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Michael Romanos · 03-17-2007, 03:52 AM

I must admit that in areas of extreme drought in summer months, a good grassed dog park must create difficulties. But hey, what about in the winter, autumn and spring. These local authorities look after parks for sole human use very very well, with watering and planting and mowing etc. Dog owners shouldn't be given the worse end of the stick - not as tax and rate payers. And dogs do love grass. They are grass animals. Dirt parks are for rodeos. Corgis just love shady areas in warm-hot weather. Somewhere you and your dogs can sit in the shade following play seems pretty good to me.
There are some poor special spaces for dogs in some areas in the region I live in. An agility and obedience club in Kapiti has a council facility given them but it is inside a rubbish tip area. The club wants out but the council won't help out with anything else that is suitable. And in Wellington City where dogs are heavily restricted, a new dog walk area has been established -but it is in a god forsaken place and miles away from anywhere handy and fairly unattractive I believe.

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Michael Romanos Global Moderator Dog Profile Status: Offline Posts: 4,609 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ)	03-17-2007, 03:52 AM I must admit that in areas of extreme drought in summer months, a good grassed dog park must create difficulties. But hey, what about in the winter, autumn and spring. These local authorities look after parks for sole human use very very well, with watering and planting and mowing etc. Dog owners shouldn't be given the worse end of the stick - not as tax and rate payers. And dogs do love grass. They are grass animals. Dirt parks are for rodeos. Corgis just love shady areas in warm-hot weather. Somewhere you and your dogs can sit in the shade following play seems pretty good to me. There are some poor special spaces for dogs in some areas in the region I live in. An agility and obedience club in Kapiti has a council facility given them but it is inside a rubbish tip area. The club wants out but the council won't help out with anything else that is suitable. And in Wellington City where dogs are heavily restricted, a new dog walk area has been established -but it is in a god forsaken place and miles away from anywhere handy and fairly unattractive I believe.