Quote Originally Posted by loonunit View Post
I live in Arizona, and I have German Shorthaired Pointers. They absolutely MUST RUN several times a week, we have really strict leash laws (with $300 fines if you're caught violating them), and jogging with me for 2 miles doesn't really do the trick for these guys. Dog parks are BRILLIANT.

Yeah, about 1 out of 5 times we go and there's some animal that makes it unpleasant. But the other 4 times my dogs wrestle and run with other dogs. And then they come home and actually sleep rather than pestering us all evening to take them for walks.

There's even a park down in Gilbert that has a small attached lake. AN. ATTACHED. LAKE! So now we take them there on the weekends, even when it's 110F outside, and they can splash around and stay cool. And it turns out Buttercup is a huge swimmer.
You're failing your dogs by allowing them to have constant poor interactions with other dogs. Get a treadmill or ride a bike with them.