Dog Park Kits like this one provide a package deal on several components to create an instant doggie agility playground

More and more parks and other facilities are now providing Dog Park Equipment to enhance their dog parks.

This month, Feb. 20, is national Love Your Pet Day. It's a good time to take another look at providing this great feature at your local dog park.

At the Park and Facilities Catalog we are seeing a huge and growing demand for dog playground equipment.

Hoops, tunnels, ramps, hurdles, stepping paws, weave posts.

Dog need exercise and pet owners love to see this agility equipment at their local dog parks.

For that reason, we are offering a special deal.

Buy a Dog Park Kit, get Two Benches FREE

Purchase a Dog Park Kit from us before March 31, and we will throw in

Some of the common traits of the best dog parks in America

Dog playground equipment, trails, ponds and dedicated volunteers can transform a mediocre dog park into a great one.

One thing is for sure - more and more cities are adding dog parks.

According to the National Recreation and Park Association, more than half of parks departments in the US now manage dog parks.

There are quite a few more dog owners today than ever before. According to the American Pet Products Association, more than 60% of households in the US own a dog.

Those dogs were not created to sleep on the floor all day. They need to get outside and run, jump and play. According to petMD, dogs need from 30 minutes to two hours of exercise EVERY day.

So, how do you make your dog park a success like some of the most popular dog parks in America?

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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

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

Volunteer Kim Taber stands with a three hoop jump and fire hydrant dog hurdle. This new dog playground equipment is a new addition to the Florida Humane Society building in Pompano Beach

Dog playground equipment to enable our canine friends to exercise and have fun is now a new addition to the Florida Humane Society.

The Park and Facilities Catalog recently supplied a three-jump hoop and fire hydrant dog hurdle to this non-profit organization that provides a loving and safe home for dogs and cats in South Florida.

The Florida Humane Society started in 1993 and has grown to the point where it now helps almost 3,000 dogs and