I have taken my dogs and my sister's dogs to the Fort DeSoto dog beach in Florida. I stopped going. It's not usually just the other dogs that I have a problem with but mostly their owners. For example, one day I went and I had my boxer, my sister's 2 little dogs, my at the time 3 year old...

The beach I go to is not technically a 'dog beach', but there are many, many big dog owners that run their dogs and play in the water. I have chihuahua (he's not itty bitty but he's no lab) and I have never had a problem. He runs and plays with the big boys and chases things into the...