I completely agree with the above post. My biggest concern is for the safety of your dog. People can be very malicious and your dog is at risk. If ANYTHING happens to someone's child, you and Megatron WILL be held responsible and Megatron's life could be at risk. I work for a personal injury attorney and I see this every day. People come in to my office demanding dogs be "put down," all time time. Even if the people were stupid.
Our old dog, who has since passed away, was very timid around strangers and didn't like kids, unfortunately he also very cute and looked very approachable. People would let their kids run up to him, without asking, all the time. Even when he was on a leash! It always freaked him out and put the child at risk. So people are not usually very dog savvy, even when they own a dog, and they are litigious.
I know you don't want your right to be in the park and your freedom curtailed, but you also want to protect your lovely Megatron.
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