William A. Pitts Park

The dog park itself is great but BE ON ALERT. A car was broken into today within an hour of arriving to the park. The robber broke the cars passenger window out and stole the owners purse all without anyone at the park noticing!!!

Love it! Everyone is friendly and knows each other. They also don’t freak out when the dogs are play fighting. The best part is the fenced in wooded trail, my dog loves it and so do I.

Ive never been to a dog park so i have nothing to compare this to but i will be coming back. There is a nice trail which states its about .35 miles long, and my dog really loves it since he went back about 4 or 5 times before we finally left. There seems to be only bigger dogs here, we arrived around 12pm, and there were 4 big dog’s, german Shepard sized, after the trail came back, one big dog, 3 medium size dogs, 2 of which ended up «rough housing» my poor little minpin who was scared out of his mind… decided to take him on the trail once again and right before we finally left, the dogs had gone and there was 2 new small chihuahuas and a large husky… i agree with others who say there needs to be an area for small dogs, my dog was terrified out of his mind after being chased around but no harm was done thankfully

We went yesterday and we have a 3.5 pound Chihuahua. We just walked down to the bottom of the park and it was fine. We had a few visitors but they were well behaved. Had a great time!

Great park. Nice open area in front and great fenced in trail attached to the park. Water available and kept up nicely. I don’t worry so much about the non-​separation of large and small dogs… my dog has almost been attached twice and both times involved smaller dogs. My dog is ~15lbs. I would recommend!

Great dog park with an amazing little hiking trail that loops around. Good field area for playing fetch as well! Definitely one of my favorite dog parks in Nashville!

I have a 6pd yorkie and I took him to this park, immediately after taking him off of his leash four big dogs basically jumped on him. There were two pit bulls that weighed at least 75pds each. The owners of these dogs just stood around and watched it happen. I was trying to get my little one and they had him cornered where he couldn’t move. After I finally rescued him and was walking to the gate to leave one of the pit bulls jumped on my back trying to get at him. That park is big enough to fence of an area for small dogs so this doesnt happen. I am sure I am not the only one to experience this.

This was a fantastic dog park. The fenced hiking trail was perfect for my golden retriever. My only negative was the water fountain not working for the dogs and the numerous intact males. There were no fights but definitely more aggression.

This dog park is great! With my wife and I owning our first dog together, we couldn’t be happier to have stumbled across this gem in south Nashville. He loved ever bit of the park! This area is helping him open up from an overly shy and cowering dog to an adventurous dude. Our first visit made us feel like proud parents. Plus, the trail area is a definite plus. Now, some people may give it low reviews, but the only problem I see with their critiques do not deal with the park. They directly deal with an encounter with a dog. To me (in my own opinion), that shouldn’t reflex poorly on the park itself. It’s a critique of the dog’s owner (which is COMPLETELY separate from the park). Anyone in the area who has a dog would LOVE this parks.

Has the potential to be a great park but until they have a separate area for small dogs it’s just unsafe. I don’t typically worry about my Doberman which is 85 lbs but an American Staffordshire weighing just as much even had me ready to leave after it successfully cleared the park of all the others after trying to attack a chihuahua. A dog that small should NOT be in an enclosure with an 85lb dog. And I say that even though I have a 6lb poodle at home that my Dobe protects with his life.
I just wish people would be more courteous and not bring their obnoxious and untrained dogs to a park and just sit back and continually screech their name when they misbehave. The rest of us are there to let our dogs have fun, not to run and hide from a jerk dog and their owner.

Great park, especially for us on the south side that have to travel a bit in the car to get to any park that’s worth the drive. We went around 12:30 on a Wednesday and it was packed with a good mix of both small and large dogs. There’s a neat little enclosed walking trail/​wooded area that is attached to the park that you can walk your dog on in addition to the park which I loved.

Awesome! This is just what South Nashville needs. The park is very nice. The dog park is perfect; shady AND open. The enclosed (yes, enclosed!) trail is brilliant. The dogs loved it. Yeah, no more road trips and sitting in traffic, just for a darn park!

Wow! Love this place. I’ve been to Shelby, and centennial dog parks and this one blows them away. The fact that there is a separate, fenced in wooded trail to walk in is amazing. My dogs loved running through the woods, and I didn’t have to worry about them. By the time I got back around to the gate they were ready to go out for another run in the open field. Great place, much needed.

My dog and I really enjoyed this park. Plenty of room and the walking trail is awesome. I do think there needs to be a separate area for small dogs. There is room for it. My dog is 80 lbs and only 9 months old. He’s very friendly and wouldn’t intentionally hurt a smaller dog but with his size even accidentally stepping on a smaller dog could hurt it. I’d give it 5 stars if/​when a smaller dog area gets added.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Too many irresponsible dog owners with large aggressive dogs that attack small dogs and then the owners don’t even apologize. They did a disservice to the community by not building a small and large side. There is plenty of room for two separate areas.

Love having a dog park in south Nashville!
The fenced in walking trail was great! My dog and my children had a lot of fun running through it.

Brand new dog park that is only barely finished as of the first week of May 2014. While there is only a single area, it is massive and as big as or bigger than any other dog park in metro Nashville. It is kind of a disappointment that they did not segregate the park into two areas for large and small dogs but those of us living on the south side will take what we can get.
As already stated, the fenced area is enormous. There is a nice gravel/​cement walkway inside the area and plenty of trees offering shade. There is a nice water fountain in the center with access for both people and dogs alike.
Perhaps the single best thing about this park though is it has second gated area connected to the first with a walking trail that runs through the woods. There were no signs up yet but it appears you can take your dog on this trail through the woods with no leash as the entire wooded area is fenced. That may or may not change once signs with rules go up but regardless It’s a pretty unique thing that I’ve not come across at any other area dog parks.
As of the time of this review the dog area is fully enclosed but doesn’t seem 100% finished. There are barely any signs up yet and also no waste receptacles. Some of the landscaping was also not finished as there were huge swaths of straw patches. I am sure all of that will change very soon as metro puts the finishing touches on. All in all it’s shaping up to be a great dog park.