Sunday, March 13, 2011

Dog Park News (March 13, 2011)

Dog Park News March 13, 2011
 
Budget deficit delaying any dreams of Boynton Beach dog park
Sun-Sentinel
By Jason Schultz, The Palm Beach Post Commissioners recently told city officials to look into building the city's first public dog park on the west side of town. But commissioners say that because of the city's budget woes, residents should not expect ...

park workers alert for aggressive dogs
Charleston Post Courier
Some pet owners also need to realize, he said, that as attractive as taking their pet to a dog park sounds, it may not be good to place them in with other free-running pets. "The breed itself is not always the issue," Macchia said. ...


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St. Paul eyes 30 riverside acres for dog park this summer
Pioneer Press
"Hopefully, (the dog park) will be open in the summer," Thune said. "It's part of the larger discussion about what we do down there. ... This happened to be something that could come in right away." Thune said Xcel Energy has graded the land, and, ...

Life's a Treat At Steilacoom Bakery For Dogs
Patch.com
About six years ago, Cynthia Martin got involved with the group building a dog park in Lakewood and had an idea to create and sell homemade dog treats to raise money for the project. The dogs loved them, and now Martin runs the Dog Treat Bakery out of ...

ND job market gets a bravo
Jamestown Sun
Bravo to the Jamestown Parks and Recreation Commission for offering a survey to residents for input on the planned dog park. We hope residents who plan to use the park and others take the time to complete the survey, which is at the Parks and ...

Make Tubbs Hill for everyone
Coeur d'Alene Press
Other things such as pocket gardens, a stage, a dog park and viewing platforms are also identified in your letter as being proposed to be on Tubbs Hill. I have attended the public meetings and I have studied the design concepts and there is not now, ...

Who What Wear fetes its new book
Los Angeles Times (blog)
The book, "What to Wear, Where," is a guide to what one can wear in any number of situations, from a funeral to the dog park to the opera. The authors and creators of the site, Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power model each look throughout the book, ...

Ann Cannon: Parting with a pet not always sweet sorrow
Salt Lake Tribune
And hey, if members of that pack also take her to the dog park on Seventh East and let her ride shotgun in the car with all the windows rolled down and slip her a pancake on Sunday mornings when the Alpha Female (aka "Mom") isn't looking, ...


 
Poison Found in California Dog Park
Sunnyvale city officials warned local dog owners Tuesday about someone trying to poison pets after rat poison was found at a local dog park...