Andrea

Member since November 2019

Reviews (3)

Great Experience

We are going back for a second visit today with our doberman. Very friendly staff, provided water and several came out just to visit the dog. A fellow patron who is a photographer took our pup’s picture on the patio there which is picnic tables enclosed alongside the street downtown. Blueberry beer with dancing blueberries in it was neat and food was very good.

Jun. 23, 2020

Nice park but...

Lake Ida Dog Park

Looked like a lovely park but we were forced to leave after 5 minutes by a border collie named Blue and his clueless owner. He hated my 7 month old puppy as soon as we entered, snarling alongside my dog just waiting for him to react, which he didn’t, following him everywhere. Owner said “don’t worry they’ll work it out, he’s just herding”. I am an experienced dog person, this was not herding. Blue then snapped at his neck with no provocation. His owner put him on leash and took him to the other side of the park. She then left after a few minutes and her dog was on his back feet, lunging at another dog and barking, snapping, growling as he left, My dog who goes to daycare to play and obedience training, played happily with other dogs until this woman came back in with her dog after 3 minutes, let him off leash and he ran directly to my dog and bit him on the side. My puppy whipped his head around to his side 4 times, his side covered in slobber from the attack, no gaping wound but did break the skin. I was so shocked I snapped on his leash and told my husband we were leaving. I was too shocked and outraged I didn’t even say anything to the owner. This is how dogs can become fearful and dog aggressive and why I don’t like dog parks, but being on vacation we needed somewhere to let him run. I will stick to the small parks with a couple dogs. Another park we were at in Jupiter, he played great for an hour with a tiny dog, another knowledgeable’dog person’ came in and left after a minute as her dog raised her lip while my puppy politely sniffed her dog. This is a dog person who knows her dog and dog behaviour. Maybe this border collie was fine with 98 out of 100 dogs but when it isn’t, have the COMMON SENSE to apologize and leave.

Jan. 25, 2020

Lovely dog park!

Spikes Dog Park at Gas N' Go

Found this great dog park after seeing their billboard, a great spot to let our 7 month old Dobe out for a run on our two days of 12 hour driving from Canada to Florida. Nice high fence, bottom half has wire as well for tiny dogs. Shade sails, poop bags, benches, tables, and lots of room. The description from Bring Fido needs to be updated as it it now fully enclosed and leash free. Quai enjoyed playing with another traveling dog! Just be careful as the outer gate does not currently have anything to close it and the inner gate has a chain and clip which if not secured tightly leaves enough gap for even a 70lb dog to get through, and there are spots around the gate small dogs could get under. The area just inside the gate was extremely muddy and could use a load of stone dust or stones to keep it less messy. It was slimey and slippery. And I was surprised to see that many dog owners did not pick up their dogs poop 🙁 so walking around was eyes down. Luckily our pup managed to avoid running through any. Fantastic spot and we will return on our trip home. Much appreciated!

Nov. 23, 2019