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  1. Dog Park Equipment And Other Strategies To Keep Your Dog Mentally And Physically Fit

    Dog Park Equipment And Other Strategies To Keep Your Dog Mentally And Physically Fit

    Experts recommend that dogs get daily exercise that engages both their minds and bodies. Adding dog park equipment does both

    Dog park equipment such as hoops, tunnels, ramps and other agility products can provide more than just physical exercise for dogs.

    Dog playground equipment is also great for mental exercise as well.

    Let's face it. Dogs need activity. It's in their DNA.

    Unfortunately, many times they are confined to a home alone for most of the day and don't get the activity they need.

    Both physically and mentally.

    A bored dog is not good.

    They become frustrated and could exhibit destructive behavior. Or they can become sluggish and unhealthy.

    Dog park equipment provides physical and mental exercises

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  2. Dog Park Equipment Included In Design Of New Dog Park At Request Of Plainwell City Residents

    Dog Park Equipment Included In Design Of New Dog Park At Request Of Plainwell City Residents

    A dog rests in the doggie crawl at a new dog park in Plainwell, MI

    Dog park equipment should be included in any discussion about adding a dog park to a community.

    Why? Because dog owners will be the first to tell you - their pets love to run, climb and jump.

    That's what dogs are born to do. So it's imperative when a parks and recreation department announces plans to add a dog park, it's important that a discussion is held about what dogs will do once they get there.

    Which is exactly what took place for the City of Plainwell Dog Park, in Plainview, MI recently.

    The parks and recreation department

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  3. Dog Parks Included In Criteria For Top Cities With Parks As Ranked By The Trust For Public Land

    Dog Parks Included In Criteria For Top Cities With Parks As Ranked By The Trust For Public Land

    The Trust for Public Land uses dog parks as one of the six amenities to rate parks as nearly 40% of American households own a dog

    When we think of parks we tend to think of people but since nearly 70% of the population owns pets, we should probably think of dog parks and our canine friends as well.

    In fact, that's what the Trust for Public Land did when they created their popular ParkScore feature.

    ParkScore is a metric that determines how well a city provides adequate parkland for their residents.

    The Trust ranks cities according to a number of criteria. The metrics include total park acreage, amount of funds invested in parks and recreation, park amenities and access.

    The staff created a point system and awards points based on that criteria to determine the Top 100 Cities. The research is a good way for citizens and public

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  4. Dog Park Equipment Added To Big (And Small) Dog Ranch Rescue in Florida

    Dog Park Equipment Added To Big (And Small) Dog Ranch Rescue in Florida

    Jose Grosfeld, kennel technician and Leighan Vinciguerra, administrative manager, stand next to dog park equipment donated by The Park and Facilities Catalog to Big Dog Ranch Rescue

    The Park and Facilities Catalog recently donated several pieces of  dog park equipment to Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee. Fl.

    Their motto is "Big and small, we save them all."

     The spacious facility is truly an outstanding place for dogs. Since it started 10 years ago as Florida Weimaraner Rescue by local resident Lauree Simmons, and later expanded to help all breeds, the non-profit has rescued more than 19,000 of our furry friends.

    In fact, Big Dog Ranch Rescue is the largest no-kill, cage-free dog rescue facility in the Southeast.

    On a daily basis, the organization re

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  5. 25 Best Quotes About Dogs

    25 Best Quotes About Dogs

    Chow leaps over a hurdle as part of dog park equipment at a local facility

    1. You can always find hope in a dog's eyes 2. Dogs are my favorite people - Richard Anderson 3. Everyone thinks they have the best dog. And none of them are wrong - WR Purche 4. Dogs do speak but only to those who know how to listen -Orhan Pamuk 5. Whoever said that diamonds are a girl's best friend never owned a dog 6. There are no bad days when you come home to a dog's love 7. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the principal difference between a dog and a man - Mark Twain 8. Happiness is a warm puppy - Charles Shultz
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