The trial run of the Athabasca Dog Park has been a success, according to Town of Athabasca bylaw officer Shaun Woloschuk.
The park is located in the old Jubilee ball diamonds across from Edwin Parr Composite School.
“We are averaging about 10-15 dogs per day,” he said.
Woloschuk explained people sign in when entering the park, and state how many dogs they have brought with them.
“The town didn’t know if anyone was going to use it,” he said. “They didn’t know how far people would be coming from to use it, but I have people who are stopping on their way through town who have heard about it.”
“I have people from Island Lake that are coming, and people from all over town,” Woloschuk said.
So far, Woloschuk hasn’t heard any negative comments.
“There is already quite a lot of positive comments on Facebook as well,” he said.
People have, however, given Woloschuk some suggestions to improving the park.
“People have suggested they want to have running water for the dogs,” he said.
“I shunned against leaving water up there for health reasons and you never know if you have people who are not animal lovers.”
The park opened on Aug. 1 and will operate until the ground is covered with snow.
“The winter will allow me to look at an alternative location or infrastructure down the road,” he said.
“People are saying it is cleaner up there now than it was before it was a dog park,” Woloschuk added.
The overall sentiment from dog park users was very positive.
Most users explained it was a great place to socialize their dogs and tucker them out before bedtime.The trial run of the Athabasca Dog Park has been a success, according to Town of Athabasca bylaw officer Shaun Woloschuk.
“We are averaging about 10 to 15 dogs per day,” he said.
Woloschuk explained people sign in when entering the park, and state how many dogs they have brought with them.
“The town didn’t know if anyone was going to use it,” he said.
The park is located in the old Jubilee ball diamonds across from Edwin Parr Composite School.
“They didn’t know how far people would be coming from to use it, but I have people who are stopping on their way through town who have heard about it,” Woloschuk said. “I have people from Island Lake that are coming and people from all over town.”
So far, Woloschuk hasn’t heard any negative comments.
“There is already quite the positive comments on Facebook as well,” he said.
People have, however, given Woloschuk some suggestions on improving the park.
“People have suggestions and they want to have running water for the dogs,” he said. “I shunned against leaving water up there for health reasons and you never know if you have people who are not animal lovers.”
The park opened on Aug. 1 and will operate until the ground is covered with snow.
“The winter will allow me to look at an alternative location or infrastructure down the road,” he said.
“People are saying it is cleaner up there now than it was before it was a dog park,” Woloschuk added.
Users of the park didn’t want to comment individually, but the overall sentiment was very positive, Most users explained it was a great place to socialize their dogs and tucker them out before bedtime.
