Recent News

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!

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!

 

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 »

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!

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 »

Legislative Update

 

Manchester Senator Betsi Devries and Bedford Senator Sheila Roberge are co-sponsoring a bill in the Senate:

SB 19, relative to government immunity from lawsuits for municipal dog parks. 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 »