• What is a dog park?
  A dog park is a designated recreational area where dog owners can let their pets exercise off leash. Dog parks create a social hub in the community and promote responsible pet ownership.
  
  
• Dog parks benefit our community.
  
  
• Dog parks promote public safety.
  Dog parks reduce the likelihood that dogs will be loose in other public areas. 
  
  
• Dog parks make surrounding neighborhoods safer.
  Regular users of dog parks act as a neighborhood watch. The presence of dogs and owners in dog parks significantly reduces crime rates in surrounding areas and creates an atmosphere of safety.
  
  
• Dog parks create a social hub for the community.
  Interactions at dog parks help neighbors get to know one another and build a sense of community.
  
  
• Dog parks provide elderly and physically challenged owners with a safe place to exercise their pets.
  Neighborhood dogs are better citizens when exercised regularly at a dog park. Adequate exercise reduces barking, digging, and territorial behavior in dogs making them better neighbors.
  
  
• Dog parks provide a tool for enforcement of dog control laws. 
  By requiring that dogs entering a dog park be licensed, dog parks provide a way for animal control agents to promote licensing.
  
  
• Dog parks promote responsible pet ownership. 
  The social aspect of dog parks promote the basic rules of responsible pet ownership such as cleaning up after one’s dog, training one’s dog and helping to prevent dog related problems in our community.
  
  
• Dog parks benefit dog owners.
  Dog parks provide dog owners with a fun place to meet new people.  Being with a dog increases opportunities for conversation. Dog parks are a place where people can enjoy watching dogs play.
  
  
• Dog parks promote physical fitness.
  Dog parks encourage people to exercise with their pets.
  
  
• Dog parks provide owners with an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors.

Last updated: 8/30/10