Webb Family Blog

Kellie had to go to work today, and Bear was not leaving me alone, so I decided to take him to the dog park to give him some exercise. I took him to our usual spot, Bear Dog Park here in Roseville. When we got there, there were several other dogs there, as there usually is around 2PM on a Saturday afternoon. First, there was a smaller dog that wanted to play with Bear, but Bear didn’t seem to interested until the smaller dog started growling and snapping… Bear growled back and the little dog would leave him a lone. Next, Bear brought me a tennis ball to through. As I threw the ball, Bear took off running after the ball. Another dog, about the same size, build and hair style as Bear, but all black instead of red, also ran after it. Bear got the ball first and the other dog wanted to take it away from him. The dog started growling and snapping at Bear. Bear didn’t back down and started to growl back. All-of-a-sudden, there was a dog fight going on. I ran over yelling Bear’s name and trying to get close enough to grab him. Another man also came yelling “Bear!” and tried getting to the black dog. My Bear yelped one time, as if in pain, but when I grabbed him and the other man grabbed his dog, I checked Bear for any injuries, but couldn’t find any. As I was talking to the other owner, we realized that both our dogs had the name Bear… at Bear Dog Park. I held my Bear for a few minutes, but the black Bear still wanted to fight. The other owner took his Bear and another dog they had brought and left. Bear didn’t start it, but he doesn’t back down. This is the first time I’ve known of him to actually fight with another dog, but he usually likes to make his dominance known… he’s an Alpha dog.