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Out of interest, why only supposed to socialise with a very limited number?
Yeah, that park is not good if you want to avoid/control interactions with other dogs. Having been in both camps (Owen was an absolute twat a few months ago and we kept him on lead for a few months to help curtail his overwhelming need to say hello to every dog, it worked to a point, he's much better on lead now but still very keen to run outreach across any open space he finds himself in off-lead) it's tricky. Lovely if you have a sociable dog who wants to socialise, no good if you want to keep yourself to yourself.
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Apparently if they socialise with a lot of dogs they start to see dogs as fun and a bigger distraction when working.
Based on absolutely nothing but feels, I think some of her dog curiosity when working would vanish if it could be done when on exercise walks. IANAE!
Its good as it’s quite enclosed so was the first place I took her off lead but a lot just seem in their own world
GoatandTricycle
Well she is only supposed to socialise with a very limited number. I’ve yet to work out how to make this a reality. I guess I could run a wanted ad but not sure that’s a great idea either 🤣
That park is both good and bad, number of dog walkers with 6 dogs and those that seem to want to be social seems high. The other day I was walking around and this guy basically made a bline for us, despite us giving off some pretty obvious cues. His dog seemed fine but not really cool with the approach off lead in the circumstance.
She’s well socialised and we may be on a lead but that’s fine to approach she might be interested but she’s pretty placid generally.