There are many pros to having a dog park built aswell as cons. Any dog owner would love to bring there companion to play in a big open field because they cant do that normally, due to the housing in the city where theres little to no room for a dog to run around an play in. In a dog park dogs can run free of leashes but anywhere else they MUST be on a leash, " Because it's against city ordinance for dogs to be off-leash in public areas...". There is also another pro in a dog park, the dogs can play with other dogs and learn to be friendly, when New York City started allowing no leashes in dog parks, the dog-bite reports went from 40,000 to fewer than 4,000 per year. That is an incredible change and improvement, thanks to these dog parks!
Although dog parks may seem like there a downgrade, they actually raise property values in there communities. So property would be in high demand due to the 37% of Americans who own dogs often look for a dog park when choosing where to live. Also the parks would …show more content…
The average dog barks at 75 decibels, and many large dogs bark at 100 decibels. That alone can be mentally upsetting. Also not even the dogs, there owners will be yelling nonstop trying to get there dogs attention and give commands. The parks will be loud & busy but the parks could just set a open and close time during the day so theres no noise at night when the city's sleeping.
There is other concerns with safety, at a dog park if a dog bites or injures another dog or even a human there can be lawsuits against both the owner and the city due to it being a city ran & owned property. The amount of taxes that would be needed to build and open the dog park would cost thousands if not hundreds of thousands. That would make it unfair to people without dogs and people who do not wish to use the dog park. Why should they pay for something there never going to
Although dog parks may seem like there a downgrade, they actually raise property values in there communities. So property would be in high demand due to the 37% of Americans who own dogs often look for a dog park when choosing where to live. Also the parks would …show more content…
The average dog barks at 75 decibels, and many large dogs bark at 100 decibels. That alone can be mentally upsetting. Also not even the dogs, there owners will be yelling nonstop trying to get there dogs attention and give commands. The parks will be loud & busy but the parks could just set a open and close time during the day so theres no noise at night when the city's sleeping.
There is other concerns with safety, at a dog park if a dog bites or injures another dog or even a human there can be lawsuits against both the owner and the city due to it being a city ran & owned property. The amount of taxes that would be needed to build and open the dog park would cost thousands if not hundreds of thousands. That would make it unfair to people without dogs and people who do not wish to use the dog park. Why should they pay for something there never going to