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Gone To The Dogs
For years many communities have offered places for people to run, play, and have fun, but now many agencies are hearing the call to provide safe, accessible dog parks, too. This shift is not a new trend, but continues to build.
Welcoming Four-Legged Friends
As one of the fastest-growing amenities in municipal parks, dog parks need to feel welcoming and accessible to canines as well as their human counterparts. Here are some recommendations on how to safely offer these facilities:
Don’t Dog The Design
With more pet owners looking for activities to do with their entire family (Fido included), the staff from the Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department in Ohio began a quest to offer an all-inclusive and fun park experience.
From Yawn Lawn To Bark Park
This overnight-success story was actually years in the making. The new Bark Park at Shane Kelly Park in the city of Oviedo, Fla., was the culmination of equal parts hard work, collaboration, and imagination, with a
Designing Dog Parks
Dog parks--while nowhere near as ubiquitous as ball fields, picnic tables or tennis courts--are starting to become part of the American park landscape. Particularly in urban areas where dog owners
Barking Up The Right Tree
Dog parks are among the fastest-growing recreational amenities in city parks across the country. According to the Trust for Public Land, off-leash dog areas in urban parks have increased by 40 percent
Want A Dog Park?
As a park supervisor or manager, there’s a great deal that goes into day-to-day operations, so it comes as no surprise that creating the ideal dog park takes an extraordinary amount of planning, well before the first waste bag dispenser can be installed.
Lapping Up The Experience
Forty-five minutes north of Detroit,Mich., dogs may mistake Orion Oaks Dog Park for heaven. Here, in this 24-acre, fenced, off-leash facility, they can mingle with other four-legged friends and take a dip at the
More Bang For Your Bark Park
Municipalities face a large number of financial, logistical, and political challenges when establishing a dog park. Some of the most difficult financial challenges include high costs from
A Design To Drool Over
What needs to happen to bring a dog park to a community? How much does a dog park cost? Is it safe? Who would build it? Who would be in charge? What about insurance?
Confident Canines
For dog lovers, one of the best places to take their dogs for exercise and socialization is a dog park.
A Plan With Legs
Your agency’s dog park is nearing completion, and the grand opening for the new community gem is on the horizon.
Dog Park Maintenance
It wasn't long ago when maintenance for a dog park did not even have a page in recreation history; today, however, new dog parks are springing up somewhere nearly every day and maintenance has become a real and evolving part of doing business.
Double Dog Duty
For anyone looking for the ingredients for a successful dog park, the answer is simple: Combine two park districts, add a splash of committed dog park enthusiasts, and fold in a location with potential.
Evolving Dog-Park Design Standards
As our little corner of the world here in Douglas County, Colorado started to grow, our park district received numerous requests for the development of off-leash dog areas (dog parks). It seemed the