Bow Wow Beach

Wonderful park that has simply gone to the dogs! Literally! This park has something for every dog. The lake water is treated... but is not safe for human... of course. There are plenty of signs letting you know in case the obvious was not good enough. There is plenty of shade and there are separate areas for small and large dogs. But the small dog area does not have dedicated lake access. There is an obstacle course and plenty of room for dogs to roam. There are port a potties available for humans😀. As well as several benches available. Small children are not allowed inside the fence for safety reasons. But unfortunately that is not always followed. It is also against the rules to bring and food inside... both for dogs and humans. But again... not always followed. The park used to be a swim lake... but that was a very long time ago. The buildings are still there from that time... but they are planned to be torn down. There is an area to wash your dogs as you exit. Bring towels for the ride home!

Our family thought it sounded like a nice place to try for dogs. This was such a fun place to take the dogs. They had a blast running in the sand and swimming in the pond. There were so many dogs running around and playing with each other. There are tennis balls on the beach or in the water that you can use throw to your dog or any other dog. You are able to walk around the pond with your dog or your dog can run, while you take a stroll around the pond. They have fenced in area for the smaller dogs to go in, so that they don't get run over by the larger dogs. On the other side of the pond is an agility area that has 3 or 4 things for the dogs to walk on, jump through or walk through. The kids had an amazing time watching the dogs and throwing balls for all the dogs. There is a place that you can rinse your dog off before you leave the park. No one is allowed in the pond except for dogs. They do have sings stating this.

I love Bow Wow Beach...however today there was a white dog there...never figured out who the owner was...the dog had no tags on only a collar. He bit my 8 year old on the leg and gave her a bruise. Just letting others know who have kids. I've attached his photo. I took the photo 10 min before the incident. He did that to my daughter and another person's daughter there.

It's a nice park but some dogs however are not. We were there for 10 minutes and my dog was humped twice by a female dog and was almost attacked by someone's Labrador. We tried to get to the other side because it was empty over there and the Labrador was making my dog uncomfortable but then all the other people followed us including the person with the lab which forced us to leave.