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Old 01-29-2014, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by lovsthosebigdogs View Post
We want to go to DDR when we move later this year, but I had a question about puppies. I talked to Scott and he said puppies under a certain age (I thought it was 7 months but I could be remembering wrong) couldn't be in the park with the other dogs. Also, what do you do before spaying/neutering since those intact dogs aren't allowed? I won't do that before a certain age and yet I would want my dogs to have a place to play before then. Gordon's are large enough and active enough that they need room to stretch out like my borzoi do. Just wondering.
When we checked out DDRR we were told our pups (setters) couldn't go to the larger areas because they weren't fixed yet. They could use the (fairly small) agility area near the entrance - but when my husband took them there another dog was in the agility area, they would have had to wait, so he went to Mulberry and has been happy with that park - and the pups LOVE it. I guess the large dog area there (Mulberry) is maybe half an acre? so I'm thinking any self-respecting bird dog is going to outgrow it!
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