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Where abouts in Sydenham are you? I'm in Penge and found Alexandra rec ground (in the middle of the two) was really good for getting Crumpet socialised when she was younger. If you get there at peak hours just before or after work, there are usually quite a few dogs that are running around interacting with each other. Most owners seem pretty switched on there as well. It's not as nice a walk as Crystal Palace Park but we still try and mix it up between the two. There are fewer distractions than the bigger parks as well so we find it helpful to work on certain aspects of training.
For what it's worth, as long as nobody gets hurt or massively stressed out, the occasional telling off isn't a bad thing to teach your pup social cues! Crumpet used to be a fucking nightmare, wanting to run up and play with every single dog she saw. A few telling offs did her a wonder of good.
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There’s lots of owners I’ve met in this short journey and most are really happy to have Bailey reunite their dog with their inner puppy.
Most tell me if they’re not and off we go.
What has ground my gears today is the dude just sitting on the bench, scrolling and throwing a ball occasionally for a dog that didn’t like other dogs playing with it, taking up all of the park. Even the “off road gnarly fenced off” section was unusable because he was sat in plain sight of the fenced off area.
Disgusted of se26!
(But i recognise the other dude might have just needed his own time so I’m really not too bothered)