Friday, June 4, 2010
Parks and Recreation Memphis To Open First Dog Park Tomorrow
Posted by Mary Cashiola on Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- Random dog park
Memphis' first dog park, located near the Memphis City Schools Board of Education on Avery, opens tomorrow at 11 a.m.
The fenced, off-leash park will have designated areas for both dogs under 25 lbs. and over 25 lbs. All dogs must be vaccinated, and bags for "doggie waste" will be provided.
“More and more urban cities are incorporating dog parks as a progressive component of their park system. The Memphis Dog Park is something that we have been wanting to provide to the citizens of Memphis for some time”, Cindy Buchanan, director of Park Services, said in a statement.
The park is actually test site, so dog owners will have to bring their own water, though there will be benches. However, Park Services plans to carefully monitor the off-leash dog park to have a better idea of what amenities to include when building permanent parks.
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Fantastic - can't wait to have our first puppy play day there! When it says that this is a "test site" does that mean they are planning many other dog parks in the area (i.e. greater downtown/midtown proper, which desperately needs such facilities)? And do you know if there are any breed bans implemented?
I think the dogs park needing has training class. It would be a wonderfull enviroment for them to learn and for the parents (owners) also.
Headline: Golf Courses Close, Dog Park Opens: Memphis Officially Going to Dogs; Buchanan: "Golfers Not As Adorable As Dogs"
Subheadline: Critics of Dog Park Barking Up Wrong Tree
Today was awesome!! 2 requests: more benches, and more shade trees!
Great job with this park though!!
I love the new dog park, however, it is evident form my last visit that a few can ruin it for everyone. I was out there enjoying with several others and their under 25 lbs dogs and a woman entered with a large dog over 50 lbs. We told her politely that this was the small dog side but she started screaming profanities at everyone and refused to go to the other side. We all left. What can we do or what should we have done?
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