Abby Bolton Memorial Off Leash Dog Park

01/18/2025

01/05/2025

Happy New Year! Just a reminder about our park improvement group! We plan our annual spring clean up, and are working with the police, the municipality and the high dchool to get our agility park built. If you would like to join out group meetings please just reach out to me.

12/12/2024

Hi folks, I hope you're all well. Just wanted you to know that my Remy passed away this afternoon. She suddenly developed anemia and in only four fast days she was gone. She would have been 9 next week.

Many of you knew her, or at least, saw her at the park with her big goofy brother, Bomber.

Either way, this is my reminder to love your pups with all your heart every minute of every day. Even if they bark at the air. Even if they shed on every single thing you own. Even if they eat your roast right off the counter or p*e on your floor.

Love them. Just as much as they love you.

Merry Christmas to all. xo

09/29/2024

Heads up, everyone!!

08/06/2024

Heads up!

06/20/2024

Please, please ensure that your dog is wearing a tag with your cell phone number on it when you are travelling. Microchip them if you can, it's best, but tags are so easy and fast.

Additionally, if you are headed up to a cottage, wilderness area, forest, etc and even think there's a chance your dog MIGHT go off leash or get away, please put a tracking device on them.

Options:

1. Air Tag/Samsung Galaxy Tag.
Upside: Cheap, easy, reusable for other things. Don't need recharging as the batteries last for months.
Downside: Range is short, relies on networks of devices being nearby to ping off of. So where there aren't people these don't track well. (In more populated places these are awesome.) Mostly water resistant, may not be totally waterproof.

2. GPS collar block. AKA Tractive.
Upside: Waterproof, tracks anywhere, you'll find your dog even if they are in the middle of a swamp
Downside: Needs to be recharged every couple of days. Needs to have a subscription.

So please, for your sanity, and the safety of your pets, be prepared.

Also, keep them hydrated. Keep their paws cool on the hot days, and remember that they are not children in fur suits, they are amazing animals who deserve every comfort we can provide and all our respect.

06/10/2024

Happy Summertime, folks! It's that time of year when we have more pups at the park so let's review a few of the park rules, which are posted right at the main gate:

Among other things: intact male dogs are not to be in with the general population as they tend to go after the ladies. Nobody wants to see that happening. :)

Don't bring toys into the park as fights can get started easily.

PICK UP YOUR DOG'S P**P AND PUT IT IN THE GARBAGE!!

Consider keeping your leash with you as you walk the park. If a problem breaks out it's easier to leash the dogs to separate them.

If your dog tends to be a fighter, don't bring them to the park. If you insist on bringing them, put a muzzle on or keep them on the leash. We encourage everyone to watch for problem dogs (or problem owners) and take their pictures! We can have them banned from the park for disregarding the safety of all.

Have fun. It's a beautiful park and it's here for all to enjoy.

05/31/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Y7BN5vPY39C1fvMV/?mibextid=WC7FNe

It's season, Grey Bruce.

We're encouraging residents and visitors to take steps to prevent tick bites while outdoors, particularly in locations where ticks typically live, such as in or near wooded or bushy areas, tall grass, or piles of leaves.

This annual reminder coincides with the release of Public Health Ontario’s 2024 'Ontario Blacklegged Tick Established Risk Areas Map,' formerly the 'Ontario Lyme Disease Map: Estimated Risk Areas.'

The updated map includes a new ‘Estimated Risk Area’ in Grey Bruce – locations where blacklegged ticks, which can transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease to people, have been identified or are known to occur and where people could encounter them. The new ‘Estimated Risk Area,’ in central Grey-Bruce, brings to four the total number of such risk areas in the two counties.