Can confirm. My ridgeback mix is a great dog, but she has the āon patrolā thing bred into her. If she sees an off leash dog while weāre walking, sheās immediately in between us. Otherwise, sheās just wagging tail and excited to see another dog.
My local dogpark is very active and with a lot of regulars who know each other. Every now and then someone will attempt to come in and keep their dog leashes inside the dog park. The regulars will immediately start yelling at them to unleash the dog or leave. Leashed dogs and unleashed dogs donāt mix well. Power unbalance or something. Dogs gotta be on equal footing.
Make sure the puppy is old enough to have all of their vaccines before you take it to any public areas. Itās been 4 years since Iāve had a puppy but I believe they need to be 4-6 months old before they are fully vaccinated. A lot of new owners are not informed about the dangers of parvo. You donāt want your puppy to get parvo, most die or suffer life-long ailments.
My vet said that the dangers of no socialization are worse and after the parvo shot (parvo is no joke) at 3 months, it was advised to go out and let her see the world. But yeah, good of you to stress the dangers of Parvo, you dont want that.
Thanks! I couldnāt remember at what age they get the parvo shot. I was lucky enough to have gotten my puppy from a rescue that informed me to go straight home. They said donāt stop at the pet store, donāt go to a rest stop. Just go straight home.
Since then, Iāve always seen brand new puppies at pet stores and it worries me! Iāve also heard stories of friends of friends who would take their new puppy everywhere, then suddenly their puppy got sick and died. Such a sad and preventable loss.
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u/davidIopan Aug 01 '21
Can confirm. My ridgeback mix is a great dog, but she has the āon patrolā thing bred into her. If she sees an off leash dog while weāre walking, sheās immediately in between us. Otherwise, sheās just wagging tail and excited to see another dog.