Doggy Confinement Over
My two ratties Charlotte and Cayenne finally got to leave the house and meet the outside world again. Poor little ratties. I feel so bad that they had to stay home because of me, but there wasn’t anybody who was able to take them out for walks but me. Anyway we went to the Milpitas Dog Park with my Mom. As we approached the park, C&C started to whine really dramatically and loudly. Too much pent-up energy from one month of not getting outdoors. When we reached the park I decided to take them for a walk around the area before letting them into the doggy park, for I knew they would go crazy with all that energy. That proved to be good for them, and they were somewhat calmer when they entered the park.
However, about 10 minutes after we got in, a brown cocker spaniel came into the area. His name is George. The minute he entered, Charlotte came to sniff him, and when I saw the tense posture of Charlotte, I knew something was about to happen - sure enough, within a few seconds, Charlotte attacked George - no bite marks though, just some tense and angry growling. I had to put her on the leash as I didn’t want to risk another attack that I couldn’t control. So as long as George was in the park, Charlotte was on the leash. The minute she tried to lock eyes at George I corrected her. I’m sure this attack was also attributed to all that pent-up energy from not getting out for a month. We were hoping that George would leave soon, but after waiting about half and hour, another cocker spaniel came into the park! Oh well, we had no choice but to leave. Poor Charlotte. I wonder what’s it about cocker spaniels that she’s so pissed about. There were other situations in other parks where she would act aggressively towards cockers. I just don’t get it.