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The “rules” for the dog park are hidden in there somewhere!
When Bailey and I applied for membership to our dog park two years ago, it was a meticulously manicured, still somewhat new addition to one of the township parks about five minutes from our house.
Hellooooo?? The gate is just beyond this outcropping of weeds, and you can no longer see who or what is coming in or out.
We pay $40 a year for a pass key to the park, and this covers non-toxic weed control and fertilizer, as well as the guy that comes around periodically to restock the “poop” bag dispensers and empty the associated receptacles.
It’s hard to convince the dogs not to PEE on the bench, as it’s quickly becoming part of the shrubs around it.. (Why am I suddenly thinking of Pirates of the Caribbean? “Part of the crew, part of the ship!” — sorry, that’s the way my mind works – ha ha)
What is DOESN’T cover, apparently, is ANY maintenance outside of the gates….at which point, outside of the gates, you are still WITHIN a much larger township park which continues to be maintained to pretty high standards — bocce ball courts, playgrounds, frisbee golf, mini golf, ball fields, and all.
Our township recreation campus is a beautiful asset to the community, and the dog park shouldn’t be an exception. I finally wrote an “outraged citizen” email today — I’ll let you know if my squeak gets any oil….
****UPDATE****
Literally JUST rec’d this from the parks and recreation director…
I agree whole-heartedly with your concerns…and though not an excuse, this is an area that is maintained by _____. I will tell that the _____ group has been notified (Monday, August 13th) that though they have informed us that this area has been taken on as an Eagle Scout Project if it is not cleaned up in one week, we will be taking care of the situation.
I have been assured that the scout who is responsible will begin his project this weekend, in fact they have requested a dumpster to be delivered on Friday as the first order of business is to remove the weeds.
I will respond back to you again on Monday with a report – if you and Bailey haven’t seen an improvement for yourself!
Thank you for your input!
That’s right. That’s how we roll, here at Squirrel Circus…….(yes, I am totally taking credit for this….despite the fact that it was already in the works..unless that’s what “they” WANT me to believe..mwah ha ha ha!!!!)
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I’m certainly impressed with the speed of their response – glad your “squeak” got some “oil” however, I’ve never heard of having to pay to have access to a park for your dog. I guess I’ll count myself lucky.
Definitely looking forward to the place getting cleaned up this weekend!!
It’s the only off-leash park in our area — and most of our neighborhoods don’t allow any kind of fence other than electric (unless you have a pool and have to have one of those fences). They also require proof of vaccination for all members, which we like.
Bailey loves walking and running with ME, but he goes absolutely bonkers with his friends at the park. It’s so much fun watching him with his buddies 🙂
To be honest, with the amount of “hand crafted gifts” my pair of kitties are leaving me right now (read “hairballs”), I would rather *pay* $40 a year for them to get some safe outdoor time. Too bad there are no “cat parks”!
Cat parks. That would be funny. Really funny. I bet they’d go right up the fences, right? And ravage the surrounding neighborhoods. Ha ha.
hahaha…the bench reminded me of Pirates of Caribbean too 😀
great minds, right?
Def more than just a park, Hope you get a map when entering lol!
G;lad you spoke up – let’s hope they really really do something (more than telling the other party invloved) to sort it out!
Exactly! I’ll be more convinced if I see the dumpster delivered today. 🙂
Hehe. If all else fails you can always burn their office down? Running away from the scene of the crime will be part of the fun.
Perfect project for the Eagle Scouts! Nice job voicing your concerns & I can see why you did. Who knows what’s lurking in that jungle.
I’m doing a follow up post here shortly — apparently, a cat ran out when they got started, and they uncovered about four massive groundhog burrow holes. Nice.
Now that will make for some interesting sniffing. Lola was up at Club Harry while we were away & he has a woodchuck living under his shed. Lola picked right up on that scent & helped widen “Woodie’s” front & back entrances. I surely hope Harry’s shed doesn’t fall into the ground. Oh well, as my Daddy used to say “you can take her anywhere twice – the first time to visit, the second to apologize”.
That’s SO funny! I love that Lola was helping woodchuck improve his “doors”.
I just hope Harry doesn’t fall into any other little bunkers Lola might have dug for him. Although I think he deserves some reprisal for making up a 2nd meal of whatever he was eating for Lola! She was eyeballing my steak last night with that “but Harry gave me steak” look.
Whoa! Party foul, Harry — you’ll create a monster….
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I’m glad you got a positive response! I hate getting noncommital gibberish, or, even worse, no reply at all….