Dog Parks Dog, Parks

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Was organizing my pictures today, and all of a sudden just wanted to introduce some of the off-leash dog parks here in vancouver/richmond. Would love to hear other dog owners sharing other dog parks experiences in greater vancouver.

McDonald Beach,near the airport - is the one I mostly go to cuz I have to take the highway anyway and there's water and tons of places for dogs to play with. Especially happy for the dogs in the summer who love water! (also a heahache to owners who don't like their dogs getting wet and dirt all over lol)




A very big field for doggies to run before entering the beach






There's a small trail next to the beach


Somebody is too short


No.3 road & Dyke - was the park we went to a lot before moving on to McDonald beach. It's at the very end of No.3 road. Good for owners who don't like their dogs to get wet cuz it's pretty much just a big field to run around (tho some dogs are brave enough to walk down the rocks to the water lol). It's also a pretty nice place there cuz it's next to the river.






Fraser River Park - This park is located down Marine Drive (from the 70th ave and Marine intersection) next to the river also, and across the river is McDonald beach lol! Very very nice view there also because of the river and you can see air planes landing too

(sorry 我家小女坐得比較無儀態....lol)












Jericho/Spanish bank beach park - Ok, I have been there 3 times for BBQ with friends but I still can't differentiate between the two beaches, but anyway they do have a designated off-leash area for dogs (and probably dogs are not allowed on the beach......I don't know, I took them there and I saw a bunch of other dog owners did too lol) Very very nice there when low tide. You can also see DT and North van from the beach

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fraser river park best, better than the no.3 one and mcdick's beach. i bring my dog there on sunny d ...
gianttama 發表於 2010-6-14 03:25

haha, guess it depends on where you live too
fraser river park is a little far to me actually (感覺上....lol)
It's nicer view in there yet I like McDonald beach a bit better cuz it's even bigger

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Oh man! Thanks for the post...your dogs are soooo cute!
I brought my dog (a Boston Terrier) to the n ...
Arlui 發表於 2010-6-14 08:03

hehe, thanks thanks
yeah, same as my frd's huskies
they would walk down to the water no matter what, fortunately mine don't really like going into the water (still, I always have a bunch of dog hair and dirt in my car =_=)

your dog might probably like mcdonald beach too
especially it's getting warm now
just remember to bring a big towel to dry your dog after the swim ^_^

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Thanks for the post! Hopefully I can train my dog to go off leash like yours so that he can enjoy ru ...
totori 發表於 2010-6-14 10:53

maybe you can try to bring some treats or his favorite toy to see if he comes back?
actually many dog parks are kinda like a naturally enclosed area, so at least owners don't have to worry about them running off the road and getting lost

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Thanks for sharing  Your dogs look so perfect and cute as always!
sko 發表於 2010-6-14 13:19

your dog is very cute too ^_^
nice pictures!

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!!

I wish I can have my dog off-leashed...
BuddhaGirl604 發表於 2010-6-14 14:02

try starting from an enclosed area and practise the command "come" with your dog
get some treats
and like I said from a previous reply
most dog parks are naturally enclosed, so you don't need to worry too much about him/her getting lost ^_^
my frd did let her puppy going off leash at a dog park, eventhou it was a hassle getting her back on leash
at least she had a lot of fun playing with other dogs and running around~

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For the McDonald Beach, is there a place to "rinse" the dogs after they go into the water? or only t ...
Arlui 發表於 2010-6-14 14:52

haha.....I think many people would want to have that la
but no lor, there's no place to wash your dog
for my frd who has 2 huskies that like going into the water a lot
she usually brings a big bathing towel to dry them and let them run around a bit more on the field to "lose some sand" before getting back onto the car
so at least you don't get that much sand all over the car ^_^;;;

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We let her freerun in this enclosed soccer field when no one is using it: the one outside cambie com ...
sko 發表於 2010-6-14 20:27

hahaha
he's going so happy
I like the last one where he was yawning
did he meet any frd there?

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yeah, free-running is her fav thing to do, after sleeping.
not on that particular day because w ...
sko 發表於 2010-6-14 23:39

does she play ball or anything?
yeah, steveston is a nice place to go to with doggie
that's good to see many of her kind ar, it's just kinda hard for me to meet other shelties lor
my eyes would definitely go bling bling when i see one on the street, haha

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The good thing about dog parks though is that your dog gets to play with other dogs, and they genera ...
Arlui 發表於 2010-6-15 09:12

yup....I wouldn't want to run with my dogs either
cuz I won't "satisfy" them anyway lol
plus it's good to have doggie socializing with other dogs too~ Together with proper "education", socialized dogs are usually more friendly with dogs or humans ga~
that's why eventho there is a big grass field just across the street of my house
I still try to take my dogs out to other parks and meet other dogs ga~