New Dog Park Needed
 

I would like to hear what other people think about all the 1000's of houses being built on Moyer Loop.....and with that comes 100's more dogs. The dog park on Moyer is large and WAS very nice until too many people and their dogs are their. People stand around and talk....like it is a social.....and not watch their dog! I have cleaned up so much dog poop not from my dog! Too many people and too many dogs in one place! Not just snow birds. New residents.
Let our voices be heard! So now, no Lifelong Learning program and too many houses being built without the necessary amenities for all of this!

You just posted you are leaving. Perhaps you can be an activist for another dog park in your new community.

Sounds to me like the problem with that park is with the folks standing around chatting rather than watching their dog and picking up its poop.

If there is a new dog park to be developed my guess would be that it will be for the new villages south of rt 44.

Of course a second dog park would be great, somewhere closer to Buena Vista. Consider this, between 466 and 466A there are probably 5 times the amount of homes that are in the Brownwood area and there is only one dog park. That's the area from the Villages High School to the Mallory Golf Course south to Colony Shopping Center to west of Buena Vista. That one park is stuck behind a fire station, on a hillside with trees keeping the ground damp and with little growth. Here's a photo of that park.

http://www.districtgov.org/departmen...y-Dog-Park.jpg

We have a lot of amenities here in TV and we have to be realistic about what we as a community are willing to pay each month for amenities. I would think that the dog park location was taken into account when it was located where the new homes are currently built. If everyone picked up after their dog, there wouldn't be a poop problem in the dog park. Perhaps I'm missing something----is there a need for the dog owners to "police" themselves?

Interesting that many.....most amenities are in rec. centers and are done by volunteers! I am actually one of those volunteers. I do not mind doing it, except for all those who complain and argue with each other about a "space" . I wonder what the owners would do if we volunteers stopped volunteering!!!! And, yes, a big part of the dog park problem IS that people do stand around in groups and talk and do not watch their dogs. BUT, they are building too many houses before thinking about facilities.

You bought the dog. It is not the responsibility of those of us(which is most by the way)which don't own dogs to solve/pay for your problems. Deal with it!

One of the beauties of free enterprise is that the government doesn't keep raising our taxes. What would happen if people didn't volunteer? I will tell you. Not as many nice things would be offered. There isn't any place as nice as The Villages for people who are old enough to live here.

Gee a dog popping thread and a vendor pooping thread all in the same day....must be "season"

Why don't you walk you dog on your own lawn? There are no other people - nobody standing around and talking - and no other dog poop - you pick up that of your own dog.

We have a couple of dog parks here in Cary NC. If you want to use it the annual pass is $40 per dog for residents and $80 per dog for non residents. In addition, there are several rules and requirements (vaccinations etc) to get a pass to get in. This is a fair way to set it up and I am sure the city still loses money every year providing this.

I don't like dog parks personally. My dog is too much a princess to be around mutts. :P

Thank you. I do walk my dog in my yard. Dog parks are for exercise. My comment was that many people do not play with or stay with, or even watch their dog at a dog park. Obviously, there are people who are not animal lovers who commented here. This Also this seems to be a place for smart remarks - not just this thread, but many others. That is sad.

And, yes, the owners and developers DO need to think of all facilities needed and put them in place before building so many more homes.

Welcome to ToTV. :)

Have I missed something? I thought that the rec center was the amenity. What are the amenities in a rec center? Maybe you meant that many amenities are located at rec centers - like billards, archery, shuffleboard - and volunteers hand out the equipment for that stuff?

:agree: Mysunshine should consider herself lucky. The dog park behind the Bonita Firehall is a joke.

No one has mentioned the nice dog park in Wildwood on Huey St. with lots of trees for shade when it's hot and ample fascinating smells to be checked out. In addition there are squirrels to be chased! Doggie Do Run Run is also a wonderful dog park for exercising a big dog, and all you have to do is plant a flag to mark the poop; the owners pick it up for you. Before the Atlas dog park on Moyer opened, we used to drive up there every morning. These aren't part of the amenities of TV, but they are nice alternatives when our parks are too crowded.

Thank you. I will check out the dog park in Wildwood. I am a responsible dog owner. My dog is a registered therapy dog. She and I visit nursing homes, assisted living facilities, etc. She loves to run and play. I just want a nice place for her to do this without 100 other dogs, which was my original statement that there needs to be more dog parks. There are MANY pet owners here. Dog parks are as much an amenity as an exercise class for people. I guess there are people out there who are not animal lovers. Too bad. They miss a lot.

As far as amenities....the Rec. Centers are nice, but without the volunteers that teach the classes and head up the clubs, there would not be anything to put in the 64 page Rec. guide that comes out every week. All the clubs and exercise classes are provided at no cost because we are volunteers.

I agree there is a need for more dogparks.
I've written that comment on my resident survey for the past 10 years.
We were envious when they built a large dog park on Moyer for residents south of 466A!
But we love DDRR .... even though it's a private park.

This is the best dog park ever!!! Sure wish there were something like this here or at least closer than Inverness. We take Mookie a minimum 3 times a week.He loves it!!!

Bark Central Dog Park

pauld

You nailed it. some residents seem to believe that the personal decisions they make should be financially shared by the community.
I made mention of this on the LLC thread. If people want a dog pay the freight. if they want to take a class pay the tuition

The area around the water tower close to Brownwood would make a great dog park.

I like dogs to preface my post. We no longer have one but have had 2 in the past. That said, back when we had dogs...there were no dog parks. The dogs "went" outside in our yard---we picked up the residue. We didn't walk our dogs...though it probably would have been a good thing (exercise and all).

LMBO @ "vendor pooping." :1rotfl: :1rotfl:


Good one. :thumbup: