From Stockton, Portage County, Wisconsin They claim that most people were not picking up after the dogs and that was making dogs sick. On April Stools day...
Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut Landscaper saves dogpark after town refuses to cut grass. They claim this 12 acre park gets 25,000 visits a year ! WRZ...
From Chattanooga,(Hamilton County) Tennessee Without Donna Deweese this dogpark wouldn't be happening. She's already collecting money for a second project and ...
From Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana Some towns allow dogs on beaches but not that many construct a fence to relegate dogs to a specific part of the beach. ...
From Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana When I crosspost messages to local dog specific groups my comments are a little more strident than normal as you can ...
Does anyone have good plans for building dogpark benches ? In lieu of that does anyone have a lead to get nice benches that you like ? This is for the...
Special Annoucement # 18 OK My 2 year old female WFT, Venus, tends to get a little crazy sometimes at the dogpark and I'm constantly thinking of ways to try...
Special Announcement #19 OK The Durham, NC parks department requires people to show the results of a fecal exam EACH YEAR when they register a dog for the...
From Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio There was no media coverage of this event. They had someone at the grand opening in a dog costume. ***** Brunswick is...
From Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan "A Tale of two cities" Court rules in favor of dogpark. I can't remember another town with the courage to ignore the...
From Alameda, Alameda County, California There was a TV story yesterday in Alameda County, CA confirming my original fear that two small dogs were killed at...
From Eastshore State Park / Albany Bulb, Richmond, Contra Costa County, California This Bay area park is being redefined to exclude dogowners after the state...
Special Announcement #20 OK From Bedford, Westchester County, New York This group is wearing me out and I'm not sure how much longer I can continue on with it...
From Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona Chandler is just a few miles south of Phoenix the county seat. Most lawyers are probably good people but there are some...
From Kaukauna, Outagamie County Wisconsin A growing number of dogparks are being placed ontop of retired landfills but I've noticed a couple that are having...
From Phoenix, mesa County, Arizona This article says the operating budget for a 4-acre dogpark is approx $70,000 a year. That seems high to me. It also says...
From Reeds Brook Park in Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts This 22 acre former landfill near Boston is apparently going to have every conceivable use...
From Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia (near Richmond) The ASPCA is making a contribution to this park and it will be part of the animal shelter complex. The...
Special Announcement 21 OK Last summer and fall there were an alarming number of intentional dog poisonings in this country and Canada. The large amount of ...
Subject: Yahoo groups policy change Yahoo recently announced that pending messages older than 2 weeks have to be approved & disseminated in the next few days...
Howard County is the only dogpark I know of in Maryland trying an alternative surface at a dogpark. Stonedust may or may not be another name for Decomposed...
Special Announcement # 22 OK From Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming This is more common than most people would think. I have a google alert set on dog...
Something to share with all animal lovers... An online friend was traveling in Japan and saw the below "10 commitments" in front of a pet shop's door: 1.My...
Forwarded from: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PghDogs/ From Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania Supervisor John Milius has gone to great lengths on...
The message below is for those of you who are group moderators. (I have posted this to 4 groups in the last 2 days.) Spammers have recently begun targeting...
Yes if you didn't have that second backup moderator account you would have completely lost your ability to moderate the group and the only way to recover is to...
Special Announcement # 23 OK Both of thes stories below involve dog fatalities and one child died later as well. Does anyone besides me find it ironic that...
This has nothing to do with dogparks but it is such a bizarre story, I thought I'd post it WRZ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5191079/ Woe! Lake begone! 23-acre...
Irmo (Columbia), Richland County, South Carolina Home of the University of South Carolina Columbia is the county seat of Richland County but part of it extends...
We're planning to have our fist Doggie Paddle on Aug. 14, 2004 and I'm wondering about poolside activities and games. Does anyone do anything else, other than...