Can you believe in the whole 5 years we've had Sophie we've never ever been to a dog park? I'm not sure if there was one in Tulsa or not, and I definitely don't think there was one in Corpus. Well, today everyone must have all had the same idea, because there were tons of dogs there. It was neat to see all the different kinds, and all of them running around, and there "humans" were nice to chat with too!
This is the "Where's Sophie?" picture. Can you find her? Actually, I think she had a blast. Tons of people wanted to pet her and she was loving all of the attention. I had to carry Max the whole time, because every time I let him down he barked like crazy. He definitely needs some social behavior classes.
JM showing off his famous Sophie trick. She can just lay like that forever - that's probably why we say she was our first baby!
And this is why we had to leave. Some of the bigger dogs came over and tried to "play" with Sophie. She got underneath them and rolled over - and we don't know if they scratched her eye or she did it trying to escape, but it started really bleeding. I don't think those dogs were trying to be mean at all, but they were a lot bigger and I think it just really scared her. I told JM they should have a separate area for the smaller dogs. Oh, and the update on Sophie is that her bloodwork tests came back fine. She's been on meds (they ran out now) but I think they may have helped. She has definitely been eating more and been more sociable since. But if she goes off the meds again, I don't know if she'll go back to not feeling well again or not? I might take her to the vet tomorrow to make sure her eye is ok and do a follow up with him. Poor Sophie - once we think she's ok, something else happens to her!
So, I think even with our bad experience we will probably try and go back. Sophie had fun and Max obviously needs to be around more dogs!
Anyway, hope everyone had a great weekend!
9 comments:
poor girl! love the shirt... she's stylin!
awww poor baby!! I know that feeling, my boxer is 8 yrs old and she was my first baby!
I love her polo!
And one of my clients had these CUTE CUTE Little chihuahuas that I photographed for them, they were SO SWEET and would lay like a baby on you. Oh they make me want one!
Poor Sophie! Dog parks can be great for the pups, but be careful with Jenna. Most dog parks actually have rules about small children not being allowed or that they shouldn't be on the ground, and they are for the safety of the kids.
I've spent tons of time in dog parks so I feel very strongly about this! Even very friendly dogs can accidentally knock down an adult, let alone a child. Plus some dogs don't do well with kids (nippy, freaked out by the uncoordinated movements of kids, grab babies whole hand trying to get that item in the hand). So please be careful.
Okay rant over. I've just seen lots of crazy dog/child stuff happen when people let small ones loose in dog runs here so I wanted to warn you. You're used to your small dogs at home, that are used to Jenna but not all dogs are going to be like yours :)
OH my! Her poor eye! Is she ok? I know at the dog park we used to go to in N'ville there were seperate areas, cause it can get chaotic!
Poor Sophie!
poor little girl. :( I hope she's doing better.
Ouchie! Poor Sophie! I'm glad her eye is okay. There are a couple of good dog parks we go to in the area. Reko's favorite is Shawnee Mission Park because they have a big lake for dogs to swim in.
I bet Jenna liked all the doggies. She seems like a dog lover. =)
Poor Sophie! I hope she's not in pain because of that!
(And I agree with Allison. Dog parks can be rough for little humans. I've seen some near collisions at the one in Little Rock. There, they do have a separate area for little dogs though.)
Poor thing! We love our dogs, too - aren't they great!!
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