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Out of interest, what was the behaviorists argument against standing around and letting the dogs play? I'm just back from morning walk and it's joyous to stand with a nice group of folk as our dogs play really well around us. Everyone's keeping a eye to check that play stays on the right tracks but dogs all playing really well, taking (and respecting) breaks when they want to and engaging positively at other times. Hard to see anything wrong with it from where I was standing.
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Good tips from Loz, I'm SE26 and timing in any of the parks is key. In my experience earlier is when you get the more attentive dog walkers, the dogs disposition is much less of an issue if people are paying attention. Crystal Palace park is great because you're generally always moving forward rather than standing around letting there dogs play like people do in smaller parks (EDIT: comment not clear, see discussion below...). Nori doesn't have great recall and can be reactive but is 90% off lead there as we are generally breezing past one another. I've noted a lot more people with there dogs on lead recently and they almost always thank me when i put Nori back on lead when passing. To me that's just standard dog owner protocol.
I haven't been this year but Wells park was an on lead park so it could be that!