Membership Meeting 10/30

After the Howl-o-ween event, we'll have a membrehsip meeting at Peanut Park to brainstorm projects and get feedback from you, the members. Bring your ideas, your concerns and your own chair. Hope to see you there!

 

Howl-o-ween! Sunday 10/30

Dress up the pooch and head to Peanut Park for our 1st Annual Howl-o-ween event!! Prizes for the best costumes and  treat bags for early arrivals. For $5, have your dog's picture taken in costume!

Welcome to Peanut Park!

Manchester's first dog park, Peanut Park, is located on Bass Island on Second Street between West Hancock and Cleveland Streets (south of Granite Street, north or Queen City Avenue). The 10,000 sq ft fenced area has a double gated entrance for your dogs safety. The park is open dawn to dusk. Read more »

GRAND OPENING!! Saturday, August 6th

We're excited to announce that the Manchester Dog Park Association will hold the grand opening of Manchester’s first dog park, located on Second Street on Bass Island, on Saturday, August 6, 2011 from 11:00 to 2:00.

The festivities will kick off with a doggie parade which will step of at 10:30 in front of the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, continue across the Hands Across the Merrimack walking bridge and end at the dog park in time for the official ribbon cutting at 11:00. The public is encouraged to come with or without a dog and see the newly opened park.

Hope to see you there!! Read more »

Membership Application

The Manchester Dog Park is located on city-owned land, but it's construction and maintenance costs are funded through membership fees and donations....not with tax dollars.

The annual membership fee is $10 per dog or $10. If you do not own a pooch, but would like to still become a member, you can do that for $10 per year.

Please download and print the Membership Application and mail it in with a check. Upon receipt, we will mail you your dog(s)' tag.

Hannaford Used Book Fundraiser to benefit MDPA!

From May 16th thru 29th, the receipts from the Used Book Kiosk at the Hanover Street Hannaford will go to the Manchester Dog Park Association!
If you have good books to donate, please bring them there.
Better yet - go there and pick up your summer beach read and help us build the first dog park in Manchester!
Thanks for supporting the Manchester Dog Park!

The Plan for Manchester's 1st Dog Park!

The plan in a nutshell:

  1. Raise the funds to obtain liability insurance
  2. Clear and clean the property of debris; use of a backhoe has been donated to help facilitate this
  3. Obtain permit from the city for fence and have fence installed
  4. Grand Opening Day! We're shooting for mid-June; we'll have a day filled with fun for dogs and their owners alike!

We can't do this alone - we need your help! Whether you are a dog-owner or you just want to see an improvement to a much blighted property and improved quality of life for Manchester residents, your donation of your time, your ideas or your financial support is very much appreciated! Read more »

Bass Island it is!!

If you haven't heard, we're building a dog park!

Alderman approved the Bass Island location for Manchester's very first dog park. Now we have work to do!

Before we can do anything physically on the site, we need to raise the funds to obtain our liability insurance. Can you help by donating today? Just click on the chipin link at the top of the page. Read more »

SB19 passes Senate!!

We're one step closer to a dog park in Manchester!

SB19, the bill to limit liability in municipal dog parks passed the Senate on Wednesday despite having come out of committee as ITL (inexpedient to legislate). Thank you to Senator Devries and all of the Senators who voted to in favor of this bill.

On 4/9/09, all Senate approved bills go over to the House side (and the approved House bills go over to the Senate) in what is called crossover. SB19 will be assigned to be heard by a house committee and a new hearing date will be set. Read more »

Hippo Press: At the dog park

At the dog park - Fenced off-leash areas are growing
By Heidi Masek hmasek@hippopress.com

Dog parks are not exactly sweeping the state, but those that exist are popular. Users say visits help socialize dogs. An owner might have a yard but still want the dog to learn to be calm around other dogs and people, said Phil Greazzo of Manchester Dog Park Association. The spaces are also places to meet your neighbors, he said. Read more »

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