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| - These ratings are all about comparison, as fellow yelper RandH recently pointed out in a review.
Well, this park isn't perfect, but by golly, compared to other dog parks within the city of phoenix, this one's pretty NICE! (Glendale and Chandler are much better - I'm working towards a future list i think)
I know....the 'hood. I'll admit it's not the best, but on a saturday morning with the park full of soccer game family traffic I doubt too heinous of crimes are going down here. You can park on the street right next to the park fence if you're nervous and want to keep your vehicle within view. I can't comment on others' nighttime experiences, but it does say the park's open until 10pm, so if they're not well-lit, that's a negative.
There is a huge area for big dogs and a good sized one for yippers, too. The arrangement of seating and shade is quite nice. There are plenty of mature trees providing real shade, and the grass is well taken care of. Too bad that a 'visual minority' of idiot owners litter cigbutts and leave dog crap behind. You have to wonder what these peoples' homes look like. X^ {
The people I met that day were friendly and conscientious of their mutts. It is sad that this is also something I've found to not always be in abundance at the local dog parks.
No fancy dog agility equipment here like some other cities' bark parks, but anyone who goes to one of the tiny chain link kennel runs at Grovers Basin Dog Park or Avondale Friendship Dog Park should really make the drive and check it out sometime.
Your dogs will love you for it. Oh wait, your dog loves you even when you yell at it because YOU'RE grumpy or when you accidentally step on it during the night, so how about : your dog will love you MORE for giving it even more variety of sights, socialization, and pee-mail from canines they've never met before!
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