Eau Gallie Pieloch Dog Park

03/02/2024

06/20/2022

The small dog park will be closed for repairs Wednesday, June 22. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

02/23/2021

All dog owners, remember that February 23rd is National Dog Biscuit Day! This day is also observed around the world as International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Get your canine companion a dog biscuit to celebrate. Go for a walk to burn off any extra calories or explore the varieties available. Maybe you’ll find a new treat your furry friend loves. We even have some homemade options to try.

Dog biscuits come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and flavors. They serve to reward a man’s best friend for good behavior as part of their training. Dog owners may also give a biscuit to show their canine companions just how much they love them, too. Sometimes, dog biscuits serve to deliver vitamins and medicines we may have difficulty getting our pooches to take otherwise.
Specialty treats offer dogs and their owners so much to chews from! Even dogs on restricted diets won’t have trouble finding a dog biscuit that’s gentle on their tummy. Others help keep teeth healthy and fresh, too! What better reward could you ask for?
Credit: NationalDayCalendar.com

02/18/2021

Pieloch Dog Park Viera East is coming soon

We ordered the two post split rail fence today that will go around the playground area. It will arrive in about 2 weeks. Our crews will then start that installation as well as the chain link fence around the dog parks and the concrete pads for the bench seats, tables and sidewalks. Dave Bell with DBell General Contracting will be our main contractor we use to move dirt and build the hills and tunnels, install the water lines as well as other equipment to be built and designed. Things are moving forward good. There was s a lot of prework needed such as permit package, utility locations, pre-design work etc that goes into this before we even put a shovel in the ground. Stay tuned for continued updates that will be coming soon! 🦮🐾🐕‍🦺🐾🐩🐾 Rob Dale Tammie O'Hollearn Watts Melissa Goldman Steve Colasinski Michelle Webb Bobby Putnam Rodney Mize Edward Lee Daniels Jillian Brad Paul Alfrey

12/21/2020

It is time to register for the 2021 Health First Mayors Fitness Challenge!

We are excited about this fifth-year anniversary of the Mayors' Fitness Challenge. The 2021 Health First Mayors' Fitness Challenge is a fun competition between municipalities in Brevard County to become the "Most Fit City."

Participants register as a part of their city or town's team and then submit their weekly minutes of exercise starting on February 6, 2021 (We will send you the link every Friday.) The team with the greatest average number of minutes and participation rate (participants/registrants) will win the challenge. Participants can register until the end of the challenge (March 27), but t-shirt registration will end on January 8, 2021.

Because of the pandemic, we ask teams to avoid scheduling gatherings. Individuals will input their minutes from individual workouts, walks, runs, biking, etc. We have also added private Facebook Groups for each team, and will be providing weekly virtual health and fitness education.

Each year, Health First sponsors a Great Weight Off in conjunction with the challenge. The GWO participants who lose the highest percentage of weight loss, male and female, will win $500.

All participants of the "Great Weight-Off" must be weighed in at a Health First facility between January 25 and and February 5. All participants must register online before January 8, 2021 (T-shirts are available while supplies last.)

Register here - https://forms.gle/iVFDyY2J7MhApA1x9

10/03/2020

When Melbourne Vice Mayor Paul Alfrey asked me if I wanted to help him build the Pieloch Dog Parks, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. It was my honor to work with Paul and the contractors and volunteers that poured a lot of sweat into both parks. The one photo shows the barren lot in the beginning of excavation. Also a huge thank you to the Pielochs for donating a significant amount to make sure these parks got built. Dave Bell with D Bell General Contracting was an enormous help. And the hundreds of volunteers throughout the months of the build. Thank you!

07/12/2020

From Vice Mayor Paul Alfrey - thanks to all our volunteers and sponsors who helped bring my project to life!!!

06/17/2020

Vice Mayor Paul Alfrey and myself (John Casey) have been asked why there is no splash pad in the small dog park. We did extensive research before building both dog parks and found that at least 11 breeds of dogs do not like water. All of those breeds were small dogs. Yours may be an exception. If you want your furry one to play on the splash pad, it looks like the early mornings or evenings may be the best time. Keep in mind that we tried to make the park pleasant for everyone. Brevard has never had these types of parks for dogs, so we hope that everyone works together to be able to take ownership of the park as their own, by getting to know each other. Our main goal was to see wagging tails and we believe we have more than accomplished this.

06/12/2020

Just another Dog Day Afternoon

06/02/2020

05/25/2020

Leash Cutting is this Saturday May 30th @ 10am. All dogs MUST be on a leash outside the park when arriving and leaving. All dogs MUST have current vaccinations and wear tags at all times in the park. No exceptions!

03/20/2020

Message from Melbourne Vice Mayor Paul Alfrey -

Unfortunately our Eau Gallie Pieloch Dog park opening has been postponed due to the coronavirus mandate. Once restrictions are eased we will reschedule the leash cutting grand opening.

Our volunteers have worked hard for months to turn an unused section of another park to one of the best dog parks in Florida. The 12-jet splash pad concrete etching is complete and the grass is getting greener!

I want to thank everyone for their patience and hard work to improve our parks in the City of Melbourne. And thank you for allowing me to serve as your Vice Mayor!

03/10/2020

Personal message from Melbourne Vice Mayor Paul Alfrey.

I want to personally thank each volunteer and sponsor for their dedication to this project.

We will open our second dog park on March 21st at 10am. Our first dog park, the Melbourne Pieloch Dog Park, built on Florida Avenue is a huge success and this park in Eau Gallie will be arguably better and include a 12-jet doggie splash pad.

These parks were built using private community partners and volunteers in lieu of primary tax dollars. A special thanks to Mark and Tetiana Pieloch, the National and Space Coast Association of Realtors and hundreds of volunteers led by fellow super-volunteer John Casey.

Please join us for the grand opening “leash-cutting” on Saturday March 21st at 10am and a free “thank you” reception at the American Muscle Car Museum on Sunday, March 22nd between 2pm and 5pm.

03/01/2020

Thanks to Bobby Putnam, Rodney Mize, Fran and her granddaughters for coming out today. The fort needs a few pieces of trim on the rear tunnels but we like what we are seeing so far. Built the V-ramp in the small park. Prime most everything including the dog paws. Dave Bell textured the splash pad.

02/28/2020

Thank you Yellow Dog Cafe for supporting the March 21st Leash Cutting. Tasty Treats and Puppy Feet’s equal smiles for everyone! Stuart Borton Mark Pieloch Tetiana Pieloch Kristine Wolf Isnardi Bobby Putnam Rodney Mize Edward Lee Daniels Tim Thomas Mark LaRusso Debbie Routledge Thomas Danielle Espling Corey Williams Wayne Ivey Joe Hellebrand

02/25/2020

Rodney Mize and Bobby Putnam finished the wood fence tonight. We are still trying to figure out how we fenced Bobby in though. Don’t worry, we made sure he has enough food and water for the night! 😂🐾🐕‍🦺🐾🐕

02/13/2020

Need volunteers for this Saturday and Sunday to lay some sod. We have gloves. Any help is appreciated. Hope you can make it. 🙏🐾🐕🐾🐕‍🦺🐾🦮

02/12/2020

Dave Bell his company and crew have done an awesome job with all of the concrete structures and pads. They are skim coating and texturing the steps and splash pad this week. Dave and all of his crew are very appreciated by all of us.

02/08/2020

02/05/2020

Hydro Plumbing is installing the pipes for the splash pad water features, center drain and plumbing for the fire hydrant misting stations. Dave Bell General Contractor LLC will be pouring the concrete for those pads Friday. We set the poles for the 16’x16’ umbrellas and will set the other poles Friday for the 10’x10’ cantilever umbrellas when the concrete truck arrives. City of Melbourne Parks and Rec crew are working hard on the entrance to the park installing 6’x6’ pressure treated flower bed barriers. See everyone Saturday and Sunday 🐾🐕‍🦺🐾🐕🐾🐩🐾🦮

02/02/2020

This motley crew worked hard yesterday, installing fence, working on the tunnels, setting big tires, and clearing mounds of dirt. Shane, Bobby Putnam, Paul Alfrey and Dave Bell. Thanks for the pizza 🍕 Paul.

02/01/2020

Got a lot done today with Paul Alfrey, Brian Anderson, Shane, Bobby Putnam, Dave Bell and John Casey. Back at it again tomorrow.

02/01/2020

Completing the framing of the Triple Tunnel this weekend, prepped the concrete steps that will be skim coated textured and painted, one of the mounds is ready for sod, the wood fence is going up. Moving lots of dirt with machinery this weekend. Oh, don’t worry! There will be plenty of work for the volunteers next weekend February 8th and 9th for the Community Build. See you all soon! 🐾🐕🐾🦮🐾🐩🐾🐕‍🦺🐾

01/30/2020

If you plan on joining the Community Build, please add volunteer names to the Sign Up Genius and check in upon arrival. See you there!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040e45a9ad22a7f49-community

Please select a time and sign up with the names of attendees. Thank you! There will be a volunteer form to fill out at the park so we will see you at check in!

01/19/2020

Most of the water lines are installed. 90% of the chain link fence posts and top rail are installed. Most of the 4x4 posts for the wood fence are installed and are ready for the stringers then slats. We will be securing the triple tunnel structure tomorrow. Dave Bell Construction will be finishing the prep work on the concrete steps to the tunnel system Monday

01/17/2020

We will be working at the dog park tomorrow Saturday. 8-2. Hope to have some help show up. We can sure need a few extra paws out there.

01/10/2020

We will be setting posts, concrete and stringers for the wood privacy fence tomorrow morning at the New Pieloch Dog Park starting around 8:30am. We also have several other projects going on there tomorrow and Sunday also. Stop by if you are able to lend a paw 🐾.

01/01/2020

Just want to give a huge shout out to our sponsor, Lowe’s on New Haven. The manager Mark and his crew Cathy Ford, Hillary, Curtis and the entire Pro Desk staff has been awesome.