Ok, folks, now I haven't been yet to every single dog park in Westchester County (a place where I…read moregrew up and just returned to and am stunned at how dog-unfriendly it can be) -- but I'm here to tell you that the Ossining Dog Park is WONDERFUL! I'm hoping to move back to Westchester for a job, and now with my dog in tow, and a big dog park fan, went in search of some good ones. I was getting discouraged until I found a website that lists all of Westchester's dog parks -- http://www.animal-link.org/parks.shtml -- and the one in Ossining looked interesting, so finally decided to try it out.
I have been to dog parks in LA, SF, Vegas, and all over Central Florida and this is definitely in the Top 3. It is on the grounds of a very rustic park -- the dog park is way up the hill, set aside, secluded, amongst forest. It is very quiet, woodsy, peaceful, and whomever designed it really did so with dogs in mind (you'd be surprised at how many dog parks are just slapped together with no forethought whatsoever).
It has those great wood chips on the ground, a doggie drinking fountain, plenty of poop bag stations, chairs, doggie "playground" items, a big boulder to climb on, and, very important to me, a sloping landscape, which is great for the dogs exercise-wise.
And, not the least: not only are the dogs all great, all the people I met are wonderful, which is not always the case at these places. I heard this place is very popular -- one regular travels all the way from Eastchester! -- even in the winter.
Thank you City Of Ossining and others for having the good judgment to have a great dog park. They "get it." A lot of cities, all they think of is the hassle of the dog park -- but GOOD dog parks bring people from all around, and many times that means bringing consumer dollars to the community.