Aquariangt and Cheryl. I’m with you on the dog park issue. I don’t take my dogs ever to dog parks. The dog owners think it’s a place to hook up and spend the time b.s.ing around everything under the sun while their dogs run around bullying other dogs, fights breaking out, and let’s not even get me started on how they don’t pick up after their own dogs even though most dog parks even have free poop bags at their entrances making it a disease riddled area. Since I don’t vaccinate my dogs (other than 3 year rabies and only because it’s the law), I also don’t walk my dogs on harnesses letting them be exposed to all sorts of toxins and dog poops that irresponsible people inflict on the rest of us. My girls are little, I have a yard (no lawn at all so no need for spraying anything on it…I turned it all into gardens when I moved in last year) they have plenty of area to run around and exercise themselves outside and all over the three story house. I don’t feel the least bit bad about any of it. I do my best to keep them away from outdoor exposure when I can and diseases and parasites in other dogs poops. You also hear so many stories about peoples unleashed dogs running around the neighborhood, I don’t want my girls attached and I sure as hell don’t want to be attacked either. Also, I’m only 5′ 1″. I doubt I could even hold my dogs up high enough that a loose dog couldn’t get to them.
On the issue of spaying. I’m afraid I’m of no help. All my female dogs have always been spayed and I’m quite sure I will continue to do so. But, that’s just me. It’s not a subject I feel comfortable with giving advice. It’s a very personal choice one way or the other. I’m not sure that either choice is actually wrong or correct.
