So today Kelly and I were walking the dogs at one of our favorite dog parks and one of the dogs at the park was being a bit aggressive with a lab puppy. The owner wasn't doing anything about it even though folks were getting upset and saying she needs to control her dog and leave the park.
Well, one moment it seems like a normal day and the next minute all hell breaks loose. The dog attacked the puppy again and Kelly tried to get the dog to stop by whacking it with her leash. The next thing you know, the dog's owner is in Kelly's face telling her not to hit her dog and looking like she was about to get physical. Of course, Kelly is 5 months pregnant, so I went over and tried to get her to back off and the lab owners puppy came over to tell her to get her dog out of the park, as the dog was once again going after her lab puppy.
The next thing you know fists are flying and the two women are on the ground beating the crap out of each other. I tried to get them apart, but when I realized I couldn't do it, I just focused on getting the dog so Kelly could leash it and lead it away. Finally, a guy who saw the whole thing came over and we were able to get them apart and the woman got her dog from Kelly and left the park. Turns out the woman with the lab was a police officer and she probably has a fat lip tonight since it was bleeding.
It was one of the weirdest experiences I've had since I was a teen. I'm really glad Kelly didn't get hurt. I really don't understand people sometimes. All the girl had to do was show a hint of concern that her dog was being aggressive and maybe walk her dog in another area of the park until it settled down.
The lab owner might have overreacted a tiny bit, but the woman clearly was a bit off. She just watched her dog attack the lab 3 or 4 times and did nothing at all. And turning on Kelly was completely out of line. As usual, the dog itself wasn't really to blame, but the owner sucked. The dog was a pitt bull and was just trying to dominate a rather large puppy. It's normal dog behavior, but not appropriate at a dog park and the dog needed to be controlled and reprimanded. But this isn't unusual behavior and if the owner was normal it would have been a non issue.
Needless to say, it made for an interesting day.
