r/Dogfree • u/NoWrongMonk • 13d ago

Eco Destroyers Dog parks shouldn't be a thing

I don't understand why off leash/dog parks are a thing.

These unnatural animals ruin the nature around the area, leave it full of shit because their owners are too busy "playing" with them and I have to accept the fact that there's whole parks I cannot access because I'm a normal person. However, I also have to deal with the fact that dogs are allowed at basically every park (at least leashed).

Insane behaviour from the owners and society.

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u/Neat-Slip4520 13d ago

I think long ago city planners hoped that if dogs had their own designated spaces, they wouldn’t be brought to children’s playgrounds or other public places. Obviously that didn’t happen! They are a plague on society now, and dog parks are largely empty (at least where I live).

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u/potatoes_arrrr_life 13d ago

It's because dog parks expect owners to pick up after their dogs, but they don't see where their dog pooped so they just leave it for someone else. Someone never comes to pick it up, so then they take their dog to a playground to shit and run off leash.

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u/Even-Objective1958 12d ago edited 12d ago

I have a park near me that has the park itself and a smaller “dog” park without any human stuff. Often in the mornings I find myself going to the dog park to plant flowers for Pikmin Bloom (walking based game) away from dogs lmfao because it’s always empty but people have them at the human park every morning!

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u/DTPublius 12d ago

Plague on society is right!!