Our town has become a very urban area with the development of new condos in and around the downtown area.
We have many new dog owners and those who have lived in Des Plaines for many years often meeting while walking our furry friends,and we find we have much in common. We love our town, and we love our furry friends too. These conversations have brought up the idea to have our very own dog park. A safe place where they can play off leash and enjoy being a dog. And a place where we can visit too!
Some of us have been paying high fees to other towns in order to use their facilities, but we would rather pay our own town a fee for that luxury.
But where to begin? Our local Alderwoman was kind enough to let us know who to contact. The Park District. We called them right away and found them to be very open and willing to listen.
We are lucky. Our Park District has been very open and willing to help. They have suggested that we circulate a petition in order to show them just how many residents are interested.
We know that there are a lot of things to consider. But we are willing to help in any way that we can to assist the Park District.
So, this is our effort to show the Park District our interest.
Please encourage your friends and neighbors living in Des Plaines to sign the petition to show support. By doing so, we hope there will be enough signatures to indicate to the Park District our seriousness and willingness to investigate the possibility of giving Des Plaines it's First Dog Park!
Let's work together to make it happen!!
Woof Woof! (That's Thank you in Dog talk)
Our town has become a very urban area with the development of new condos in and around the downtown area.
We have many new dog owners and those who have lived in Des Plaines for many years often meeting while walking our furry friends,and we find we have much in common. We love our town, and we love our furry friends too. These conversations have brought up the idea to have our very own dog park. A safe place where they can play off leash and enjoy being a dog. And a place where we can visit too!
Some of us have been paying high fees to other towns in order to use their facilities, but we would rather pay our own town a fee for that luxury.
But where to begin? Our local Alderwoman was kind enough to let us know who to contact. The Park District. We called them right away and found them to be very open and willing to listen.
We are lucky. Our Park District has been very open and willing to help. They have suggested that we circulate a petition in order to show them just how many residents are interested.
We know that there are a lot of things to consider. But we are willing to help in any way that we can to assist the Park District.
So, this is our effort to show the Park District our interest.
Please encourage your friends and neighbors living in Des Plaines to sign the petition to show support. By doing so, we hope there will be enough signatures to indicate to the Park District our seriousness and willingness to investigate the possibility of giving Des Plaines it's First Dog Park!
We signed the "Des Plaines Dogs Need a place to Play" petition!
# 176:
2:15 pm PDT, May 16,Carolina Martinez, Spain
# 175:
5:30 am PDT, May 7,Serena Fox, United Kingdom
# 174:
1:25 pm PDT, May 5,Name not displayed, Russian Federation
# 173:
8:29 pm PDT, Apr 20,Perla Rodriguez, Illinois
Our dogs need a place where they can run freely and socialize with other dogs!
# 172:
12:24 pm PDT, Apr 18,Name not displayed, Illinois
We need a fence in dog park for our dogs to run and enjoy them selves!!
# 171:
11:19 pm PDT, Apr 16,Keith Rasmussen, Minnesota
Fantastic concept - every city needs one.
# 170:
7:50 am PST, Mar 3,Agnieszka Stepaniuk, Poland
# 169:
8:35 pm PST, Mar 2,April Mosen, New Jersey
Every community should have it's own dog park. Do the right thing and give them one!
# 168:
2:56 pm PST, Feb 26,Joann Granger, New York
# 167:
10:32 am PST, Feb 20,Ulrika Sorelius, Sweden
# 166:
2:14 am PST, Feb 20,Tiffany Fournier, Arizona
# 165:
3:35 pm PST, Feb 18,John Pasqua, California
give them a dog park
# 164:
8:26 am PST, Feb 13,Judy Duffiney, Illinois
What a boon to our community to have our own dog park.
# 163:
10:18 am PST, Feb 12,Chris Duffiney, Illinois
Having a terrier mix and no fenced yard - our dog, Penny, needs to RUN!! Dog park in DP would be ideal.
# 162:
7:50 pm PST, Feb 11,Pearl Gilman, Washington
# 161:
12:10 am PST, Jan 27,Arnaud Hussard, France
# 160:
3:24 pm PST, Jan 26,G Turner, Kentucky
For more impact, add a personal comment here
# 159:
11:57 am PST, Jan 24,Patricia Martirano, Illinois
# 158:
11:54 am PST, Jan 17,Name not displayed, France
Why not?
# 156:
7:30 pm PST, Jan 11,Marianne Langguth, Illinois
# 155:
9:14 am PST, Jan 11,Zara Ivanova, Bulgaria
# 154:
5:23 pm PST, Jan 10,Glenn Obidowicz, Illinois
We winter in Florida and go to the local dog park everyday. The dogs have such a good time playing and we have made many good friends there. It is very important to socialize your dog with others. There rarely is any problem with the dogs. They nag their owners to go to the park every day. Please let us have a park in Des Plaines.
# 153:
4:06 am PST, Jan 10,Arlena Morton, Indiana
# 152:
11:54 am PST, Jan 8,Colleen Hedstrom, Illinois
Let's get Des Plaines on the map.....let dogs and owners be able to enjoy a place where we can meet other pet owners and dogs and be dogs !!!
