Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Dog Park News (February 02, 2012)


Bare Cove Park Is Not A Dog Park
Patch: Bare Cove Park is not a dog park,” Coyle said. “We can't have broken bones, we can't. We have to toughen the rules a little bit.” Coyle said in the last few years, the number of dogs per person has become an issue at the park and owners have not been ...
New PoCo dog park site not good for neighbours
Coquitlam Now: When PoCo decided to create another offleash dog park in the downtown, they built it directly behind where I have lived for the past 18 years. What was once a quiet little green belt is now an area full of yappy and barking dogs.
Denison Young Professionals plan for Denison dog park
SW Iowa News: As a community outreach project the Denison Young Professionals (DYP) are seeking to plan, raise funds for, and construct a dog park in Denison. A likely location for the park, according to DYP member Brad Bonner, is the south side of Union Park ...
Ranger uses electric shock on man walking dogs off leash
Cal Coast News: [SFChronicle] Gary Hesterberg was walking his dogs off leash on Sunday at Rancho Corral de Tierra, an area that had long been an off leash dog park. In December, the park was incorporated into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area which requires ...

Public Comment Being Taken on Dog Friendly Parks for Laramie
KOWB: With the exception of the dog park at Optimist Park, Zook says the dog friendly areas won't differ much from other areas within the parks. All will be patrolled by Animal Control to ensure compliance by dog owners. Phase 1 of the redevelopment of ...
Lot May Be Used for Sports
The Missourian: Another idea is a portion of the green space be fenced off for a dog park, Arand said. Then, Arand explained that there is more to a dog park than a fenced-in area for pets, but small structures can be placed inside the park.
Hickory Ridge wants gathering place in village center
Baltimore Sun: Others imagine a dog park adjacent to the shopping center, or perhaps a playground. The Hickory Ridge Community Association, meanwhile, has its own preferences, starting with a Columbia Association presence in the village center, and something that...

DiMattina Playground Money Going To The Dogs—In A Good Way
Patch: “The neighborhood is really lacking a good dog park. So after the renovations I will definitely bring them back.” The cost of the project, which is still pending approval by Community Board 6, will be split down the middle between the offices of ...
Furry friends and prix fixe food
Providence Eyewitness News: If you're looking for a great outdoor activity with your pup, why not try one of the many dog parks like the one at Hanes Park in Barrington. Dogs will love spending time sniffing, playing, and running with others. Dozens of pet lovers come every day.
Editorial: 'Thumbs' for January
Pomerado Newspaper Group: While doing this beautification, maybe new directional signage to the dog park and sports fields could be added too. THUMBS UP to the Rancho Bernardo and Poway chapters of Soroptimist International for sponsoring a free showing of the 33-minute ...
From crazy weather, to crazy about the weather
Chicago Sun-Times: “This morning we woke up and decided to go to the dog park.” Reeves and Edgar Lemos of Aurora spent Tuesday afternoon with their pet Wrigley at the Lincoln Park dog park. “The weather is really weird, but I like it,” Lemos said.
Perkasie Treat Corner offers peanut-free summer snacking
Montgomery Newspapers: Perkasie Treat Corner will also still host all the fundraisers it did previously, with the eighth annual Dog Days of Summer fundraiser for Perkasie Dog Park scheduled for the first Sunday in August. The Feldmans' store has been one of the top 100 ...


One-Year Anniversary of Historic Blizzard
Patch: Runners hit area trails Tuesday taking advantage of temperatures that reached into the 50s, while the Lake in the Hills Bark Park Dog Park had a fair number of visitors stop by to let their dogs out for a muddy romp. The warm weather has been an ...
Those were the days
Eagle Valley Enterprise: A herd of approximately 400 elk had congregated in the lower Brush Creek Valley, most notably at the Eagle Ranch Dog Park location. Craig Wescoatt, of what was then the Colorado Division of Wildlife, warned residents that wildlife and dogs don't mix ...
Town plans to progress in belt-tightening times
Hi-Desert Star: Officials plan for that progress to continue on projects such as a funding plan for infrastructure maintenance, a replacement animal shelter, a new youth sports park, a dog park and the General Plan update. The town has managed to keep reserves strong, ...
Friends of the four-legged world
Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers: The newest facility is the totally donated Danielle Ruiz-Murphy Center which opened in 2010 with a public dog park & equine rescue. 2010 also saw the addition of the Vetmobile: a low-cost veterinary mobile services for residents that may have trouble ...
Williams Lays Out Plan for Mayor with Hand on City's Pulse; City Manager ...
HNN Huntingtonnews.net: Citing the victory in the Dog Park contest, as an example of community achievement competing with cities across the country, Williams shook his head and said, “too many times [economic problems at] city hall has gotten in the way of progress.

Strategic plan receives input from public
Kirksville Daily Express and Daily News: The ideas varied from specific, like a desire to see the construction of a dog park to general, like securing local industry such as a nursing home community. The public input will be added to the 2012 plan and continually tweaked by the Governmental ...
Suite Deal For Your Four-Legged Friends
Patch: It's like a big dog park out there for them," she said. "A lot of other places just have a small cement area or none at all." Inside, there's room for as many as 105 dogs. Preppy Pet Suites offers unlimited overnight boarding for dogs, cats, ...
No evidence of Merritt dogs being targeted by rat poison
CFJC TV Kamloops: Reports that a dog died after being poisoned at a Merritt dog park has local officials scratching their heads. The rumour hit Merritt media this morning, but so far there is no proof that any dog was killed as a result of being poisoned.
New tax bite steams our first caller
Port Huron Times Herald: We have property to use without needing more of our park for a dog park." » Robert from Port Huron: "To Bob Foster from Fort Gratiot: You say the rich create jobs? Well that's funny. If the rich create jobs why am I still unemployed?
Madeira Beach manager plans fast action
Tampa Bay Newspapers: The proposed dog park off of the Causeway Boulevard Bridge passed another key step in the approval process, Mayor Travis Palladeno said. The county real estate board gave an OK to the park plans, he said. The county approval had been critical, ...

An Austin state of mind: Say yes
Savannah Morning News: Dog park? YES! Mobile food units? YES! Will 2012 be the year of YES! in Savannah? I've already said YES! What about you? Jake Hodesh is executive director of The Creative Coast, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the creative and ...
Satisfaction runs rampant in Sun City
Bluffton Today: The Dog Park and Pickleball courts were rated at 4.1. The facilities here are also nurturing residents' creative side. The Woodworkers Shop was ranked almost a 4.8. The art studios, billiards and sewing room scored a 4.4. The Photography Studio and ...

Doggy dream a reality in North Adelaide
Standard Messenger: PROUD: Erin O'Brien takes CJ to try out the new dog park in North Adelaide. ERIN O'Brien was just 12 years old when she started a petition for a dog park in North Adelaide. Two years on, the North Adelaide teenager has seen her dream come true with the ...

City manager: Improvements program should lead to more planning
Southeast Missourian: ... council members allocated $400000 to bolster city reserves and for seven other projects, including a community garden, parking renovation at the River Heritage Museum, recreational trail lighting, sidewalks for Kingsway Drive and a dog park.