Dogs
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I'd also say, dog parks that are big, not fenced off and near a road are the better dog parks because these naturally filter out dogs with poor recall and likely poor training and socialisation lest they get hit by a car or run away. If someone's dog is so out of control they get into trouble, eventually they stop coming there.
It's the small fenced in parks one should avoid.
Actually...this is a good point I never clicked in on before. Thanks.
My husky has amazing recall, she just have a very wide radius that she keeps around me. A good 20-30foot or so. Always comes back when I call. I trained her recall to be a physical touch instead of the usual, come where I can see you. Has its downsides as she says hello by touching human hands and people tend to pull away from a dog mouth..my bad :(
I'll have to visit our non fenced dog parks more often, thanks again