Dealing With Dog Owners

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I took my dog to the dog park tonight. He had an absolutely wonderful time, but there was a woman there that got on my nerves. She spent the whole night criticizing the behavior of all of the other dogs there. She would go on and on about how well behaved her dog was. Yet her dog was running around bullying and provoking the other dogs. Her little dog would bite and nip at the bigger dogs, and when the larger dogs would bat her dog away with their paws, the woman would scold the dog then tell the dog's owner, "You need to teach your dog not to play with his paws!" How do you deal with people like this? Should you just let it go? As long as the dogs are safely playing and having a good time, is it worth it to start something? Or should you try and confront her? I got the feeling she thought she knew more about dogs than anyone else and wouldn't listen to anything anyone would say about her or her dog's behavior. Have you come across dog owners like her? How do you deal with them?