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| - The small-dog park is OK. It has quite a few places to sit, some shaded by a shelter and others by trees, but it's a little on the small side. This isn't a problem if your dog is a tea-cup size (which a lot of the ones here are) but if it's more medium-sized, you might be viewed with some concern by other owners and your dog might not find a suitably sized playmate. With all the seating, owners tend to just plant themselves and not really watch after their dogs. That said, I've never seen a problem. Unlike the large-dog side.
My dog is about 27 lbs. and has grown up playing and rough-housing with dogs three times his weight without a problem. Until we took him to the large-dog side. There, the dogs have formed their own pack, are not welcoming to new dogs to the point of being aggressive, and the owners are generally too busy chatting among themselves until fights actually break out. Then, it's a slow trot over while yelling commands that their pets have clearly never heard before. After my dog was completely surrounded by their dogs barking, growling and starting to lunge, we hauled him out of there as quickly as possible.
A much better choice, regardless of your dog's size, is the Kellogg Zaher Park a little further up Durango at Washington. The runs are much bigger, there is far more grass, water fountains for the dogs are within the fencing, owners on both sides are way more attentive to their animals, and while there have been a couple problems over the years (and I tend to take my dog out daily so a couple problems is really statistically insignificant), they have been caused by first-timers who are never seen again. One caveat: there aren't as many places to sit. But that's a good thing. Why should the dogs be the only ones getting exercise?
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