After that, Mills says, she tried taking her dogs to the park and keeping them on a leash, but it didn't work. She whined and cried when I didn't let her off the leash. It was too tantalizing to take her out there and not let her run. Mills will have moved to South Florida by the time the proposed dog park opens. But, she says, it sounds like something she and her dogs would have enjoyed.
Some dog walkers know parents bring their kids to the park after work to play on the swing sets.
And during the summer, kids in summer camps are there. So dog walkers plan their visits for after most of the children have gone home. Debbie Hall, whose 50-pound dog Dakota is the rambunctious type, says she always scouts around before freeing her big pup. She goes far from the playground, to a less populated spot in the park. Usually, she waits until there's no one else around.