Monday, June 20, 2011

The Dog Park News (June 20, 2011)

Dogs can be themselves, often off-leash, at growing number of pup parks in ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
Opened in 2008, Pooch Playground ranks among a growing number of fenced-in green spaces taking hold in the Midwest, said Ann Wennberg, president of Friends of Alum Creek Dog Park, a volunteer organization that helps operate the 5-year-old venue in ...
Two options proposed for Eugene's first small dog park
KMTR NewsSource 16
(KMTR) -- The city of Eugene is a big step closer to getting its first small dog park geared specifically towards small dogs with two new proposals that are now on the table, and the city is asking for opinions on the ideas now. ...
Dog park supporters get their message recorded
Mohave Valley News
“We want a dog park,” the estimated 200 people gathered at Rotary Park repeated during filming of a two-minute video local dog-park backers hope will keep Bullhead City in the running for $100000 to be used to build one here. ...



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The Search for the Perfect Dog Park Site in Twin Falls Continues
News Radio 1310 KLIX
The Magic Valley Canine Social Club's proposal to put a dog park in the Oregon Trail Youth Complex was denied by the Parks and Recreation Department on Tuesday; however, the board was very positive about having a dog park in Twin Falls. ...
Plans to preserve dog park
CTV.ca
Calgarians living in the southwest community of Glenbrook are working to preserve theirdog park. The land is located at 32 Avenue and 51 Street southwest. Residents have been using the almost 10 acres of land as both a park and an off leash area for ...

Offering creature comforts in the South End
Boston Globe
Kathi Molloy lets Tank try out a paw cooling pad at Bark Place, the dog wash she opened two years ago in the South End. (Kayana Szymczak for The Boston Globe) By Cindy Atoji Keene Boston's South End has a dog park, doggie bakery, dog walking services, ...

'Pawty' time as GVRD, Bark for Life partner
Vallejo Times-Herald
By Rich Freedman/ Toni Totten strolled over to the Greater Vallejo Recreation District office, hoping to book June 25 for the Wardlaw Dog Park for the fund-raising Bark for Life. As it turned out, GVRD threw her a bone. "They asked if they could ...
Walking Distance: Meet the Dogs
Hartford Advocate (blog)
I have heard much casual complaint over the lack of a dog park-- well-deserved, in my humble opinion. Many dog owners around in Connecticut pack their pups into their cars, drive half an hour away, and walk or socialize them in those other towns. ...
25 residents discuss future of former juvenile court property on Platt Road in ...
AnnArbor.com
... acre site that formerly housed Washtenaw County's Juvenile Court range from renovating the two buildings on the property to use as office space to demolishing the buildings and turning the property into green space for a bird center or a dog park...
Memphis sanitation workers are volatile city budget target
Memphis Commercial Appeal
On Wednesday, Wharton was at a groundbreaking event at Tobey Park for a new skate park in the city, right near a new off-leash dog park the city recently installed. He bragged about the bike lanes the city is adding and the various trails that have ...