Friday, January 7, 2011

We need more dog friendly parks and rec areas

I stopped by Culver City Park this morning to check it out (it was my first time).

Upon arriving, I was pleased to see a trail of blue paw prints on the ground.  I thought this meant that dogs were welcome at the park so paw prints were "decorating" the pavement.
The 2 paw print trails


After reading the signs, I was disappointed to learn that that paw prints meant that dogs were only allowed to stay on the paw print trail and are not allowed anywhere else in the park!  Not even on the grass area!

I followed the paw print trail, curious to see where it led me to:
 - 1 trail led me to the water fountain
-  1 trail led me to a small dog playground (score!).  However, the dog playground was under construction, with tractors plowing through the area.  (drats!).
So I turned around and left.

We definitely need more dog friendly parks.