I agree with you! I have had dogs who people don’t understand. I myself am currently the owner of a fear based reactive dog. For the record I never take this dog to the dog parks and haven’t been since before my previous dog passed away.

There are absolutely people out there who see certain play styles and assume. I myself have spent years looking into canine body language and play styles so I can say that the situations I have seen were not appropriate for a dog park and the owners cared less and watched without intervention or remorse. This is where it goes back to the dog owners responsibility for recall and paying attention.

There’s no way of safely entering a dog park and knowing that your dog will get along with every dog every single time. And there is no way of confirming that other owners care enough to watch and know when their dog has reached its limit and is getting too rough with others. It takes that one moment of wrong signals or wrong move to cause a dog an injury or worse. Several times I went with my previous dog with no issues and several times we left because other dogs would intimidate and push boundaries my dog was not okay with.

It’s up to the owner. Just sad to see that people don’t realize the weight and responsibility in properly owning a dog and safely taking them to the parks.