Dog park yes, neighbourhood no

Nellie the walk-refusing wheaten loved her hour with peer dogs at the off-leash park today, playing and running with all dogs, although she did show her teeth to a young German shepherd - memories of bites earlier this summer.
She walked near the park afterwards ... but still refuses to leave our driveway to walk in the neighbourhood after the capgun incident.
Sigh. 

Our Wheaten bitten by off-leash German shepherd

What's the price of dog owners who overestimate the control they have over their dogs? In my case, maybe hundreds of dollars.

Yesterday, a 20-something man who doesn't live on our street "walked" his off-leash German shepherd through the neighbourhood.
Unfortunately for us, my teen son was coming home from a walk with our Wheaten terrier when the free-running German shepherd was coming down the street, far away from its owner.
Usually dog-to-dog confrontations are just a lot of barking, but in this case the shepherd managed to bite our Wheaten on her underbelly near her groin.
Eventually, the owner caught up with his dog and controlled it. He was confronted by a neighbour working in her yard. The response from the shepherd owner was laced with profanity.
If I ever see this dog in the neighbourhood, further discussion awaits.
Meanwhile, I hope he now knows enough to keep it on a leash.

Park time

Nellie the Wheaten terrier at Listowel, Ont., Canada park.

California Dreaming

Wheaten terriers Mo Mo and Rex, 5 and 2, check out the snow
 near Ilderton before leaving Ontario to live in California.

Shaggy Nellie

Nellie, our wheaten, in need of grooming.

Love the mud

This is Nellie, our adopted wheaten terrier, after a romp in our muddy backyard. My wife let her out for an unsupervised run, then left for work. Still love her. (Nellie and my wife.) (Wayne Newton photo)