<div>First, pastrami at a dog park?!? You're lucky that every dog in the park didn't mug you! For the future and your continued good health, NEVER take any food, biscuits or training treats into the park where there are loose dogs.</div>
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<div>We go to the dog park regularly with the Houndettes. Jersey has appointed herself as the park greeter and hoots and hollers a lot while we're there. This old girl has a lot to say to all the dogs and every person who walks in the gate. Do we like it....no. We do try to discourage it but it's a dog park and I expect that the dogs are going to bark. Shadow is very timid and sticks to us like glue. Once in a while she'll wander off to take a good sniff but, once she realizes that she's more than five feet away from us she scoots right back. Suzy loves the dog park and everyone in it. She loves to chase and is actually very fast when she decides to run with a gang of dogs. It's a blast to watch her! Then there's Ginger. She is our aggressive girl who keeps us on our toes every minute. We know that she will turn into Cujo in a heartbeat and we remove her from the park the minute she starts to rumble at the other dogs. However, there's a difference between our Ginger's aggression and knowing that she's about to try and kill another dog and the typical ahroooing and growling that our girls do when they're initiating play. They always sound like they're going to kill each other when they're playing but it's the play noise that basset hounds make, at least every basset hound that has lived with us including the foster dogs who have stayed here. Certainly be on your guard and watch Snoopy and be prepared to leave the minute he is aggressive in a negative manner but really watch and try to discern if he's really being aggressive or if the growling is his way of trying to get someone to play with him. Bassets definitely are a different breed but it seems like they are generally pretty laid back and are more lovers than fighters. I agree with Bev though. If his aggression is intended to hurt another dog you need to immediately remove him from the park. That's what we have to do with Ginger when we know that she's had enough and is getting stressed. We're all very protective of our dogs and people (including me) tend to get po'd if someone has an out of control dog at a dog park and doesn't do anything about it.</div>
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<div>We really enjoy our local dog park and the Houndettes love it so I hope you can work it out with your Snoopy so he can have a good time too. Good luck!</div>
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<div>Jane & the Houndettes</div>
<div>Jersey, Shadow, Suzy & Ginger</div>