Special Announcement # 168 Ok 2 semi-related items are below: The Mayor of LA is looking for a way to raise money to subsidize Spay and neuter programs....
Special Announcement # 169 Ok From Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine 2 unrelated items: Item 1 is kind of funny. It looks like one of the clubs in LA is...
From Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin There are quite few dogparks adjacent to skateparks but I'm pretty sure they all use fencing to seperate the kids...
Special Announcement # 170 From Sprngfield, Greene County, Missouri I didn't notice the first story when it appeared last year and luckily the News Leader...
From Keller, Tarrant County, Texas http://www.kellerparksandrec.org/aquatics.htm I wasn't able to connect with Deborah Dills but someone local should invite...
Scot: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogparks = 213 people Very few dogparks have agility equipment and it would be better if people who want to discuss this,...
It's common for towns to use dogs to chase Canadian geese from parks and golf courses but I never heard of them being used to chase seagulls from a beach...
Special Announcement # 171 OK From Frankfort, Cook County, Illinois Unrelated sidenote: http://www.burlingtondogpark.org/ if you look at the history page...
From the town of ???, Arlington County, Virginia When I read all this bragging about what a great dogpark this is, I decided to contact Arlington officials and...
From Indio, Riverside County, California I can't remember a previous newspaper story that involved arguing over who a dogpark should be named after. Now Max &...
From Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee "The project was originally in the FY '05 budget as a $41,000 item, Beasley said. But the project was not bid in FY...
From Lewis Center, Delaware County, Ohio Alum Creek Dog Park is the official name of this DP There is a lot of information about central Ohio in the story...
I copied the text of a very recent editorial about this at the bottom of your question. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dogpark-National-News/message/707 Follow...
Special Announcement # 173 OK This happened last January but I just noticed it when I was looking for the email address for Stefan Prescott. This would seem...
From Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin This is the second bite incident at this park in a month that has made it into the newspaper. Some reporters monitor...
Right, our city (Mill Valley, CA) assumes liability in the dog park exactly as they do in all their other parks. The city council approved the park and it...
From Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa Home of the University of Iowa. (They have a 1,900 acre campus !) This dogpark is 11 acres and they have 3 enclosures. One...
Special Announcement # 174 Ok 2 unrelated items are below The video associated with this story from Ventura County, California is VERY funny. I watched it...
Special Announcement # 175 Ok I'm surprised there is no Yahoo group dedicated to canine glaucoma. The story below is intended for DVM's and is technical. I...
From Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/14751604.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 06, 2006 3-acre Aboite dog park...
These 2 annoying stories have nothing to do with dogparks but there is definitely something to be learned from them. The first story has more information than...
http://www.dragonnorth.com/pictures/dataaccess/images/WarrenPlaygroundNW.jpg The photo above could be a little misleading and I wanted to add Michael Newmans'...
fromm Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin I am the founder and president of Dog Paws Organization, (Pooches Off-Leash Across Wisconsin), and we just started...
A drainage basin is a man-made ditch (low area) where rain water is diverted and held until it seeps into the ground; the purpose of which is to replenish ...
Subject: Dog destroys Elvis' teddy bear at museum Now this is a funny story and I love the photo but is it the dogs fault some human was stupid enough to spend...
From Maryland Heights, St Louis County, Missouri This park is 2 acres and has 2 enclosures. There is a lot of information in these 2 short stories that local...
Are there any statistics (official or not) on how many bites have been reported in dog parks ? ... No, if any parks service has come up with a reliable way to...