Heurich Dog Park

Nice park — but, SMALL dog owners be careful!
I just started bringing my small dog to this park a month ago. It’s a great park because there’s a section for small dogs and a separate section for big dogs and lots of space for the dogs to run. However …
This afternoon, when I arrived at the park, there was only one dog in the big dog section. Since my dog loves big dogs, we started out in the big dog section. About 10 minutes later, 3 or 4 more dogs arrived and we were all having lots of fun for quite a while, until an owner brought in his pitbull (or boxer?) which tried to maul my little dog. The owner could not (or would not) control his own dog. Eventho’ I screamed at least a half dozen times, «get your dog» … he made no attempt to get his dog. In fact, he was laughing. I’m sure he thinks his dog is loving and harmless; nevertheless, it disgusts me to know, that as frantic as I was, he found the incident amusing.
No one in the dog park helped. The whole experience was terrifying. Fortunately, as I was walking to my car, a Park Police officer was nearby and helped me.
So — warning to dog owners, if your dog gets in a «tiff» with another dog, you’re on your own.

I love this dog park. I recently just started coming here. The other dog owners are really nice but it gets pretty crowded after 5. The one problem that I have is that some of the dogs try to bully my puppy and the owners don’t say anything to their dog nor try to stop it. I have seen another dog get bit real bad one time and had to get rushed to get stitches. The owner did give all information and kindly said he will pay the bill.

We love this dog park. It is huge, there’s water fountains for the dogs, agility training obstacles. But more importantly most doggie owners are very nice and the other dogs (like 22 of them) are friendly. There’s plenty of people around 6pm everyday of the week and a smaller dog park on its side. There’s plenty street and park parking spots too. Wonderful place to take your dog.

Pretty awesome dog park. We came on a Sunday around 5PM with our 5 month old Black Lab puppy. By 6:30 it was a full on dog party here with around 20 dogs playing. The dogs all played well together and people were friendly too. A few times when dogs didn’t get along owners did a good job separating their dogs. The park is spacious with separated bigger and smaller dog areas. There’s good facilities here too with a water fountain, a GIANT water bowl, and a number of agility course obstacles. Our dog had a great time here and will go home tired tonight. And we’ll be back when she needs to get some play time in and use up some energy.

This is a great, large, clean dog park. The only downside is that there aren’t ever many, or any, other dogs there :(

Standard dog park with lots of space for large and small dogs to run around. I hadn’t been here in a couple years, so it was great to see the new features on the large dog side. I’ve never seen the park too crowded, which was the case today as well. There was only one couple in the large dog side with two dogs. I took my large dogs to the smaller side since it was empty, with less distraction for a game of catch.
There are fountains on both sides, and I noticed about 5 water bowls on the smaller side as well. These smaller bowls were in the shade, which was a plus, however I’m not one to let my dogs drink out of random standing water that’s been there for who knows how long. There are two shaded benches on the smaller side, with more on the larger side.
My only complaint was the large amount of trash on the smaller side. I’m not sure if this was the case in the larger side.

I love this dog park. I drive 35 to 45 minutes just to bring my schnauzer here. The people here are much friendlier than the other locations I have been to.

I like this park. It has so much potential: great soft turf under kids’ feet, separate big kid and little kid playgrounds. But, many of the kids like to «play gun/​killing alien games.» I was surprised to see that they had their Nurf guns here. Also, I wish the bigger kids would stick to their side of the playground for safety purposes.

This dog park is pretty good. It has a small dog area and huge area for large dogs that’s big enough to throw & fetch a great distance, and it has a water fountain for dogs. Recently they’ve added an agility playground in the large dog area. There is seating for people, and some shade.
The downside to this dog park is there is a shady character with 2 extremely large dogs (pit/​mastiff maybe, well over 100lbs each), one is all white and the female is mostly brown/​red with a white underbelly. The dogs are un-​neutered and they are not well-​socialized (too territorial over the owner) so they will fight with other dogs. The owner of these dogs has supposedly been banned but he continues to bring his dogs despite several injury-​causing fights they’ve caused. Park police drive by frequently and should recognize him by now, as he lives across the street it seems. I will exit the dog park with my dogs if this gentleman comes by again (you can see someone arrive for several yards along the fence line). Flagging down Park Police is probably not a bad idea either.
Everyone else is great and there are frequently lots of dogs having lots of fun.
Couple Tips:
1) your dog loves you, but if he/​she is PROTECTIVE over you and/​or JEALOUS, then he/​she doesn’t belong in a dog park. He/​she will start a fight and could get hurt or you could be liable for someone else’s dog’s injuries. Do some reading on breaking those bad habits, or consult a qualified trainer. Your dog should only protect you in a real emergency anyway!
2) if your dog is UN-​NEUTERED (ie intact, unspayed) they don’t belong in a dog park; they will start a fight and same as above on injuries
3) don’t let your dog be a jerk in any way: humping, running down, jumping, biting and barking incessantly should be addressed; if your dog has bad manners, at the dog park you should either address it, remove them, or don’t bring them in the first place
4) when you enter the dog park, keep walking, don’t hover over the dogs as they meet as it will heighten everyone’s anxiety, but if you keep moving, so will the introductions
5) don’t pick up your dogs in your arms, no matter how small, it starts a bad interaction with the other dogs in the park; also don’t leash your dog in the park unless there’s a problem and you’re exiting or it will make them a target for bullying by other dogs and will make your dog more protective of you, which is also not safe
6) move away from your dog if they are cowering or hiding under you, or if they are guarding you, they’ll make better friends if you move away from them and they can learn how to be friends
Have fun!

A solid dog park, although it could really use some lighting to allow for nighttime use! Also, as a small-​dog owner, it’d be nice if there were some fun equipment in the small dog area like there is on the large dog side. That said, when a friend and I took our dogs there, the large dog side was empty, so we used that. The dogs had a blast, and the people had a pretty good time, too, although there was a lot of mud to navigate. I appreciate the free poop bags and look forward to trying this park out when there are some more dogs there to play with!

Great place to take my Standard Poodle to get some exercise! Most time its enjoyable. From time to time you get pet owners that don’t know how to handle their pet (s). The Dog Park regulars are great to see and you can catch up on doggie politics, new pet products, the scoop on the veterinarians in the area and much more!

This is a a very large dog park! My dog and I just moved here from out of state and we have been highly disappointed by the so called «dog parks» around here. The ones we have been to have all be gravel and very small. My dog is a border collie mix and she needs to run! This park in LARGE and 25% gravel and 75% grass– yes I said GRASS! There are poop bags all around, though no water in the park. There are bowls but no water. Yet across the path near the children’s park there is a doggy fountain. We met friendly people and pets– though not one (other than mine) was fixed.