It's a great place as of OCT 2012

Jim in St. Louis

Just moved to Naples from Colorado, and I'm appauled by the negative reviews? I have a pitbull and french bull dog, who absolutely love this park. Of course there is sand and trees and under growth, it's a dog park. My dogs don't care about mud, sand, or getting dirty. They actually don't notice anything except for the company of their fellow K9 friends. I've met incredible people at this park. The park relies on the clean it up yourself model, so help each other out. It has a lot of room, shade, and a clean water source and small kiddie pools for the pups. I have several hundred pictures of multiple dogs interacting, of all breeds and sizes for a reference if anyone disagrees. To all the people bashing this place, what do you expect for dogs? Gold bowls, Perrier water, and red carpet? My dogs have a grass yard to play in, they want sand to dig or roll around in, basically they want to be a dog.

Nice park

Carol in Naples

Very nice park, dogs love it and so do we!

gone to the dogs, its a good thing

dan in plymouth ma

I spend winters in Naples and bring my 2 dogs to Rover Run and THEY always have a good time.Its a great plavce for dogs to socialize as well as their owners.Remeber the place is taken care of by volunteers so instead of griping, pitch in and help

Check it out

Bill in Naples

New landscaping, grass, etc. make this a great place for dogs to have fun and socialize (and their owners too).

Fabulous Dog Park

Marianna in Naples

We just went to Rover Run for the first time and it was amazing...beautiful landscaping and grass... the small dog area they just put in more grass so there isn't as much dirt...but I am in the big dog side and it's fantastic...def wear your bug spray...but the dogs loved it! So many areas to investigate with all the palm trees... I think, people need to give this dog park a higher rating...far better than what we had up North! Love Rover Run!!!!!

Great place for my big dog

Kristy in Bonita Springs

My dog loves coming to this park :) It is nicer and more spacious now that they trimmed up the trees and bushes. I wish there was more grass, but its still a great place to take your dog. I've never had a problem bringing my dog here.

Fun

Joe in Naples

God, there are so many grouchy old people here. It's just a park. These old farts are more worried that the dirt may track back into thier Mercedes. A dog doesn't care if he's running on grass or dirt. If it's such a problem, do something about it! I then,agree there should be more places for dog owners to take thier dogs in Naples. My suggestion is to take your dog to the politicians homes and let your dog crap on thier lawn. Just kidding.

Renovation?

Sue in Naples

When Lugnut was killed money was raised to renovate the dog park. Does anyone know if this is happening?

Not a dog friendly town!

Kim in Naples

Why is Naples such a NOT dog friendly town? What is the problem? Maybe people would be nicer, kinder and more compassionate if they learned to love dogs the way they should be loved

proud citizen

Lyn in Naples

Don't know what's happened but the lack of maintenance is alarming. The trees and undergrowth need trimming, the lawns mowing and resodding and the entire park needs to have some TLC. Can't imagine how or why this has occurred. Certainly hope someone in authority will see that the situation is funded properly so these delinquencies can be amended promptly. Many of us in Naples do care.

Terrible!

Carmen in Naples, FL

This park is extremely sandy, dirty, and very small. It is also not safe, we had our car broken in to when we came on a Saturday afternoon. The new dog park close to downtown is a much more pleasant experience.

revolting

brock in naples

its just l;ike what they said and everything is true about it

Nasty

Bill in Naples

How a city/county that is so wealthy and budgets millions of dollars for landscaping and its maintenance would allow a "Park" to be as bad and as nasty as the one in Veterans Park is beyond belief. As a Veteran I’m offended they would call it “Veteran’s Park.” We live within 3 miles of this park but drive 17 miles to the Estero Dog Park. Naples & Collier County’s Park Departments should be ashamed and embarrassed.

Awful

Matt in Naples

Naples' only dog park (only park where dogs are allowed PERIOD, on or off a leash), and it's absolutely disgusting. Not maintained, a lot of sand and mud where there should be grass. It was so bad we left after about 5 minutes. It's a shame that there is nowhere else in Naples where a dog owner can bring their pet(s) to let them run around.