So, we returned Sunday and are getting back into the swing of things around here...
Picked up Bandit on Sunday night from Summer Camp (trainer boarded him for the week+ that we were gone) and he had so many friends there and had a GREAT time apparently.
He was so happy to see us, big ol smile and tail goin so fast, it was a blur...
But boy did he STINK! a week of rollin around on the ground and wrestling with the other dogs will do that. Hard to touch him for a day or two until we could bathe him since he had fur form the other dogs and it triggered the allergies.
That being done, and then decided to hit the dog park yesterday, that was fun until an overprotective owner showed up with what appears to be a reddish chocolate lab pup (5 mos +/-) that was SOOOO skinny (almost malnurished in appearance).
The "welcoming party" went to the gate and was greeting the dog, but the owner kept shooing them away. She gets in and I figured would be taking the dog off leash... but no, that didnt happen, and was getting frustrated at Bandit when he was getting a bit friendly and her dog laid submissively on her back. :?
Didnt see the big deal, but boy she was HIGHLY irritated with us. I let it go and corrected Bandit and sent him off a different direction.
She stuck to the corner with her dog and girls. then the pup came over to the bench to say hi and she jumped up on another guy that was there... Bandit cam running to say hi, and didnt stop himself in time, accidentally nudging her in the side with his nose, she yelps, and gets the owner all perturbed... "You really need to control your mean aggressive dog!" while she is babying her pup, coddling her.
I lost it... "Look lady, maybe if you werent so overprotective and coddling to your precious pup, she would be able to handle it.
What did you expect, you come to the dog park with an extremely timid pup and all the other dogs would let her be?!?
Get real, they come to socialize, play, and I can assure you that you coddling her instantly shows and these dogs can sense that.
Ive been here a while today and come often, Bandit has never been anything but nice to ALL the other dogs, regardless of size, gender, breed, or any other characteristic.
I would suggest that in the future when you come in, you bring your pup (very beautiful that she is) in and get her off the leash ASAP so she can socialize and play. I have not seen any aggressive dogs out here and can assure you that Bandit is only trying to play. He doesnt have a mean bone in his body."
Everyone else agreed with me, but that lady certainly did aggravate me to no end.
But anyway, here is a random sampling of some of our photos from the trip.
