How Do You Build A Dog Park?
• Building a dog park is time-consuming and exhausting, but may have great benefits in the end. Consider if this is something you really would like to put your time into. • If you have decided to move forward with your plans, keep in mind that you will need a large, grassy, open space for dogs to run. You may need up to a few acres, depending on the area and whether your dog park will be open to the general public. Make sure the grass is thick and healthy before moving on. • Set up a fence around the perimeter of the area. Make it durable enough for large dogs to jump on. Make sure it’s not so low that a dog could leap over the top (but not so high that it looks forbidding), and make sure a dog couldn’t slide out through the bottom. • If your dog park will be open to the general public, you may need to plant some trees (if there aren’t already some), set up park benches, and possibly purchase concrete sidewalk. • You may want to buy some dog agility equipment (available for retail from
