The Dog Park News (September 13, 2011)

Oak Forest Dogs Wash Up for Proposed Dog Park Patch.com Leashes in hand, residents brought their dogs out for the city's first dog park fundraiser. By Matt Klinkert Does this lab mix, Payton, look thrilled or what? More than 300 dogs and their owners came out Saturday for a dog park fundraiser in Oak Forest ...

Bluebird Pooch-Plunge, Dog Park Unify K9 Community By then, volunteers, committee members and Ellisville residents hope to make a dog park a reality, following the city council's approval of plans at Bluebird Park in July. This weekend's Pooch Plunge served as a fundraiser, which allowed dogs to dip in ...

Lights going up at dog park Strathroy Age Dispatch 6, Strathroy-Caradoc's Committee of the Whole gave approval to a recommendation that lighting be added to the dog park on York Street. In his report Recreation Director Tim Hanna said that it is possible to move forward with the lighting with very ...

Where to Build a New Mpls. Dog Park? KSTP.com District Park 6 is trying to figure out where to build a dog park. The park has been a controversial topic since February when some wanted to put it at Martin Luther King Junior Park. Community members said it would be disrespectful to Dr. King's honor ...

East Haddam Parks and Recreation September Newsletter From soccer to hula hooping and the grand opening of the East Haddam dog park. Fall is a great time for soccer. glennharper/ Creative Commons The East Haddam Parks and Recreation department provides a variety of programs and services for the residents ...

CAROLYN KELLIHER, Hingham: Despite issues, Hingham dog park is working The Patriot Ledger By Anonymous I have read several news accounts of the Bare Cove Park Committee and its regulations. Rather than thinking the committee is falling short, based on the numbers quoted, I think that they should feel they have done a very good job. ...

Annual Doggie Paddle Deemed a Success The Doggie Paddle provided five hours of swim time for the dogs and was a great way for dog owners to socialize. The $5 entry fee helped support the Manassas Park dog park, located at the Manassas Park Community Center.

Man wants dogs banned from Kpt Farmers Market TriCities.com A Blountville man is complaining that the Kingsport Farmer's Market is overrun with dogs, comparing it to a dog park. “Dogs dirtying up the vegetables and drooling on the vegetables turned us off, so we left,” says Harry Carter whose complaint has ... Find out more about the dog park manual by clicking on htto://dogparkmanual.weebly.com -- thanks!

Belfast waterfront transformed into wiener dog mecca VillageSoup Belfast Aside from the spectacle of hundreds of dachshunds in one place — 700 people paid the $1 admission fee to get into the event, from which organizers estimated 500 dogs attended — Wienerfest was a fundraiser for the Belfast Dog Park. ...

The Nutro Company Donates One Million Dollars to the National Disaster Search ... MarketWatch (press release) In addition to offering a healthy diet, The Nutro Company is constructing a dog park area in the SDF National Training Center to allow the dogs space to run and relax while training. The Nutro Company's ROOM TO RUN(TM) area and the entire National ...

New Ohlone School Groundbreaking Event This Month ... and daycare facilities will be built. The first phase of construction will take an estimated 16 months. During construction, the parking lot at Ohlone Park will be closed. Access to the dog park and soccer fields will be for foot traffic only.

Pro-green space, not anti-child — High River Times It would be likened to someone writing a letter to the paper with the names of people who opposed the dog park and going on to say they hate dogs. Ridiculous and combative comments like, "If Bernie Ricketts is so opposed perhaps she should have bought ...