The Dog Park News (December 20, 2011)

Canine achiever honoured in park Northland Independent Community: FURRY FRIEND: Richard Field is pleased his best mate Skoota has been honoured for his involvement in the leash-free dog park with a memorial. A four-legged friend who inspired Whangarei's first leash-free dog park is being remembered with a memorial....

Snow Bowl formalizes winter dog policy knox.VillageSoup.com: Any person interested in working on creating a dog park is invited to contact the Parks and Recreation office by calling 236-3438. The VillageSoup Gazette Reporter Shlomit Auciello can be reached t ...

Downtown doggies have a new place to pee SFBay: The dogs missing in this picture can be seen from 8 to 5 at Beale and Bryant now that the Rincon Hill Dog Park has opened its gates. (LiveSOMA) By Jesse Garnier That baying you hear in the distance is a thousand downtown doggies howling in celebration...

New Mayor and Vice Mayor for Moraga; Rancho Laguna "Spacial Seperation" Dog Park Design Approved ... Patch: With all the local gridiron heroics going on Dec. 14th's Moraga Town Council meeting nearly went unnoticed. We're kidding, of course, the letters started to come in almost immediately afterward. Councilmember Michael Metcalf takes the gavel as Mayor of ...

Volunteer hours up in Ashland's parks Bend Bulletin: At Ashland's Dog Park, frequent visitors may be familiar with Louise Shawkat and her beagle, Harry, who have adopted the town's off-leash romping ground for canines. While large volunteer groups schedule work days to pitch in at their adopted parks, ...

Residents appeal dog daycare decision MorinvilleNews.com: Morinville does not currently have a dog park where dogs can socialize together, and Pipke feels this is a great place to start. For many opponents of the development, it was not so much the nature of the business as the location. ...

Your 2 Cents' Worth: Monday, December 19, 2011 DesMoinesRegister.com: Since Urbandale and West Des Moines will have a joint pet licensing system and animal control department in 2012, and since the Urbandale council would rather die than build a dog park, how about charging Urbandale residents the same fee as WDM ...

Editorial: Sutter's Landing Park could be a gem for city Sacramento Bee: The old 90-acre landfill now has open grassy hills, a dog park, hiking trails, playing fields, a wildlife sanctuary and great views of San Francisco. Sacramento's 28th Street Landfill closed in 1997, and the city has ambitious plans for converting the ...

Gunderson is new Crookston ECI director; Castle Park is next project area Crookston Daily Times: The city currently has a vision of developing Castle Park into a family recreational environment complete with campgrounds, boat launch, hiking trails, and a dog park, which opened earlier this year. By adding an early childhood “discovery playground” ... The number one dog park manual will give you all the scoop without any of the poop on how to develop your dog park - click here to find out more - and a special Thank You to all of the attendees at yesterday's DogParksUSA's webinar on "Current Issues in Public Dog Park"

Plough Foundation gives $1.5 million to Overton Park Bizjournals.com: The funding will go toward improvements in the park, including a new dog park, renovations to the playground and rehabbing of Rainbow Lake. The Overton Park Conservancy has raised $6 million in funds for operations and capital projects. ...

Dog owners can take steps to improve pets' lives Fayetteville Observer: Let them loose at the dog park so they can run and hang out with other dogs. 6. Make sure your pet is current on all vaccinations. 7. Change your dog's linens regularly, and buy a new pet bed at least twice a year. 8. Your pets can't say when they are ...

Historic sites in Montgomery County Main Line: The arboretum features hills, two ponds, more than 50 types of trees, a dog park and a World War II memorial. The arboretum's landscaping, as well as the landscaping of the Curtis mansion, was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who brings in another ...

Cheadle Lake trails get pet stations Albany Democrat Herald: Two more stations were added at Mark's Slough off of Tennessee Road, where Nelson said a new dog park is in the development stages. “We said lets do it. It's put a smile on our faces,” Pearson said of the project. “We've had a great deal of fun with it ...

Is college going to the dogs? Metro.us: “It means we have to take the details into account — like making sure there is a dog park, there are places for pets to go to the bathroom, that we don't install carpets in pet-friendly facilities and that we're sensitive to student allergies. ...

Interim budget includes 5 per cent property tax increase Edson Leader: The recreation projects include over $210000 for park trails, $493500 for a Kinsmen Park parking lot, $20250 for equipment replacement, $4500 for the Glenwood Rink building, and $20000 for a new dog park. "I think this is a really good interim budget ...

SPCA's Relocation of Species Delays Projects The Ledger: A planned dog park also is on hold, followed by renovation of adoption kennels and eventually a new adoptions center with added services such as boarding, grooming, day care, a boutique and dog-friendly cafe. Attempts over the past 10 years to relocate ...

Trails system gets high marks from business leaders as good Enid project Enid News & Eagle: “The dog park is another example appealing to younger families,” Stallings said. Stallings also hopes the city will work to improve shopping and dining opportunities and to gain the business — and tax dollars — that leave the city when people go to ...