Pickering dog park opens

For years members of Pickering dog community have been trying to put together an off leash dog park. Their closest legal off leash park being located in Ajax. They have finally succeeded and on June 15th Pickering’s first legal dog park was opened. The song “Who Let the Dogs Out” played after Mayor Dave Ryan, a dog owner himself, officially opened the park.

The large fenced-in area sits in the 41-hectare Grand Valley Park, just south of Third Concession Road and west of Valley Farm Road, It features two parks, one at the bottom of the hill in the clearing, and a smaller one on top of the hill, which is designed for those with mobility issues. The large park includes a recently-expanded parking lot, and also includes a number dog waste bins, a message board and a gazebo so residents can sit in the shade while their dogs run about safely without a leash.

The park also has a Facebook Group, where members can make suggestions about the park, the group will also send out information, updates and notices as they come along.

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