Thursday, February 24, 2011

Dog Park News (February 24, 2011)

Pet owners bark over St-Lambert dog park fee
The Seaway Dog Park in St-Lambert, Que., is popular because of its wide open spaces. (St-Lambert Dog Owners Association)Some dog owners living on Montreal's south shore are outraged that they are being forced to pay to use a popular public dog park in ...
Beverly dog park moves closer to reality
By Sean Teehan, Town Correspondent With a prospective site chosen, a plan to establish a dog park in Beverly may finally come to fruition this spring after a decade-long effort. A plot of land at the Beverly Municipal Airport that stretches about 60 ...
Dog park to move forward in two stages
Greater Sudbury's first off-leash dog park is another step closer to reality after members of the Minnow Lake Community Action Network (CAN) voted unanimously to support the fenced-in park. The group also agreed to request the funding in two parts so ...
Dog park nearly ready at Poppleton Creek Park in Stuart
Chain-linked fencing is up for the first officially designated dog park within Martin County. Now, dog owners must heel until the city of Stuart installs specially designed drinking fountains that are accessible to both small and large canines, ...
Dog Park Closure Slated For March
By Richard Paloma Oakdale dog owners and their pooches are going to have some down time twice a year, having to wait for their leash-free romps at the West Basin Dog Park due to the need for maintenance of the grounds. The park, which opened in August ...
Erin Womack plays a game of "Tug of War" with her Siberian Husky "Trident" on Wednesday at the dog park in Tompkins park. (Melissa Marshall • Herald/Review) By Nick Kosmider SIERRA VISTA — In the midst of the increasing popularity of the dog park ...
A Fairmont Senior High School student is making the FIDO Dog Park in Fairmont handicapped-accessible. By Alex Hines FAIRMONT -- A Marion County student is doing his part to improve his community. As his senior project, Fairmont Senior's Michael Garcia ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - A man and his family are devastated after a pit bull killed their 6-week-old puppy at a North Charleston dog park. It happened on Sunday around 9:30 am at Wannamaker County Park in North Charleston. ...
The Novato Community Garden Committee has a vision for a roughly 2-acre garden on Novato Boulevard immediately west of the city's Dogbone Meadow dog park. Their intent is for a garden that would "teach people how to grow their own food; provide garden ...