I FINALLY MET THE MAYOR

I got my puppy at 13 weeks and have had him almost 2 months. so he’s 5 months old. I LITERALLY downloaded this app because I finally met the MAYOR today. I LOVE this park. I have made SO many friends. I have learned things from fellow dog owners. Outside of the chinchilla-like dusty gravel, it’s been GREAT. UNTIL TODAY. Today my daughter had a half day. I picked her up and headed to the dog park. As I approached the puppy side, I see a man holding a PUPPY english bull terrier nervously being scolded by a woman over the fence. Telling him is dog is not allowed at the dog park. That his dog is NOT vaccinated. That his dog is dangerous and he should NOT put his 4 month old puppy down, but leave. I saw her pit and the other dog and I KNEW it was her. Being raised in the Bronx, I do not take kindly to others being bullied or intimidated. I look at the guy and tell him to ignore her, that she does this all the time and that she’s nuts. I said don’t worry, put your dog down. He does and both of our dogs are socializing like puppies do when they meet one another. CRAZY (pronoun) starts screaming over the fence now claiming that my dog is going to attack his dog. She is flipping out that he didn’t leave. I, told her, FIRMLY to back off and mind her business. She was the ONLY person on the big dog side and him, my daughter and I are the only people on the small dog side. She continues her warnings and the man (assuming she must have had any type of authority as she was spouting off regulations of training, park entry and breed behaviors) nervously picked up his dog and left. So now, she is on the big side and I’m on the little side with my daughter. My dog has a habit of putting his head through the fence and HER dog nipped at his head. I told my daughter to block him from putting his head through the fence. I told my daughter to ONLY through the toys away from the fence and not speak to the woman. I’m assuming most people don’t walk in and immediately snap back, but she said NOTHING directly to me after I told her to mind her business. Instead, she proceeded (with NO ONE ELSE ON THE BIG SIDE) to angrily mutter to herself repeating what I said to her. I can feel her getting angrier. She then goes to her car into the trunk. At that point, with no witnesses, I didn’t trust whatever was happening next. I told my daughter we’re leaving. We immediately went to the car and left. She is visibly unstable and I did not trust whatever she was rummaging for in her trunk. I heard from SO many people about this woman that I was prepared. I’m street smart and do not tolerate like that. She speaks as though she has ANY type of authority at the park but has none. I didn’t feel comfortable alone with her, especially with my kid. If she truly does this to everyone, it’s definitely some type of authoritarian impersonation. I hope there is a law to ban this woman. Her dogs are dangerous and so is she. I heard the stories, but what I witnessed FAR exceeded my expectations. Four stars because this is the only time I’ve seen her, and every other experience at this park has been great.

Dec. 08, 2021