Would you play Russian Roulette with your dog’s mental and physical well-being? Caring pet parents would say ‘definitely not’… Yet thousands of them unwittingly do just that every time they take their dog to an off-leash park and set their dog free to ‘play’.

How do you know your pet’s new playmates won’t attack prompting your dog to think it has to go on the attack in future to feel safe… ?

And that’s just one of the problems well-known Dog Trainer Steve Austin sees with dog parks – areas he believes should be treated with extreme caution.