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BigBlueFan1963

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I live in the Louisville area and have had a membership in the Louisville Dog Run Association for 3 years. The parks are decent but only 1-2 acres at the most, we have been to them all and after about an hour my dog is ready to go and still wants to take a walk..

One day I came across the Lexington dog parks online and noticed how big they supposedly are.

I told my wife that I would not be opposed of going up there periodically just so my dog Mugsy, a Beagle/Jack Russell mix could have a huge place to romp around. I would like to take him somewhere out in the country and just let him run, but I would be afraid of losing him. There is no way I could keep up with him at this point in my life. We go for a walk everyday.

If anyone knows, which one is the best and do you have to have a membership. ? I was thinking Masterston Station, because it would be the first one I come to.

Thanks.
 
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mashburned

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Lex has big parks. Jacobson Park is huge and it's close to i75. The nature here is free. Plus, you can head to the glory hole bathroom by the paddle boats and get polished off while lil queef dog gets some exercise.
 
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mashburned

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Masterson station is huge. I don't remember exactly what the dog park looks like, but I have seen a herding dog competition in this big *** field up there. It was fascinating. I assume the dog park area is massive.
 
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Mashburned said:
Masterson station is huge. I don't remember exactly what the dog park looks like, but I have seen a herding dog competition in this big *** field up there. It was fascinating. I assume the dog park area is massive.
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It's a mine field of doggy bombs, boots recommended..
 
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funKYcat75

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Everything in NW Lexington is big.

Everything.

 
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catsfanbgky

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My vet highly recommended that I not take my dog to dog parks. His reasoning was that not everyone spends money to have their dogs up to date on all shots or checked for disease. Said that he sees a lot of dogs who get sick, that have been to dog parks. I thought it was being a bit over protective, but he is a vet and knows more than me. Luckily our neighborhood has walking trails, so I just take him there. May want to ask your vet his opinion on this, but it does kind of makes sense. Schools are notorious for having outbreaks of viruses and lice (one parent that does not take little Johnny to the Dr. when sick or get treatment for lice and send him to school to get him out of their hair for a while). It just takes one bad dog not being properly maintained.
 
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funKYcat75

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Just looked it up. Douglass dog park hours are only on Friday after dusk. Be sure to wear red (or blue, I guess) so that they know that you're taking part in the dog walk activities.
 
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Lexie's Dad

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Serious question - what do you think makes a dog park good?

We take our herd every weekend. They blow off stream without dragging us on leashes. I get the ish bags and clean up after them. After about an hour we load them up and take them home. The fences are in good repair. They have a source of water. There are a couple of trees for shade. We have two dog parks - one for small dogs one for large dogs, so I don't have to worry about my Airedales or my Great Dane puppy streamrolling a Lhaso Apso.

My greatest complaint is people bringing their kids and not supervising them. I understand that you will need to bring your kid, but I also feel that a kid who weighs 1/2 of some of the dogs in the park may not be safe. Especially if they're not supervised. Funniest thing I was was a small kid get flattened by his own family's dog. I was just happy it wasn't one of my dogs.

My dogs are just going to run around and pee on things. They really don't need much else in a dog park.
 
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