Bark for the Park - Lower Southampton Dog Park

Calling all residents and visitors to Lower Southampton Township, PA!

A dog Park is a place where people and their dogs can play together.   As the name implies, these places offer dogs off-leash play areas while their people enjoy the park-like setting.  While amenities, such as fencing, water, parking, and even grass, vary greatly among these places, "off-leash and "park" are the key elements that dog owner's desire.

A dog park is a convenient, fun and safe place for dog owners and their dogs to spend quality time together, in the outdoors to exercise them and to help their dogs live a longer, happier and healthy life.  A dog park is a place where people and their dogs can play together.  Dog parks offer dogs off-leash play areas while their people enjoy the park-like setting. The ability to share activities with canine family members at a dog park is important and increasingly recognized by cities nationwide.

For some dog owners, a dog park may provide the only opportunity for owners to socialize with other people and their dogs. Persons with limited mobility, such as elderly and disabled dog owners, deserve to have their taxpayer dollars used towards a safe, accessible place where they can meet other people and exercise their dogs. For many people, visiting a dog park is a primary source of recreation.

Why should you support having a dog park in Lower Southampton Township?

·         Socializes and exercises dogs in a safe environment

·         Promotes responsible pet ownership

·         Enables dogs to legally run off-leash

·         Promotes public health and safety

·         Provides a valuable tool for realistic enforcement of dog control laws

·         Provides elderly and disabled owners with an accessible place to exercise their companions

·         An average of more than one in three households in the U.S. owns a dog - a very large majority.

·         Data from public parks across the country are revealing that off-leash recreation areas are often the most consistently-used amenity in a park, validating this use.

·         A convenient, fun and safe place for pet parents and their families to spend quality time together with their furry friends, to exercise them and to help them live longer and happier.

By signing the petition, you are telling Lower Southampton Township that as a resident of or visitor to the township you want to establish a fenced in, off-leash dog park where well-behaved canine citizens can exercise in a clean, safe environment without endangering or annoying people, property or wildlife.

Tell the township that you want to develop a beautiful, well-maintained space open to all dog lovers and friends who are willing to uphold the park's rules and restrictions.  Sign the petition today!

Thank you!

Lower Southampton Animal Control Advisory Board

Calling all residents and visitors to Lower Southampton Township, PA!

A dog Park is a place where people and their dogs can play together.   As the name implies, these places offer dogs off-leash play areas while their people enjoy the park-like setting.  While amenities, such as fencing, water, parking, and even grass, vary greatly among these places, "off-leash and "park" are the key elements that dog owner's desire.

A dog park is a convenient, fun and safe place for dog owners and their dogs to spend quality time together, in the outdoors to exercise them and to help their dogs live a longer, happier and healthy life.  A dog park is a place where people and their dogs can play together.  Dog parks offer dogs off-leash play areas while their people enjoy the park-like setting. The ability to share activities with canine family members at a dog park is important and increasingly recognized by cities nationwide.

For some dog owners, a dog park may provide the only opportunity for owners to socialize with other people and their dogs. Persons with limited mobility, such as elderly and disabled dog owners, deserve to have their taxpayer dollars used towards a safe, accessible place where they can meet other people and exercise their dogs. For many people, visiting a dog park is a primary source of recreation.

Why should you support having a dog park in Lower Southampton Township?

·         Socializes and exercises dogs in a safe environment

·         Promotes responsible pet ownership

·         Enables dogs to legally run off-leash

·         Promotes public health and safety

·         Provides a valuable tool for realistic enforcement of dog control laws

·         Provides elderly and disabled owners with an accessible place to exercise their companions

·         An average of more than one in three households in the U.S. owns a dog - a very large majority.

·         Data from public parks across the country are revealing that off-leash recreation areas are often the most consistently-used amenity in a park, validating this use.

·         A convenient, fun and safe place for pet parents and their families to spend quality time together with their furry friends, to exercise them and to help them live longer and happier.

By signing the petition, you are telling Lower Southampton Township that as a resident of or visitor to the township you want to establish a fenced in, off-leash dog park where well-behaved canine citizens can exercise in a clean, safe environment without endangering or annoying people, property or wildlife.

Tell the township that you want to develop a beautiful, well-maintained space open to all dog lovers and friends who are willing to uphold the park's rules and restrictions.  Sign the petition today!

Thank you!

Lower Southampton Animal Control Advisory Board

To the Supervisors of Lower Southampton Township,

A dog Park is a place where people and their dogs can play together.   As the name implies, these places offer dogs off-leash play areas while their people enjoy the park-like setting.  While amenities, such as fencing, water, parking, and even grass, vary greatly among these places, 'off-leash%u2019 and %u2018park%u2019 are the key elements that dog owner%u2019s desire.

A dog park is a convenient, fun and safe place for dog owners and their dogs to spend quality time together, in the outdoors to exercise them and to help their dogs live a longer, happier and healthy life.  A dog park is a place where people and their dogs can play together.  Dog parks offer dogs off-leash play areas while their people enjoy the park-like setting. The ability to share activities with canine family members at a dog park is important and increasingly recognized by cities nationwide.

For some dog owners, a dog park may provide the only opportunity for owners to socialize with other people and their dogs. Persons with limited mobility, such as elderly and disabled dog owners, deserve to have their taxpayer dollars used towards a safe, accessible place where they can meet other people and exercise their dogs. For many people, visiting a dog park is a primary source of recreation.

We  you support having a dog park in Lower Southampton Township for these reasons:

·         Socializes and exercises dogs in a safe environment

·         Promotes responsible pet ownership

·         Enables dogs to legally run off-leash

·         Promotes public health and safety

·         Provides a valuable tool for realistic enforcement of dog control laws

·         Provides elderly and disabled owners with an accessible place to exercise their companions

·         An average of more than one in three households in the U.S. owns a dog%u2014a very large majority.

·         Data from public parks across the country are revealing that off-leash recreation areas are often the most consistently-used amenity in a park%u2014validating this use.

·         A convenient, fun and safe place for pet parents and their families to spend quality time together with their furry friends, to exercise them and to help them live longer and happier.

By signing the petition, you we are saying that we want to establish a fenced in, off-leash dog park where well-behaved canine citizens can exercise in a clean, safe environment without endangering or annoying people, property or wildlife.

We, the residents of Lower Southampton Township want to develop a beautiful, well-maintained space open to all dog lovers and friends who are willing to uphold the park's rules and restrictions.