Apparently, this is an unpopular opinion where I live because everyone at the skatepark tried to clown me when I finally stood up for myself after dealing with this shit multiple days in a row... but please don't bring your dog to the skatepark. Especially if you're going to let it run around off-leash and bark at people. After asking for people to tie their dog up, control their dog, and finally shut their dog up, I got reactions ranging from "It's just a dog" to the cherry reply of "I'll knock you out and let my dog go on you after" from some kook who didn't even skate/bmx/scoot/etc, and was just hanging out there with his dog. I'm trying to stay out of trouble so I just laughed off the threats and ignored everyone making fun of me but it still pissed me off. Typical entitled usage of public space from the shitty kooks that inhabit my town. The funny thing is, after that ruined my session I still wanted to skate so I went out late at night for a little street mission and immediately got chased by a dog for an entire block while bombing this mellow hill. Good times.
Clearly, I don't like dogs and I have my reasons but I also know there are many responsible dog owners out there that wouldn't do these kinds of things. Still, I'm pretty tired of feeling like a pariah because I'm part of the 1% of people who aren't totally enamoured by dogs in this modern world.
Oh well. More awkward sessions ahead to look forward to because I'm not going to stop going any time soon.