[Britster]

I love our dog park. I don't WHAT I would do without it. It has a big dog/little dog area which is so convenient and much less worry. It's a state park so it's not just a dog park... it costs $6 to get in every-time OR you can buy a yearly pass for $40. I love most of the people there, you become friends with a lot of people you meet there and familiar with all the dogs. Jackson has all of his favorite dogs and people. There's also a dog beach.

I think you just have to be the judge of things. If people aren't cleaning up their dogs poop, leaving things messy, etc, I wouldn't like going to a nasty park of course. But we've had 99.9% of good times and the .1% is usually a human causing problems, not a dog!

I want to add too though I go to another dog park about 20 minutes away from my house that is FREE and it's upkept really nice. I've never had any issues with people there, even the big dog area is usually laidback and friendly. I usually go to this one when the state park is closed on Tuesday's. I try to get to a dog park about 3x a week in the warmer weather.