11/02/2026
Difference between a dog park and pack walks? Safety and Building relationships. Dogs can get over aroused really fast and that will change the whole groups' behavior. Watching the emotional status of the dogs and being able to control the situation before it gets bad is important with any group of dogs. This pack has been together for many months building relationships with one another but sometimes they get too jazzed, especially at the beginning of walks. Notice i stay calm, recognize what's coming. Blue might seem innocent but he often gets the whole group going. Suds likes the instigate once its started to perpetuate the gang up behavior. It did get a little bit too crazy for my liking but after they regulated and the rest of the hike was fine. There are lots of tactics to calm down the group but they can do it on their own too. Dogs use calming signals like shaking to calm themselves and others around them.
