Self-proclaimed city park queen lets her unruly big dog run wild, blames responsible small dog owners for every mishap, and demands the entire public park cater to her personal whims: ‘Her dog takes off after a squirrel or deer. She blames us’

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  • Woman Thinks She is the Queen of the City Park

    "A group of us dog owners have been coming to the park every day for years"
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  • So, there is a big park in my town that has grassy areas, a playground, several ball fields, river, trail, and forested areas.
  • A group of us dog owners have been coming to the park every day for years. All our dogs are fixed and vaxxed, mostly mini breeds, we scoop our , carry leashes to restrain our dogs when they are not playing zoomie or fetch in the grassy area, and all our pups have excellent recall.
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  • The city law states that a dog must be under the control of it's owner at all times, so the regular group meets at the same time each evening, and we practice recall and other obedience and socialization tasks in addition to leashed walks and play.
  • Sometimes there are five or six dogs at a time.
  • One woman, who is not part of our group by her own choice, owns a home about a half a block from the park, on the same side of the street as the entrance to the park.
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  • There is no HOA, and it is a joint city/county park. She owns a big dog and several cats.
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  • She allows her dog to take himself to the park. The dog is friendly, but ill mannered and poorly trained.
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  • He will jump up on people with untrimmed paws and leave scratches, steal balls/toys in play from other dogs and take them home, drink all the water we've hauled in for our dogs, and there is no one to scoop his massive poops since his owner is nowhere in sight.
  • We usually take turns scooping for her so that we don't end up having to clean shoes/paws.
  • Rarely, the owner will walk her dog through the park on a leash.
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  • Sometimes her dog takes off after a squirrel or deer while she is holding onto the leash, and she gets dragged. She blames us.
  • When she steps in , she blames us.
  • Sometimes, her cat will follow her and her dog on a walk. If our dogs notice her cat, or start towards it before being recalled, she blames us.
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  • A few days ago, we were all sitting in the shade of a big tree in the middle of a grassy field in the center of the park.
  • It was a hot day, and our dogs were worn out, all sitting at our feet.
  • She was on a trail about 300 ft away, behind us, to the left.
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  • Her cat was following her as she walked her dog. We, humans and dogs, did not notice her or her animals until she began yelling at us.
  • She specifically called out my name and demanded I leash my dog.
  • Since my dog was at my feet, I clipped her leash on immediately.
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  • The woman continued screaming as she walked away.
  • We kept all the dogs leashed for about 10 minutes, wondering what the yelling was about, and then resumed play.
  • She appeared from behind us a few minutes later, and my friend's dog started to chase the cat before being recalled. No contact was made.
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  • The next day, the woman stopped my friends on their morning walk and hysterically accused my dog of attacking her cat and grabbing it by the throat.
  • It never happened.
  • She also informed "The Group" that she didn't like where we sat in the park, because she didn't like having to walk around us, or to even see us.
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  • According to her, we can't sit near the entrance, near the trash cans, in the middle of the park--away from everyone, in the picnic area, or near the trails, because she might want to be there on the rare occasions she walks her dog on a leash.
  • Essentially, she doesn't want us in the park, since she lives near it, she feels she has more rights than we have.
  • We've been at the park, in the same spot every day since.
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