When it comes to rather a dog park would be a good or bad idea for neighborhoods there are many pros and cons that somebody may want to look at before decididing. There are many good reasons as to why a dog park would benefit the community. Excercise is important for dogs mental and physical health. Dogs taht dont get excersice can act out by barking or destroying things at home. When NYC started to allow dogs off there leash in dog parks, dog bit reports went up from 40,000 to 4,000 per year. Bad behavior is often caused by dogs being lonely or not getting enough excerciseand is partly responsible for 2 million pet dogs that end up at the shelter. Even though I think there are more pros then cons I will let you know a little
