After adopting my first dog about a month ago, I thought it was about time I took her for her very first dog park visit because she loves other dogs and well hey, I just wanted to pass out some business cards and whore out my dog grooming services. This park is the closet to my humble abode so little Kinsey and I took a ride down there after the sun went down and it was cool enough to step outside.
The park is in a really shady area of town, and at night it's even worse. We got there around 8:30 and the only lighting the park had was coming from the surrounding sports complex's big lights. The park should have it's own lights if it's going to be open til 10, and especially during summertime in AZ when it's really too hot to do the dog park in daylight.
The park has two areas, one small area for small dogs that's fenced in and a larger area for the bigger dogs. Kinsey and I went into the small dog area and immediately upon entry a rather obnoxious shih tzu mounted my poor Kinsey and tried to molest her a few times before the owner of the dog sluggishly walked up and grabbed his dog, proclaiming that it "really likes poodles". We hung out for a bit and were joined by another couple with a Boston Terrier which my dog chased everywhere. There is plenty of room for the little dogs to romp around in here and a spicket and a bowl of water in the middle for the dogs. There is not much shade either if you're going to go out during daytime. There are however, lots of places for you to sit down at, picnic tables and chairs and such.
I think Kinsey and I will be back because of the friendliness of the people there, and the fact that it's the closet dog park to us. It's really not much but it's good enough for us.