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Cheetah · 03-18-2007, 11:24 PM

Unfortunately, the grass in most dog parks around here gets destroyed by drought, and the dogs in the park. There is a STRICT water restriction in Colorado (because somebody decided to sell what little water we have to neighboring states), and unfortunately, watering the dog parks does not take priority.

That said, I've been to dog parks that have trees and bushes, and most of them have a water supply for the dogs to drink (one even has this huge bowl, and you turn the faucet, and the water refills the bowl instantly).

Most of the dog parks around here are free, so they really don't get a whole lot of money to work with. All the nicest ones are inside state parks and you have to pay to get in (and me being currently unemployed, I can't afford to pay to go to the dog park). So basically, we take what we can get. Apparently, it's very expensive to have a dog park built. My grandmother was part of a board of people who had one built, and it took thousands upon thousands of dollars just for the proper fencing (with double gates), the poop bag receptacles, and trash cans. After the dog park had been there for a few months, the grass got torn out by all the dogs who went there.

When I took Shippo to the dog park for the first time, I let him sit inside the double gates for a while, so the other dogs could approach him without crowding him. After he was comfortable with that, I let him in and he ran around with the big dogs.

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Cheetah Senior Member Dog Profile Status: Offline Posts: 345 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Colorado	03-18-2007, 11:24 PM Unfortunately, the grass in most dog parks around here gets destroyed by drought, and the dogs in the park. There is a STRICT water restriction in Colorado (because somebody decided to sell what little water we have to neighboring states), and unfortunately, watering the dog parks does not take priority. That said, I've been to dog parks that have trees and bushes, and most of them have a water supply for the dogs to drink (one even has this huge bowl, and you turn the faucet, and the water refills the bowl instantly). Most of the dog parks around here are free, so they really don't get a whole lot of money to work with. All the nicest ones are inside state parks and you have to pay to get in (and me being currently unemployed, I can't afford to pay to go to the dog park). So basically, we take what we can get. Apparently, it's very expensive to have a dog park built. My grandmother was part of a board of people who had one built, and it took thousands upon thousands of dollars just for the proper fencing (with double gates), the poop bag receptacles, and trash cans. After the dog park had been there for a few months, the grass got torn out by all the dogs who went there. When I took Shippo to the dog park for the first time, I let him sit inside the double gates for a while, so the other dogs could approach him without crowding him. After he was comfortable with that, I let him in and he ran around with the big dogs.