Sunday, July 24, 2011

The Dog Park News (July 24, 2011)

Councilor plans meeting about possible West Roxbury dog park
Boston Globe
While it's early in the process and he's open to discussing other sites, City Councilor Matt O'Malley suggested using a portion of the 100-acre Millennium Park as his top choice for a dog park. By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent A meeting next month ...
La Crescenta dog park could open by March 2012
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday is expected to appropriate $645000 to a new 1.5-acre dog park for La Crescenta. The step-wise move should clear the way for construction on the facility, to be located within Crescenta Valley Park, ...
Volunteers to clean up flooded Regina dog park
News Talk 980 CJME
On Thursday, July 23, members of the Regina Dog Park Stewardship Group, along with city employees and volunteers, will try and clean up the Cathy Lauristen Memorial Off-leash Dog Park, after flooding forced its closure this spring. ...
Heat cancels dog park fundraiser in Ankeny
DesMoinesRegister.com
The dog days of July have caused Ankeny Dog Park leaders to cancel a fundraiser that was planned for today. The fourth annual Bark-N-Brew was set for tonight on the grounds of Chips Restaurant in Ankeny. Organizer Jacquie Holm-Smith said in an email ...
Leash-Free Dog Beach Hits Opposition at Public Hearing and Faces Uncertain Future
After public testimony from residents for and against the idea, City Council took the idea of a leash-free dog park in IB back to the drawing board. By Albert Fulcher The idea of a six-month leash-free dog beach trial period came to an abrupt halt ...
Entertainment: Fashion show at Commons mall, free concert at Browns Point
PNW Local News
Dog park: The non-profit organization Park Pals will host a fundraiser, selling cookbooks and doggie bandanas from 10 am to 5 pm July 24 at French Lake Park, located off 1st Avenue South between 312th Street and 320th Street. ...
Cromwell GOP nominates Mertie Terry for first selectman
Middletown Press
But she is perhaps better known as the chairwoman of the group working that is working to develop a dog park at the Hoffman Farm. Two incumbent Board of Education members Jay Fletcher and Lauren Griffin were re-nominated, while political newcomer Phil ...
Quirky lodgings to consider
Vancouver Sun
The Dog Park Bark Inn has guest rooms inside the multi-level interior, including a sleeping alcove in the dog's muzzle. Even toilets are shaped like fire hydrants. Located in Cottonwood, Idaho, there are plentiful outdoors choices, such as the Lewis ...
Pets calendar: Plenty of pet events coming up
OregonLive.com
Hazeldale Dog Park Dog Day Afternoon: The ninth annual “Dog Day Afternoon” event will take place from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday, July 30, at Hazeldale Park, off Farmington Road at SW 192nd Avenue in Aloha. The event will feature UFO disc dog competition, ...

WHAT TO DO
TheNewsTribune.com
How to Keep Your Dog Happy and Safe at the Dog Park Jeanne Hampl, NADOI endorsed Dog Trainer will teach you how to observe the behavior and body language of the dogs in the dog parkhow to know when it is time to intervene or leave to recognize good ...
Ric Anderson: Parks puzzlement
Topeka Capital Journal
I love Gage Park — every heaven-blessed inch of it, from the smiley whale in AnimaLand to the new ball diamond accessible to kids with disabilities to even the places near the zoo pens and the dog park where you don't want to take a particularly deep ...



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Commission distributes extra funds
Parkersburg News
Entities receiving funds from the ending balance included $30000 for the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport: $10000 for marketing; $20000 for Mountwood Park to pay for roof repairs at Pressley Ridge and another $5000 for a dog park; $3000 for work at the ...
Nine Things to Know About Dog Day Afternoon
LA Downtown News Online
All Bark, No Biting: Don't confuse Dog Day Afternoon with a dog park where the pooches run wild sniffing everything in sight. At Dog Day, canines must be social (read: not aggressive) and must be on a leash the entire time. It's also a strictly canine ...
Task force to study Tulsa's animal ordinances, recommend changes
Tulsa World
Herb Beattie, chairman of the city's Dog Park Task Force, urged Mautino to form a task force committee to address the host of problems, "some of which we talked about today and some of which we haven't talked about."
A tight-knit community: Universal City
San Antonio Express
The city also has an HEB grocery store, an 18-hole golf course and a new dog park. In nearby Selma, entertainment options include horse race track Retama Park. The majority of Universal City is served by the Judson Independent School District, ...
Benson dominates Nanaimo skyline
Nanaimo Daily News
He said while there are numerous other trails that lead to the top, including the popular one that begins on the west side of Westwood Lake where the offleash dog park is located, most are across private logging lands where trespassing is considered ...

Lyme lawsuit argues historic ferries' case
TheDay.com
PETA has gotten involved in similar ways in other communities, she said, such as by paying a financially strapped Florida town to place a banner at a dog park advocating spaying and neutering of pets. Palmer said PETA has not yet received a response ...
Westerly reins in municipal land trust
The Westerly Sun
After removing tires and other garbage from the property, Crandall said, the land trust received proposals related to weed removal, and erosion control, a dog park and, later, the proposed lease with Atlantic Marine. Crandall said work on the lease ...
Passport to Pleasure: See the Views and Enjoy Some Chews in Ballard
The SunBreak (blog)
Bring Fido and you'll find an active, off-leash dog park. Unleash yourselves and spend the day hiking the trails, fishing off the pier, exploring the wetlands, or—if the weather is warm—lying in the sand. (Who says there's no beach sand in Seattle? ...