People and their dogs - a public initiative
I helped start a leadership initiative in my community to get people to get together as a group and socialize their dogs. Its called the Woof! Pack. We have a myspace page for our latest initiative that just opened last weekend: http://www.myspace.com/luzcodogpark
From doing this as a group - we have erected 2 dog parks, including a new 4 gated dog park (2 separate areas) through the help of one of our member's who donated the land and another who knew someone to fund the fencing and someone even had a garden store to donate a fake fire hydrant for decoration in the park. Its lovely!
So I'm proud of that..
I just wish I could choose the members, but its a social initiative so we really can't do that, its publicly and privately funded. Some dogs are a real problem. Like at the opening last week, I had to warn a lady that her poodle was body checking a dog and then a fight broke out. But I don't want to sound like a know it all by telling people this. Luckily, we just were donated a "RULE" board. I love it. If your dog is aggressive and you can't handle it, he's out!
But there is still so much to be done! I think as dogs become a greater part of our lives and a real member of the family, we should be doing more to create positive social experiences and activities for and with our beloveds..
What is happening in your community?
What type of initiative would you like to start?
From doing this as a group - we have erected 2 dog parks, including a new 4 gated dog park (2 separate areas) through the help of one of our member's who donated the land and another who knew someone to fund the fencing and someone even had a garden store to donate a fake fire hydrant for decoration in the park. Its lovely!
So I'm proud of that..
I just wish I could choose the members, but its a social initiative so we really can't do that, its publicly and privately funded. Some dogs are a real problem. Like at the opening last week, I had to warn a lady that her poodle was body checking a dog and then a fight broke out. But I don't want to sound like a know it all by telling people this. Luckily, we just were donated a "RULE" board. I love it. If your dog is aggressive and you can't handle it, he's out!
But there is still so much to be done! I think as dogs become a greater part of our lives and a real member of the family, we should be doing more to create positive social experiences and activities for and with our beloveds..
What is happening in your community?
What type of initiative would you like to start?
Comments
- Get donations to hire a behaviorist to attend your sessions.
- Limit membership in the group based on a "temperament" test for both dogs and owners.
It's unfair that one bad apple will spoil it for everyone else.My daughter and I have made plans to open up a private park. Our plan is to simply bulldoze the neighbors we don’t like, fence off the whole block, and only let in the dogs we like. Of course the whole plan is more or less contingent on funding and probably isn't going to happen anytime soon.
Good luck!
I wish I had more time to take the initiatives in my area. There are already two small dog parks in the city where I live, but as you say, some dogs and their owners have no clue how to act, making some of us reluctant to go.. including Jake!
Bless you!