See, now if only they were in a steel cage!

Just look at Shadow the HOTM. He's probably saying "hey buddy, wanna play? I do, I do, I do....."

seattlesibe wrote:

Korra and Link were in my backyard playing and one of Link's best buds, Oozie a Labradoodle, came out to use the yard and when he tried to play his human said: "okay Oozie, not today they are playing too rough. Oozie come on, come on, come on Oozie, Oozie come...........................Oozie.......come........."

Oozie wanted some but his human was horrified. Oozie is super hyperactive and very dominant with Link even. He checks Link very well and they have a good time. But Link and Korra were too much for the human to stomach.

They will lead each other around by the lip, scruff, skin......with constant chimpanzee sounds and then they are drinking water from the same bowl together and sharing treats.

The funniest thing about this is that the roughest players we get at bowwow are doodles. I could name 10 doodles that play like huskies without even really giving it thought.

Those of you who have had problems should have reported these people or unruly dogs to those who manage the parks. With our park, anytime we have a dog that the owner is either unable or unwilling to control or if the owner is a problem, someone or multiple people report them. Several dogs and people have been banned from the park because of this. I pay good money to be a member and would have no problem reporting anyone who causes problem with my dogs or me.

We call husky play the "bitey-bitey face game" and it's not just Huskies, but I would say all artics that like it - our Mal and Husky both play it and it is quite confronting for people not used to it.

Huskydad wrote:

Those of you who have had problems should have reported these people or unruly dogs to those who manage the parks. With our park, anytime we have a dog that the owner is either unable or unwilling to control or if the owner is a problem, someone or multiple people report them. Several dogs and people have been banned from the park because of this. I pay good money to be a member and would have no problem reporting anyone who causes problem with my dogs or me.

I know that in Washington most the parks are managed by small groups of dog loving volunteers. They are free and require no memberships or dues to use, with the exception of one or two. Ive always assumed majority of dog parks were more like our fairly self-monitoring system. Is this not true?

I know for us there really isnt anything you can do but report to Animal Control, which really only ever leads to a park closure

I love you're Shepherd!! Makes me want one more and more every time you post pictures!

K9_Eric wrote:

The funniest thing about this is that the roughest players we get at bowwow are doodles. I could name 10 doodles that play like huskies without even really giving it thought.

I'm starting to see this for sure Eric. Oozie is really hyper and very mouthy like a Husky, and he has the craziest vertical leap I have ever seen in a dog aside from herding dogs. He can jump vertically about 5 feet and do a complete 360. It's awesome.

My sister and i would like to try a dog park but were leery because of the other people. We know our dogs play rough being huskies and a pit mix that plays just like my two and we have had one or two incidents but we are sure to yell to try distracting and we have no problem grabbing the dogs to seperate them for a couple minutes we're just afraid some one else wont do what we are willing to and we dont want any problems. Especially because we can be rough with our dogs we dont mess around and have no problem grabbing scruffs to seperate them and i know a lot of people have a problem with that. But really the way they rip at one anothers necks i dont think it bothers them and they know they need to calm down. Plus we arent 100% sure about our dogs getting along well enough with others for a park.

Hayden_69 wrote:

I love you're Shepherd!! Makes me want one more and more every time you post pictures!

Thank you.

My dog park is a free charge, no membership either. I wish it was a membership only though. I feel like if you have to pay for a membership, that is probably a good way to weed out those who just take their dogs to the park because they are too lazy to do anything else.

The parks in Omaha are run by volunteers but they have a very informative website and facebook page, so I guess it evens it out.

I have no idea about the Lincoln park..maybe I should figure that out?

Bella_Jasper wrote:

My sister and i would like to try a dog park but were leery because of the other people. We know our dogs play rough being huskies and a pit mix that plays just like my two and we have had one or two incidents but we are sure to yell to try distracting and we have no problem grabbing the dogs to seperate them for a couple minutes we're just afraid some one else wont do what we are willing to and we dont want any problems. Especially because we can be rough with our dogs we dont mess around and have no problem grabbing scruffs to seperate them and i know a lot of people have a problem with that. But really the way they rip at one anothers necks i dont think it bothers them and they know they need to calm down. Plus we arent 100% sure about our dogs getting along well enough with others for a park.

Don't forget, though, that dog parks aren't for everybody. There are certain dogs that can thrive around others, and some that would rather go for a hike or jog instead of free play with strange dogs. It's just like us humans - some of us LOVE to be around other people, some just detest it... It's one of those "To Each Their Own" kind of things...

Also, if you want to see huskies play, GoneToTheSnowDogs uploaded a live video and at 9 mins, Shelby and Oakley started playing husky-style.

https://youtu.be/BBycYVWlSI8?t=9m

UndarthAngipoo wrote:

Also, if you want to see huskies play, GoneToTheSnowDogs uploaded a live video and at 9 mins, Shelby and Oakley started playing husky-style.

https://youtu.be/BBycYVWlSI8?t=9m

I love that channel! Im subscribed and love watching shelby and oakley. Fan friday offers some really helpful information, learned many things through this website and that channel

A man shot a dog at our local dog park because it got in a fight with his dog. We have free and pay dog parks here. Lola is just too rough that I won't chance it. She wasn't socialized as a pup and has already been banned from daycare.

bellecma wrote:

A man shot a dog at our local dog park because it got in a fight with his dog. We have free and pay dog parks here. Lola is just too rough that I won't chance it. She wasn't socialized as a pup and has already been banned from daycare.

That happened to a Husky in one of the parks not to far from where we live about 2 years ago. Off duty cop brought in his GSD, the Husky started playing with the GSD and the cop freaked out that his dog was being attacked and opened fire. He wound up being convicted of discharging a weapon in public and animal cruelty. I worry about stuff like that happening again.

blueeyedghost wrote:

bellecma wrote:

A man shot a dog at our local dog park because it got in a fight with his dog. We have free and pay dog parks here. Lola is just too rough that I won't chance it. She wasn't socialized as a pup and has already been banned from daycare.

That happened to a Husky in one of the parks not to far from where we live about 2 years ago. Off duty cop brought in his GSD, the Husky started playing with the GSD and the cop freaked out that his dog was being attacked and opened fire. He wound up being convicted of discharging a weapon in public and animal cruelty. I worry about stuff like that happening again.

Oh my gosh!! That is so insane!!! And scary! If I remember correctly, I think I heard about the cop shooting the husky. How can a person ever think that is a good idea?? Or a decent thing to do??

That's terrible about the shooting bellecma. I met Addy at a dog park to make sure that her and my older girls got along. She was awesome at the park. But when she is at home, she definitely plays loudly. If you don't know dog's posturing it could be unnerving, but I can tell it's play. My older girl Brendol is a pitt mix and she is friendly but as she's gotten older she's grumbly with other dogs so if I take her to park, I keep her on a retractable leash so she can venture out a little but if she doesn't play nice with another dog at meeting, I can pull her back in. She's not a fighter, just grumpy now. I thought this group would enjoy the following picture.
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People are idiots, and not everyone can handle the responsibility of wearing a uniform and wielding a weapon. That's not to say that all cops will do that, the vast majority wouldn't dare. But, after being active duty for the past 13 years and involved in quasi-military volunteer organizations (Civil Air Patrol), I've seen my share of people out there who are unbalanced enough to base their egos off of having a position of authority, and who wouldn't think before firing.

blueeyedghost wrote:

People are idiots, and not everyone can handle the responsibility of wearing a uniform and wielding a weapon. That's not to say that all cops will do that, the vast majority wouldn't dare. But, after being active duty for the past 13 years and involved in quasi-military volunteer organizations (Civil Air Patrol), I've seen my share of people out there who are unbalanced enough to base their egos off of having a position of authority, and who wouldn't think before firing.

Air Force too? I work with the Civil Air Patrol, as I'm an AF Recruiter. I've had 2 enlist already. 1 just booked an EOD job today. CAP is like Boy and Girl Scouts blended with USAF on steroids. Haha. Most of the kids are nice, but are also giant nerds, and this is coming from an Eagle Scout.

I'm Navy actually, but spent 3.5 years at Tinker AFB. I did CAP as a kid because Girl Scouts was lame, and thought it'd be great to get back into as an adult. With my flight experience (Aircraft commander in the Navy E-6B), I was really drawn to the availability of flight hours and I really liked the search and rescue mission, and I liked the idea of being a mentor to kids who wanted to do what I've done. I loved it at first, and then they made me a squadron commander after some nasty crap went down, and in addition to cleaning up some serious messes I had to deal with the worst kinds of parents. That and the few idiots that were on power trips, but I generally shut them down pretty quickly and put them in their place I wound up getting into it really bad with a couple of parents whose kids were massively abusing their status as cadet leaders, realized that some serious stuff was being brushed under the rug and I was being thrown under the bus in a big way, and walked away. I'm now teaching at Annapolis, and I absolutely love it (probably because I don't have to deal with helicopter parents ).

Before the guy shot the dog he also tazered it and didn't give the owner a chance to get their dogs separated before he opened fire. Word on the street is the the shooter had a small dog on the big dog side too. Firing a gun in city limits is the charge. Don't think an animal cruelty charge is attached. I'm interested in how this pans out.

bellecma wrote:

Before the guy shot the dog he also tazered it and didn't give the owner a chance to get their dogs separated before he opened fire. Word on the street is the the shooter had a small dog on the big dog side too. Firing a gun in city limits is the charge. Don't think an animal cruelty charge is attached. I'm interested in how this pans out.

This happened recently?!

blueeyedghost wrote:

I'm Navy actually, but spent 3.5 years at Tinker AFB. I did CAP as a kid because Girl Scouts was lame, and thought it'd be great to get back into as an adult. With my flight experience (Aircraft commander in the Navy E-6B), I was really drawn to the availability of flight hours and I really liked the search and rescue mission, and I liked the idea of being a mentor to kids who wanted to do what I've done. I loved it at first, and then they made me a squadron commander after some nasty crap went down, and in addition to cleaning up some serious messes I had to deal with the worst kinds of parents. That and the few idiots that were on power trips, but I generally shut them down pretty quickly and put them in their place I wound up getting into it really bad with a couple of parents whose kids were massively abusing their status as cadet leaders, realized that some serious stuff was being brushed under the rug and I was being thrown under the bus in a big way, and walked away. I'm now teaching at Annapolis, and I absolutely love it (probably because I don't have to deal with helicopter parents ).

O ok. I think we might've talked in a different thread. I'm still new here and trying to figure out who is who. Ha! Why did you get out of the Navy after 13 years? You had 7 to go until retirement. I retire in 4. Can't wait! And yes, so far both sets of parents for the kids I recruited have been a thorn in my side. I thought there would be a benefit to CAP preparing these kids for military life, but so far it's backfired. I'd be better off dealing with non-CAP kids and parents.

SAR is awesome. I was doing it for years with my GSD. I just didn't have the time to dedicate thanks to recruiting: the worst job ever! I'll be done recruiting in 5 months. Again, can't wait! Back to aircraft maintenance I'll go, working on fighters and/or bombers. I fix ejection seats and keep them ready to save lives.

We might have, I'm so busy these days I have a hard time remembering what I ate for lunch, never mind all the threads I'm trying to keep up with.

I'm actually still in, but I got permanently grounded on a medical, got a crappy eval because of it, and now will likely not screen for O-4. I have 2 more looks after this year, and when I don't make it in that 2015 board the Navy will tell me to have a nice life. I'm trying desperately to stay on at the Academy as a military professor, but that is O-4 minimum. I have a lot of very senior officers who are frustrated about that, so we'll see. I have a couple years, but I'm starting to explore my options. Oh, and the first 4 of my years is Academy, so technically active but only counts after you hit 20.

I usually have no issues at our local dog park. I always go at the same time and everyone there knows my dogs, and how they play and never have issues with them.

Crystal(HermesHaven) and I were at the dog park about a month ago and a young guy probably in his 20's comes up to us with his Lab asking if we owned the Huskies, obviously we all said yes and he was like YOU NEED TO WATCHING YOUR DOGS THEY'RE SO VICIOUS I CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE WE'RE LEAVING and so I'm like whatever I know my dogs and Embry and Ares come running up as he's leaving wrestling/growling/playing and he's screaming THIS IS THE SHIT IM TALKIN BOUT!!!111!! and I was like them playing???? and he's like that isn't playing!! your dogs shouldn't be allowed in this public park!!

....alright bro, i've been bringing my dogs here for 3+years and i've never had anyone call my dogs aggressive and be so extremely rude. I just blew it off and told all the regulars at the park, and they all laughed because seriously my dogs are the farthest from aggressive lol