My Dogs Love Her!

Marie is a great pet sitter. She is very attentive to our dogs and any health issues they have. Most importantly, our dogs love going to her house. They literally run from the car to her door. It is great to have a dog sitter whom your dogs want to visit.

Jul. 08, 2019

Not a Secure DOLA

It was bath day for my 2 standard poodles. I thought I would let them go to the Cherry Creek Off Leash Dog Park before their bath. Unlike other dog parks, you have to pay a daily or annual fee to access this dog park. The daily fee with parking is $13.00. We paid the fee and entered the park

According to the maps inside the park, the outer perimeter trail is ~ 2.5 miles. On the northeast side of the trail, the park dredged 2 drainage ditches below the fence line. One of the drainage is at least 3 feet high and is just 20 feet off the trail. In other words, there are 2 escape routes from the park and my dogs found one of them and left the park. I was right next to them, but when given the chance, standard poodles are hunters and love to run. My dogs ran east out of the park toward Parker Road. I was at least a half mile from the entrance. When I made my way to the entrance, the Park Ranger who sold me my day pass was entering the park to walk his dog, I reported my dog’s escape and complained about the gaps in the fence. He could not have cared less.

I left to find my dogs. I could not find them. From their tracker, I saw that they reentered the park. I drove back to the park. At that time, the line to enter the park reached Chambers Road. I drove up to the gate and asked that same ranger if I could bypass the line because my dogs had returned to the park. He refused to allow me to jump the line and said, “I have been a dog trainer for decades, your dogs can wait.” While I was waiting in line to reenter the park, I saw on my dog’s tracker that they left the park a second time. I exited the line and drove north on Parker Road. When I next saw them, both dogs were running on Parker Road. I ultimately found my dogs but they could have easily been hit by a car on Parker Road.

Dog Off Leash Area implies your dog is secure when off leash and that isn’t the case at this park which has gaps in the fencing and is right next to a 6 lane busy road.

Apr. 07, 2019