Aggressive dude at Fields Dog Park

Portland OR

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I went to the off leash dog park today (Sunday 5/2) and brought my dog inside to say hello to other dogs for a few minutes. Your dog came up to mine and they shared some sniffs. My dog began to walk away as she wasn’t interested in your dog anymore and your dog began to get in her face nudging her on. I was right next to the two of them the whole time. My dog barely bared her teeth as if to say “back off” and then your dog began to growl and move in. At that point I moved my dog away but your dog was trying to get to mine so I scooped her up so there would be no fighting and we began to exit the park. Your dog started following us and jumping on me so I turned to the woman walking towards me (your girlfriend? partner?) and asked her, “can you grab him?” and she said “yes.” I continue heading to the gate and YOU come up all hard saying “is there a problem???” and I said “no, my dog’s fine” and you said “well you picked your dog up and are carrying her” so I asked if the dog was yours and you said yeah, and I told you that it was attacking mine. You told me “No he’s just playing that’s how he plays don’t come to the dog park if your dog doesn’t know how to play”. Or something like that. You kept staring at me all gnarly and tough so I asked if you had something to say and you said “No but it looks like you do”. I told you to “Stop” and your girlfriend told you “it wasn’t worth it” right now i just want to say that you are awful. you had NO idea what was going on and tried to act all big to a girl with her dog that was trying to leave. My dog is a 6 year old rescue. Despite a traumatic and abusive past she has always had a seriously excellent disposition. Before your dog approached mine, my dog was chilling and said hi to like 10 other dogs no issue. But, when she tells a dog to back off and it doesn’t, there will be a problem. Your dog didn’t respect my dog’s warnings and you tried to get in my face about it which was beyond wack. I bet your partner is proud of your hyper-defensive and tough guy behavior! Get lost.