This park is an unfenced wilderness gem. You park amid country fields and then walk back until you come to a gorgeous little quarry for puppy swims or drinks. No mud at the bank here, just a rocky lip descending. Then we like to keep left to the shallow Root River. There are wider, flatter trails and smaller paths that ramble near the shore. There … Continue reading Johnson Park Dog Run
Sometimes it’s nice to get away from the city and sometimes it’s nice to just relish it. The Third Ward is a very active place, especially on the weekends, but if you have a city dog he won’t care. If your dog is a little shy or new to the city, try him/her out on a weekday or in less appealing weather. Starting your walk … Continue reading The Third Ward
Entrance Fee: See Milwaukee County page Milwaukee decides dog park locations in part, we were told, on how many dogs are licensed in a given area and Bay View has the most. However, being a older neighborhood with a high population density, there wasn’t necessarily a lot of green space to choose from. Bay View’s dog park is a flat field of green located between … Continue reading Bay View
Like in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the most essential item to have along with you at the dog park is a towel. Always travel with old towels in the trunk for those muddy days. You can try to avoid those days, but sooner or later your dog will find that one mud puddle that should have dried up long ago. They also come … Continue reading Dog Park Preparedness
Entrance Fee: See Milwaukee County page. Currie Dog Park on the corner of Capitol Drive and Mayfair road is one of the most scenic expanses of green among the city dog parks. It’s a large hillside across from the golf course of the same name. The original Currie Dog Park was a smaller enclosure on a hillside of scattered trees and that part remains as … Continue reading Currie
Volunteer run rescues can be a wonderful source for your new pet because you get to see them in the home environment and talk to the foster parents and volunteers who know the dogs’ characters. But they also offer more than that. You might want to consider joining their community of volunteers if you love dogs. Fostering can be a wonderful way to provide your … Continue reading Area Rescues
Here is a nice little piece of wilderness on the southwest side that qualifies as a great dog lover trail. Ross Lodge is adjacent to Whitnall Park, but part of the Root River Parkway. It’s off 92nd Street just north of Rawson and bordered by mountain bike trails to the north and an archery range to the south. Across the street is the Whitnall Park … Continue reading Ross Lodge
Entrance Fee: None This is a beautiful 35 acre unfenced park in Mequon. It is north of Brown Deer Road off of Port Washington Drive. One of the great features of this park is its crushed gravel trail. Every dog park should have one, if only for those mucky months of early Spring. There are two parking lots and the one off Zedler Avenue is … Continue reading Katherine Kearney Carpenter
Entrance Fee: None Located between Barker Road and Brookfield and accessible from Capitol Drive to the north and River Road on the south, Mitchell Park may be best known for the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, but among its other features is a nice dog exercise area. This is a lovely but only partially fenced off-leash dog park within Mitchell Park in Brookfield. … Continue reading Brookfield (Mitchell) Dog Park
Entrance Fee: See Waukesha County Page This county park dog exercise area off of Sunset and Racine Avenues on the southeast side of Waukesha is incredibly popular with good reason. A winding drive takes you deep into the park and up a hill away from all civilization. If you’re used to city parks, this will feel more like a state park. There are two really … Continue reading Minooka
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