Ironwood Dog Park

05/22/2022

It was a gentle giants patrol gang at the park Saturday! 3 large boys, 1 smaller old girl and their little friend!

05/22/2022

New bench at the park and we're guessing/hoping someone left the rock as a thank-you for replacing the busted up one!

Lawn mowing will start next week, not sure what day though.

As always, please clean up after your dogs, plenty of bags and we're getting back on the regular park check up, taking away garbage, etc.

We had not checked the donations box for a while, but that's all caught up too. What we gathered from donations actually paid for the new bench so THANK YOU all for that!!

** extra ask of park users: there's some ankle twisting holes being dug by dogs. No problem with dogs wanting to dig, but could you maybe kick the dirt back into the hole before you leave the park?

10/24/2021

Dog Park users - be aware! No hunting between 10 am and 2 pm so those might be the best choice in hours to take your dog to the dog park. Miner's Memorial Park is around 100 acres in size and the dog park is a little over 1 acre at the very north east corner.

09/09/2021

Quick Reminder: No unleashed dogs in the dog park Sunday morning, Sept 12th. Hound Dog Hike Event happening from about 8 a.m. (set up) until maybe noon (at the latest???)

Park available to unleashed dogs in the afternoon once the event is completed.

For anyone not participating in the HDH and just walking dogs on the trails - please leash up for a few hours on Sunday morning -event participants will appreciate it.

THANKS for your once per year cooperation!!!

07/01/2021

Have a great 4th of July weekend and keep your pets safe.

Found on Google from orangectlive.com

05/22/2021

We moved the picnic table OFF to the side again - your heart was in the right spot moving it in, but with the rain we had there's no way the gravel will dry up for SEVERAL DAYS!! That surface should harden up first. Looked like footprints had sunk in a couple inches. Thanks.

05/20/2021

Done with spreading 15 yards of pit-run gravel. There are a few wheel marks from the skidster - hard to avoid with the wet grass. The guys recommend that we do NOT put the tables out there until the weather is nice for a day or 2 - let it dry and harden up - quite a bit of clay so should tighten up OK.
Once tables go onto this area, please place them more in the center, not at the edges - otherwise, we'll just cause the same issue with wearing down the surrounding grass - make sense? Good enough for now - we'll make a judgement call on more gravel later in the season.

05/19/2021

Got the gravel delivered right to the spot we need it. Thanks to whoever moved the tables out of the way yesterday - much appreciated! Picking up the skidster at 7 am Thursday so we'll be in there in the morning.

05/13/2021

HEADS UP! - working in dog park 5/19 and 5/20. We'll have a load of crushed rock delivered Wednesday 5/19 to the spot where the picnic tables are currently sitting. We're renting a skidster on Thursday 5/20 to spread it in that area. So we'll be moving tables out of the way on Wednesday (or anyone using the park is certainly welcome to do that if you have a couple people with you!!) and using a skidster on Thursday. Might not want to bring your dogs to the park on Thursday in particular.

05/06/2021

A start to fixing up the entrance!

05/02/2021

We are considering moving tables, temporarily fencing and re-seeding this beat up area. Neither wood chips nor gravel seem like a good choice. Suggestions are welcome!

05/02/2021

There will be some work done in the next week or so to repair & improve the entrance. There will also be another section of fencing added close to the entrance.

10/28/2020

Updated our cover photo in honor of Max Kasper's memorial bench that his family placed in the park recently. There are other photos the family shared - please check out the POSTS category on this page.

09/16/2020

Due to circumstances out of our volunteer lawnmower person's control, they won't be able to finish the season at the dog park.

Anyone with a rider that can do a last mow for us? Access gate towards the SW corner of the park. Let us know if you can - we'd really appreciate it!!

08/27/2020

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Memorial bench coming to the dog park - unsure of exact date yet - might still be in September but our donor doesn't know for sure. Any amounts donated above what's needed for the bench will be donated for future repairs or whatever might be needed at the Iron King Dog Park.

Hello to everyone stopping by! Our son Max passed away in January of 2020. He is … Rich Kasper needs your support for Memorial bench for Maxwell Layne Kasper

08/08/2020

Donated by St. Paul Lutheran Church

02/04/2020

https://www.yourdailyglobe.com/story/2020/02/04/news/playing-around/13438.html
Nice to see winter-time park users. Recommend watching dogs closely at this time of year - snow build up makes for easy fence jumping!

Kevin Podraza, left, and Nicole Kuklinski, of Ironwood, and Nicole Hissa, of Hurley, gather on Monday at the Iron King Dog Park to have a family reunion for three related Australian shepherds - Rooster, Eva and Tekla - along with a black lab, Benelli.

09/10/2019

https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Michigan-is-a-No-Kill-state-for-shelter-animals--559845821.html?fbclid=IwAR3nfon6SPc-Z4p-vD66hS0YVa-iKu8fJcmjTLEY12m4cFNfd4CmsVdBuBs

Michigan is now officially a 'no-kill state' for shelter animals.

09/05/2019

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08/26/2019

It's National Dog Day today!
“Dogs don’t rationalize. They don’t hold anything against a person. They don’t see the outside of a human but the inside of a human.” - - Groucho Marx

08/11/2019

Thinking about small gravel or wood chips for the dirt area under the shade trees. Everyone congregates there for the shade and the soil isn't all that great for getting more grass to grow. More people suggest wood than gravel, so will probably start looking into getting some delivered.

Hound Dog Hike meeting is this Wed evening at Rigoni's Bar & Restaurant so I'll bring up the subject of wood or gravel then.

08/02/2019

HOUND DOG HIKE happening on Sunday, Sept 8th. Hike will probably start and end at the park and we will NOT allow off leash in the park for a couple of hours. Just giving everyone a heads up. I'll have more info after our planning meeting on Aug 14th!!

07/17/2019

UPDATE: Person with the white dogs was in town temporarily; I believe they've already left the area.

Got a PM last night from a friend and spotted a complaint on another FB page about a woman with 2 large white dogs who don't seem to be exactly friendly and the woman is ignoring them, except for evidently grooming them in the park!!
Do that in your own yard please or pick up the clumps and use the garbage cans.
Common sense and polite behavior - it applies to dogs and HUMANS, right?

07/15/2019

From Friday afternoon. Been a while since I've been there with my 2 and had others show up! I'm always a little nervous - one of mine thinks he's the assigned Playground Monitor (takes the job very seriously too!) and the other has Small Dog Syndrome. Overall, it went pretty well once they all got the initial meet n greet out of the way!!

06/28/2019

Sounds like there is a broken seat of the white table in the park. Be careful using the table! Not sure if it's fix-able yet. If you know of anyone with a regular picnic table that's in decent shape that is willing to donate, please have them contact HOPE or just respond on this page. Thanks!

06/22/2019

Bag dispensers were full; I didn't find any land mines to clean up (didn't patrol every inch tho!!). Jack found a couple of beat up, chewed up balls and had fun running around; Max did the slow patrol, on guard duty thing he does!!

Feel free (PLEASE!) to post photos of you and your dogs at the park.

06/22/2019

Revised donation sign. Whenever you have a spare buck or two, please stuff them in the top slot. We do appreciate it!!

06/03/2019

Let's not run, jump or play at the Dog Park; instead we'll VERY SLOWLY patrol the perimeter and SNIFF every possible square inch - it's what we do at the Park!

06/03/2019

I spoke to the "man in charge of signs" yesterday and he told me that the order is placed - not positive of delivery date yet, but we're making progress. FYI: the official name of the park is: Iron King Dog Park.

The main sign will include some historical info as to the Iron King Mine and old photos of what the area looked like back in the day.

I put out the "call for a standing committee" a minute ago and earlier today on the HOPE Animal Shelter page. We've had a couple people respond. I've started a FB Group and will add potential committee members to that so we can keep this page for posting fun stuff & photos from the Park here and post housekeeping/maintenance/building stuff on the committee group page.

06/03/2019

HOPE Animal Shelter & Friends of the Miners Memorial Heritage Park (FMMHP) are creating a standing committee for the Iron King Dog Park. Looking for 3-4 interested individuals. Can be dog owners, neighborhood people or civic minded people. Will not be time consuming, meeting 5-6 times a year, depending on goals, projects, etc.
If interested, please comment or PM HOPE.

05/16/2019

Hello all - the metal box sitting beside the entrance will be for donations. Needs to be painted and properly installed. We've just finalized the design for signage and that order will be placed shortly! Hoping we can get all this done in the next couple of weeks.

04/08/2019

10/03/2018

There may be a Live Trap being set up somewhere outside the Dog Park entrance. Little, recently adopted, scared dog has been spotted in the area.
Please don't disturb the trap. Person who owns trap will handle it....

09/10/2018

Names for the dog park - - - We've heard the mine in the Newport Location was once called Mt. Hope, but Ivan Hellen told us yesterday that it was called the Iron King Mine prior to that.
Maybe "Iron King Dog Park" ????

09/10/2018

Daily Globe article: http://www.yourdailyglobe.com/story/2018/09/10/news/area-hounds-heartily-approve-ironwoods-new-dog-park/10915.html

By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — Wags were everywhere Sunday as dozens of dogs accompanied their owners to celebrate the 8th Annual Hound Dog Hike at the new dog park in Miners Memorial Heritage Park in Ironwood. “We’ve got a really great turnout,” said Colleen Sachs, presi...