Dog park, off leash areas.

During the meeting on February 29,2012 the Greenwood Village council had brought up the question of creating a dog park(s) in the area of Greenwood village. This idea was widely supported by the people, just not in their park. Though the citizens fancied the idea of being able to play with their dogs off leash for a few hours a day, just as many citizens didn’t feel comfortable with having the park in their park since there would be no fence, and therefore, no way to keep the dogs contained besides a few signs around the park.

If off leash hours were accepted into the parks for pros I feel

• -the dogs would be more excersized and be friendlier around other people
• -Owners will feel more obligated to follow these rules
• – The increasing number of dog owners will increase the amount of use to the park.
• -Though the cons, I feel, greatly outweigh the pros.

-If off leash hours were accepted into the parks, I feel the cons would be

• -Damage to the foliage.
• -Increased amounts of dog “droppings”
• -Less use by non-dog owning citizens during the hours
• -Increase in wild life disruption
• -Increase of out of area use of parks
• -Unfamiliars in the neighborhood.

I feel that having off leash hours in Greenwood village parks is not a good idea, and wouldn’t be supported by the community that the dog park is in.  Though this would be a good idea for dog owners, there are also parks near the community that accept off leash dogs. Before the dog parks are accepted, I feel they will have to build fences, and ask the people as a whole if they would be okay with the park in their parks, and accept the damage that is bound to be done.