obidence and once I can assess how he reacts to other dogs as he continues to grow. The one thing I do like is that as long as he remains dog friendly he should be around 100 plus pounds full grown so I won't have to worry as much about other dogs attacking him as I think he would be able to hold his own until I could break anything up though I only plan on bringing him to the privately run park where I feel it's a much safer enviroment.
Just an intresting note, today while at the puppy club I noticed a dog who looked remarkably similar to Duke, it turned out to be his littermate!!! Duke didn't seem to recoginize him but his brother was going crazy licking him and jumping all over him
Cheers
Kayla
I only go on sundays as they have a puppy only socilization sessions where puppys under supervision can play and besides one bad incident where a sharpei attacked a smaller puppy, Duke and I have enjoyed it very much. It's also given him a chance to try out their agility eqiupment ( they have everything out besides an a frame) and meet small and large puppys, all which he likes but dosen't have much enthusaism to play with.
When he's older I may bring him once he's completed a few more levels of obidence and once I can assess how he reacts to other dogs as he continues to grow. The one thing I do like is that as long as he remains dog friendly he should be around 100 plus pounds full grown so I won't have to worry as much about other dogs attacking him as I think he would be able to hold his own until I could break anything up though I only plan on bringing him to the privately run park where I feel it's a much safer enviroment.
Just an intresting note, today while at the puppy club I noticed a dog who looked remarkably similar to Duke, it turned out to be his littermate!!! Duke didn't seem to recoginize him but his brother was going crazy licking him and jumping all over him
Cheers
Kayla