The park is lovely looking and well maintained, but no longer safe for our kids due to two major risks: Large groups playing sports without masks. Growing number of dog owners letting their dogs run loose without a leash, also letting their dogs jump or make contact without your permission. Your child could be bitten next. They feel entitled to break the law and do whatever they want.
Short review -
1. DANGER -- too many unleashed dogs and owners who don't care.
2. Large groups playing sports unmasked.
We've often seen several dogs running loose in the park on an afternoon. Owners not near their pets. More dogs are jumping up on people without the person's permission. Mostly friendly, but unwanted, and some are aggressive. If this seems okay, it's only a matter of time before a child gets bit.
Please SPEAK UP if you see someone putting others at risk.
No one thinks their dog is aggressive until it is too late. That includes doggie meetups.
We want our kids to feel safe to run freely under parents supervision, but can't protect them from your loose dog, nor should we have to.
A man with two white bulldogs let them run up on a mom and her child the other day. The mom was in fear for her child, but the dogs would not budge, one jumping on her. The bulldog owner was nowhere near his loose dogs. Neither had a leash on.
One or two people not wearing a mask, keeping 6+ feet distance is fine, and it is not required. Playing frisbee, voleyball or soccer, unmasked in large groups, are risking transmitting disease to someone's kid. What happens when your soccer ball or frisbee gets loose and bounds into a baby carriage or hits someone? Problem is multiplied by risk now in these times.
Many small children with parents think the play area is safe. It isn't. Dogs off leash can get into the 2-5 year old area, and freely enter the larger play area. A pit bull, an australian shepherd, and other dogs make unwelcome contact with people in the park, including kids.
A young man's off-leash, aggressive, australian shepherd stalked and crowded in on a small long hair chiwahua on a leash, being walked by an old lady. As the aussie shepherd crowded, the lady kept trying to get the aussie owner's attention. I think he was part of some dog meetup with several unleashed dogs, his dog being much larger. He was playing with his phone or ipod, back to his dog, ignoring old lady's attempts to get his attention. The aussie was loose, came off the green area onto the pavement and made physical contact with her dog on the leash, eventually causing the small dog to bark, as she was lifting her dog away from his aggressive dog.
The aussie owner, only paid attention when the woman started screaming at him as his australian shepherd nipped at her dog. The aussie owner then yelled at the old lady, saying it was her dog who was aggressive, and that his dog would not do that.
I wish I'd had my cell phone with me to video and play it back for him. We almost called the police, and would have had it bit the lady. She had to lift her dog up by its leash to just get it away from his aussie nipping at her dog.... just in time. Looked like it only bit her dog's fur.
Very sad that this young pet parent blamed the old lady for his own off-leash dog's attack, causing a scene. It looked like his dog actually tried to to bite the lady, too, from where we were sitting. This was the last straw for us, and actually prompted me to write this review as we have been feeling it is not safe for kids anymore.
When your child has bite wounds because his "my dog is not agressive dog" stalks and hurts your granddaughter or son. It will be too late. Help be part of keeping this park so that it is safe again.
Dog owners who let their dogs run loose in the childrens' play area or green field seem to have an "I can do whatever I want to" attitude.
Keep your dog on a leash and away from others' kids and pets. Share the park, but don't let them run loose possibly biting someone's child or infant. If you run a meetup group for dogs, the main part of the park is for leashed dogs, not a free for all. Please obey the law. Be responsible.
Please stay safe. If you see a pet parent with an unleashed pet, let them know so that you can save a child from being hurt. Don't allow your meetup to endanger others. Same for large groups of people without masks.
If you need your dog to be "off leash" in a large green field, this is not the park for you. Please use designated dog area or another park. For those who drive here, there is minimal parking almost always full.
We used to love this park, right outside our home. Kids could play freely with some adult supervision. Now it is filled with some young adults who don't care about your kid's safety. If you allow your kids or grandchildren to play here, please keep an eye on them and keep them safe. read more