Wednesday, August 30, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Lawrence resident John Long performs his nightly ritual of walking his dog Bailey around campus. LDOGS, the Lawrence Dogs and Owners Green Space organization, is lobbying for an off-leash area at city parks so dogs such as Bailey can run free. Photo by Craig Bennett/KANSAN
City to mull dog park plan
Dog owners want free space for pets
By Matt Merkel-Hess writer@kansan.com Kansas staff writer
Lawrence dogs could be released from their chains if a
released iron proposed offleash area is built in the city.
A group of dog owners,
the Lawrence Dogs
and Owners Green
S p a c e
(LDOGS), will
LAWRENCE DOGS & OWNERS GREEN SPACE
present its recommendation for an area where dogs could play without leashes to the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department in a week or two.
"We're trying to get an idea of what's already out there and where the city would have to do the least work possible," said Stephanie Smith, LDOGS representative.
Smith said the organization formed from a group of dog owners that had used Potter Lake as an off-leash area, but they stopped when the lake was contaminated by an oil spill and campus security began enforcing the Lawrence leash law.
She said that walkers at Potter Lake routinely conversed about raising dogs and that she'd like to see the camaraderie of that area transferred to another park.
"An offleash area would make people more aware of what it takes to be responsible dog owners," Smith said. "It would also be an easy way a lot of elderly and handicapped people could exercise their dogs."
senior, got her first dog on Aug. 15 and said she would use an offleash area.
Kristina Haynie, Omaha, Neb.
"I think it would be great because it'd be a good place to take my dog, a safe area," Haynie said. "I think students would go for it."
After the group gives its recommendations to the parks and recreation department, the city will decide if the idea is feasible and the money is available to create a park, said Fred DeVictor, director of the parks and recreation department. He said it also could reduce the frequent complaints about dog sanitation.
"We see some benefits that if more owners take their dogs to that area, the spin-off might help us with sanitation and that sort of thing," DeVictor said. "We see this as a positive for the overall parks system."
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