Chelsie

This garden is beautiful! So unique with amazing plants, sculpture and interactive buildings and adventures. Paved and gravel walking paths with some leading you over stone paths in the ponds.

Dog admission is $5 (tickets online are cheaper and easier than at the garden). The walking tour is self guided and you can choose how you want to wind through the park. It took us ~2 hours.

There were water fountains available at the visitor center and each bathroom - I can easily recount seeing 3 or 4 throughout the park. Bring a water bottle and bowl and you’ll be set! Treats in the visitor center.

The Duck Tour was head-out-the-window fun!

As others have said, we benefited from being on a not full tour. It would have been more cramped if we didn’t have extra seats by us for the dog, especially with a large dog. He loved quacking around town and we enjoyed the tour and jokes that come with the ride.

The falls hike at Lake Catherine is one of my favorite hikes of all time. You can do a short trail to just the waterfall or the entire loop (~1.75 mile). We did the whole loop and loved the rocky waterscape as we slowly gained elevation. This brought us to the back side of the waterfall where you can overlook it. Waterfall was beautiful and had larger rocks to navigate walking into the pool area. Great for dogs that like to wade through the water.

Enjoyed so much about this national park! The old bath house turned visitor center was a great stop to rest on the shaded porch and get water. There you can certify your dog as a BARK Ranger where the park ranger gives them a certificate!

Easy to walk the shaded promenade to see all the historic bath houses and make it to Arlington Park where you can see an actual hot spring! (Careful to not let the dogs drink the 143° water)

We hiked the Goat Rock trail which had beautiful views over the mountains. Many trails and maps available for other hikes.

Willoughby Farm is a gem tucked into a neighborhood area in Collinsville - one turn and you’re on a large farm and forested area!

The farm is home to many animals you can see and visit. There’s also activities and farm equipment that kids, adults and dogs alike can enjoy. The back half of the farm are hiking trails of varying difficulty. Most are mulched and clear, but there are some hilly routes! Choose accordingly. Farm is cute around Christmas and you can see a large decorated tree inside the barn!

One of our regular hangouts with the pup! They have a large back patio with tables and umbrellas for sunny nice days, the front patio is covered and heated making it perfect for rainy or colder days. The staff here is incredibly nice and service is always great. Food is upscale bar fare - wings are the best you’ll find! Your pup will be well loved here!

This place loves dogs! We were quickly seated and welcomed with a free bandana and bowl of water!

Callie, our server, was super friendly and attentive. The food was excellent and we enjoyed tasting several of the beers! Patio is a great spot to recharge after hiking the national park!

Cool location - patio is a multi-tier deck that feels like you’re in a tree house along the bluffs just one block off Central!

Service was great and very excited to see our pup! We were quickly seated and brought a water bowl.

Pizza and salads were great. All drinks on the menu are made local.

This patio is set back into the bluff behind the building and adorned with strung lights and beautiful plants!

The service was incredible - Hank, our server greated us with dog treats and water! We happened into a karaoke night on Thursday which was fun and entertaining to watch. Food was excellent too! Would recommend highly!

Very dog friendly, stopped here two nights while visiting SW MI and there were several dogs each night. Great drinks, live music and a food truck both days. They have a covered patio that would be good even on rainier days and a lot of picnic tables with umbrellas in the yard.

Haymarket has a nice patio with picnic tables and umbrella, plus a lawn with several firepits and lounge chairs. As others had mentioned there were a lot of kids around running pretty unsupervised through the lawn and woods despite the signs advising of poison ivy and to supervise children in the area. Would be a hard spot to take your dog solo as you have to order inside and dogs have to remain outside.

We took our pup to Iron Shoe and everyone from the hostess to the servers were excited to greet and pet him, and they even brought him a plate of whipped cream! Food and drinks were excellent and the rooftop has nice views over the river and downtown area. Made for a great last evening on vacation - wish we had this spot at home it was so cute!

We took our golden retriever here over Labor Day weekend! Impressed by the amount of parking lots near the beach and the extensive stretch of beach that is dog friendly. It gets busy but there was a lot of room to spread out or walk the shore line. From the parking lot, you can hike a 2 mile loop with great views over the sand dunes. It was $11 to enter and we really enjoyed the park!

EDLEYS patio is such a great spot to take your pup! They lovingly greet our Golden Retriever everytime and bring water out for them. During colder months, their patio is enclosed with plastic walls but still dog friendly so it’s a great place to dine any season!

Great spot to take your pup! Our waiter, Beck, was very friendly to our Golden Retriever and brought him a bowl of water with our drinks. Good food, good beer. Would recommend!

This place does not allow dogs. We called to verify and were told they do not allow dogs because it’s obtrusive to guests.