Our local dog park has moved. Overnight a few nights ago, it migrated south. Perhaps the City’s overnight task force moved it? Who knows. Somebody moved it. The whole business is merely two signs affixed to sections of gate. Apparently the City was going to monitor the dog park closely but so far it seems they haven’t noticed it has moved.
It isn’t a bad idea to relocate it further south because the location they chose – a chunk of a huge field, is exactly where commuters cross the park to catch the bus, and that’s going to be a problem once the off-leash area gets popular, which I expect will be soon.
Another consideration – if they relocated it west, either right at the bottom of the hill or on top of it, the leash free area would have lighting, handy for stooping and scooping. The lighting is already in place.
Still, I’m happy to have the leash free area. Today there were a couple dogs and their humans in there for Memphis to play with.
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How will you find it. I have this image of the dog owners all sending secret code messages…or training the dogs to make special howls…
Exactly.
Not owning a dog, I have never actually been to a dog park, but every time I drive by the one near our place, it is packed. And it’s a huge area too. Obviously these are well-used and necessary areas.
I have no idea how you relocate a park.
Dig it up and plant it somewhere else?
Distinctly odd.
Still. As long as Memphis is catered for the world turns old bean!
Sometimes the universe unfolds as it should in spite of everything.
I can only assume that if the City didn’t secure the signs it’s because they want the public to properly locate the park.
This is likely a case of vigilante action. If the dog park is best moved and easy to move then clearly the best thing to do is for someone in the night to simply move it. No one in city employ will question the move because they will just assume that someone with authority did it. I once had a retail business in a city north of Toronto. I had to unload my truck at the back door and the bylaw enforcement guys started giving me tickets for parking in a fire route ($75 each time). I called the city fire marshall and he said that because there was natural gas in the building they wouldnt bring fire trucks withing 200 feet if there was ever a fire and he couldnt explain why the back of the strip mall was a fire route, but he pointed out that the bylaw dudes would enforce the fire route law if there were signs. This was another case of vigilante action. That night I went out with a screwdriver and removed all the fire route signs. About a week later the bylaw guy came by and tried to tag me again and when I asked why he started to point to where the signs used to be. He was pretty upset when he saw there were no signs but I never got another ticket. Whoever moved the dog park deserves a pat on the back.
I had my dog out to our de facto dog park today where we met about 30 other dogs. It is a provincial conservation area which is closed for the season and will not reopen until May for the camping season. I realized today that it was not the provincial government that was leaving the gate open and removing the snow from the roadways and parking lot. This is being done by the park superintendent, likely on his own authority and he too deserves a big pat on the back. He could very easily simply lock the gate and not remove the snow on the mile of roadway and that would effectively close the dog park.