Sunday, November 6, 2011

The Dog Park News (November 6, 2011)

5 Things: Dog Park Forum; Theatre Events; Christmas Fair; and More
Patch: The movement to bring a dog park to Stratford takes another step today as residents will hold an open meeting at Roosevelt Forest from 10 am to noon. "The purpose of the meeting will just be to bounce ideas off of one another," resident Carissa Mason ...
Dog park site drawing growls
Long Beach Press-Telegram: By Pamela Hale-Burns, Staff Writer LONG BEACH - Potential areas for a dog park at El Dorado Park will be considered Thursday during a Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine has proposed three sites ...

Parvo cases reported at Los Altos Dog Park
KOB.com: Numerous Parvo cases have been reported at the Los Altos Dog Park in Northeast Albuquerque. Officials warn dog owners that the park at Lomas and Eubank has seen more Parvo cases than usual. Parvo is a virus that attacks at pet's intestines.

Dog parks aren't for every dog
Austin 360: Dog park fans: Don't start composing angry emails. Burgan also envisions a world where dog parks are frequented by educated dog owners, where it's a privilege to take your dog there. (And she also knows there are dogs, she calls them "Jell-O dogs," who...

Dawn Enterprises Supplies Girl Scouts with Planters for Augusta Dog Park
PR.com: Manchester, CT, November 05, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Dawn Enterprises, leading manufacturer of outdoor site furnishings, supplied Girl Scout Troop #2901 in Augusta, ME with planters for a local dog park. The group of 6th-8th graders worked hard with the ...
Some Salt Lake County parks go to the dogs
Salt Lake Tribune: By Tom Wharton On a recent Sunday afternoon, dog owners with pets of different sizes and breeds waited patiently for an officer to show up and open the gates to the Millrace off-leash dog park in Taylorsville. It was difficult to decide who was more ...

Petside Digest: All of Your Dog and Cat News This Week
Petside: A new study is looking at the human interactions that take place in a dog park. Some of the early findings of the study might surprise you! Click the story to find out more, and find out why they would want to study human behavior at a dog park...


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Readers bark for, against dogs on the beach
Longboat Key News: We have a dog park available. Dogs have been in the water on the beach opposite from the Bird Key entrance and that beach has been closed many times due to health issues. Do we really need that? I understand the position of the Realtors in this economy ...


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Family farm an early inspiration for new Myriad Gardens Foundation director
NewsOK.com: And then I liked seeing all the dogs in the dog park, and the dogs having so much fun and the owners being happy to have a place where their dogs could run free for a while. It's great to have this place that enhances quality of life for people.
Duck Farm construction begins; open house set for Saturday
San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Phase two could include an energy demonstration garden, improvements to the historic farmhouse on site as a possible resource center, a dog park and, if funding allows, a pedestrian/bicycle bridge over the confluence of San Jose Creek and the San ...
$5 Million Theo Wirth Decision Grows Near
Patch: With issues from a proposed dog park to the upgrade of hiking, biking and cross-country ski trails to improvements to the golf course, there was a lot of ground to cover. Wednesday night was the first of several days of activity. ...

City Manager's Update: Nov. 4, 2011
Patch: DOG PARK: Advisory boards will review the park plans November through February with an anticipated City Council review in March 2012. DEL OBISPO STREET BRIDGE WIDENING: In the past week, the contractor stripped forms for the pier at the west side of ...
Danville Dog Park « CBS San Francisco
Danville dog park was shut down Wednesday after a dog that visited the park was found to have a virus, city officials said… 1 hour ago. Listen Live! ...