Just noticed in the "Clayton Parks and Recreation 2010-2011 Fall/Winter Programs and Events" flyer, page 4, that there's a "Dog Park Meeting" Tuesday, September 14th at 7pm at the Clayton Center, 111 E Second Street. <cut below> There will be a public meeting to discuss an off leash dog park for the Town of Clayton to be located at East Clayton Community Park. Anyone interested in learning more about the facility or serving on a Dog Park Committee should attend. Please call 553-5777 for more information <end cut>
Planning is in the very preliminary stages. Nothing has been 100% decided on yet. The proposed site is on Glen Laurel Road and sits up against the back of Caterpillar. (If you turn onto Glen Laurel from 42 and have seen the sign on the left that says something like the site of a future community park, it is across the street from there.) Spring is the estimated date that we could be up and running. I joined the committee to drive this...and I planned to be very involved. If you want me to take any comments back to the committee - constructive only please! - post them here and I will do so. If you want, I'd also be glad to post an update here from time to time. The great thing is if this dog park works, the first one in Johnston County, there is the potential for others to be developed! Thank you to the OP for posting about last night's meeting. I would not have known about it otherwise.
Thanks for your commitment in this! I believe it would be good if they had a separate area for smaller dogs,that little flea of mine is always intimidated by larger dogs
I couldn't go, had several homework assignments due Tuesday evening - my school week runs Wednesday thru Tuesday at Kaplan, and since my power was out for several hours Tuesday afternoon (electric company claim was 'damage to their equipment'), I was in panic mode. I still have mixed emotions about dog parks. I like the concept of an off-leash park where owners can interact with their dogs, and dogs can be dogs. I don't like the mass-pack mentality of 20, 30, 50 strange (to each other) and unknown dogs all running rampant over each other. There's too many mixed hormones, behaviors, crossed signals, and not enough time for them to read each others body language. Still ... it's an opportunity to bond with your dog, for owners and dogs to get exercise and get outside, and a chance for socialization.
