Dozens of dog owners and their dogs surged through the big double gates of the newly built Massapequa Dog Park on Sunday, June 3rd to celebrate the grand opening of the Town of Oyster Bay’s first dog park. The 50,000-square-foot…
New Dog Parks; Great Events and Support Make This One of LI-DOG’s Best Years Ever, President Tells Annual Meeting Urges Dog Owners to Commit to Helping LI-DOG Get New Access to Parks and Beaches In the 14 years of LI-DOG’s…
Pilot Program is First Step to More Access to Nassau County Parks! Photo Credit: Joann Garguola After a commitment in Oct. 2013 by Nassau County to open up more places for residents to walk their dogs and several meetings between members…
PHOTO CREDIT: Copyright 2012 Katharine SchroederAfter 17 months of negotiations, the Town of Southold agreed to expand the dog park located on 970 Peconic Lane behind the Southold Town Recreation Center in Peconic. The existing dog run was small, shadeless…
Local Residents including LI-DOG Board Member Rich Infield Work with New Village Administration to Make it Happen! Having lived in Valley Stream for close to 15 years – the last five of them with dogs – we had become slightly…
BOOK REVIEW By Ginny Munger KahnUnleashed Fury: The Political Struggle for Dog-friendly Parks, by Julie Walsh In the last 15 years, hundreds of dog owner groups have risen up across the United States to defend dog owners’ rights to exercise their…
After months of anticipation, the Cherry Avenue Dog Park in West Sayville opened on August 4, 2011. Suffolk County Legislator Bill Lindsay of Holbrook declared the new 1.5-acre dog park officially open at a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony that included Suffolk…
A new dog owners association is being created to develop a dog park in Central Suffolk County. Called Central Suffolk Paws, the group, which is affiliated with LI-DOG, is looking for people interested in helping to create a dog park…
A proposal to build a dog park in Gardiners Park in Bay Shore has been made by a dog owner who lives in East Islip and is a building contractor. The dog owner has been working on a proposal with…
A new Suffolk County dog park located just off Cherry Avenue in West Sayville will open this Spring. Work started on clearing brush and debris from the area in November and a contract for the chain link fence has been…
