Carol Disher Leash Free Dog Park

Needed to seek out a new park because our normal one was closed. Pretty good park, most of the dogs are awesome but the people are terrible. Not for medium or small dogs. Not all dogs are friendly here, both of my dogs were attacked. The owners did nothing and laughed me out. Kind of cliquey, if you’re new don’t go unless you know someone.

I'm happy I have a place in our neighborhood to take the dog to an unleashed park but for the amount of dogs it's a small park. Also, there's not enough people who clean up after their dog.

Always lots of dogs but too much dirt and not enough grass. I have to wash my dog whenever wr go.

Decent park, closest to home for us so we frequent it. Could use better maintenance but it's decent for what it is.
Just be sure to watch for aggressive/ poorly trained dogs, have had multiple negative encounters with bad owners.

The area is nice. There's a splash pad and playground nearby for kids, the dog area is completely enclosed and the community garden between them, when it's in bloom, looks amazing.

If you have a dog I would recommend this place, the only downside is if you have a pitbull they can't go in

Great place to let my dog off his leash and just watch him run and play with all the other friendly dogs.

A little small but nice to see a park like this in an older residential part of the city. We visited on a winter day with good snow cover, so no mud issues. Good seating and lots of street parking nearby.

First time here. It was adequate but muddy. Parking on the road could be dangerous if you have dogs that bolt!

My dog Jax loves it there, it is really a great place for him to play and learn to co-mingle with other dogs.

Nice dog park. Has alot of trees for shade so the pups don't get too hot if it's warm out really clean!

It was a nice park.
There was a dog that just I believe shouldn't have been there he was to aggressive. It was fine though non of the dogs got hurt

It’s a decent dog park, although it is small. I like that they frequently drop off wood chips, but they seem to just leave them in large piles all year long, so they never really get raked around the property which defeats their purpose. There are some dog owners that bring dogs that are not neutered/spayed which can create issues, so be aware of this. There are also sometimes aggressive/dominant dogs that are brought to this location frequently so also be aware of this.

The other dogs attacked my dog for no reason and I got kicked out for it I will never bring my animal to this park again the people who bring their dogs here don’t train them and they are vicious towards other dogs *update* my dogs neck is bleeding and full of holes going to vet tomorrow about it and putting in complaints with animal control

Have smaller chihuahua dogs, and they don't have a large and small dog section. Those with poorly trained canines have tried to make a snack out of my "rat dogs" but if you have smaller dogs, and go when it's not busy, it's usually a fun experience!

My least favourite park in all of the St. Catharines / Niagara area. Small, very muddy, and filled with debris. Granted, the mud goes part and parcel with the time of year, but this park offers nothing else to relieve the view - no trees. It's a good 'inner-city' park, but if you're driving save the trip and go to Burgoyne or Fireman's.

Why is everyone so snobby here? I just want my dog to run around without being attacked by large dogs while their owners just look on doing nothing. Also, the wood chips have stabbed my dog in the foot twice causing bleeding, I wont come back until it's grass. Burgoyeon woods it is!

Please fix the uneven ground and people need to know their dogs temperment before just releasing off leash. My dog was bit yesterday. Hes okay but this person just got their dog and didnt know it was aggresive. Why was it off leash.

What to say about this place? It would be nice if the city actually cared about it. They did bring new mulch which is good but I've had to call for the garbage to be dumped (they did 1/5 of it), as the winds carry the dog feces smell across the one entrance. I'm not sure how involved the city is on paper but considering there is almost no where to have dogs legally off leash they should be more concerned as they mandated the regulations to begin with. That being said I frequent it often (almost unusable after a rain). Most of the dogs I've encountered in there are quite well behaved.every now and again one or two can be trouble but the owners have always took charge and walked the doggy out.

This was a test for my dog, she hasn't really been socialized in the past so I'm doing the best that I can to socialize her I will definitely have to go back.although I only found one garbage can in the park and that was outside the dog park that's where I had to go to put my empty coffee cup.

Some owners dont care if their dog is biting other dogs. Would be better if their was a small dog side.

For the dogs. Typical wood chip run. Decent sized. Regular patrons are generally friendly. All sizes and shapes of dogs and humans alike.

We love taking our dog to this well-used dog park. It runs from dawn to dusk, and almost always has 1 - 5 other dogs to play with.

Some things to be aware of:
- Things can get very muddy
- The ground can be slippery and icy by the entrances
- Most of the dogs at the park are medium or large sized, and are there to run off energy. There is no section for small dogs, and sometimes they get overwhelmed.
- If your dog is small and nervous, you'd be better off going to the small dog park at Burgoyne Woods. Larger dogs are going to want to play with your dog, and owners are not obligated to leave just because your dog is nervous. If you do bring your nervous small dog here, know that picking them up is the worst thing you can do.
- There is a hose and plastic tubs that you can use to wash off your dog in the warmer months.

Dog owners are generally very friendly, and chat while the dogs play.

Our dog made so many friends it was great. Some people however seem to know everything about dogs and want to tell us how our dogs should behave. But overall it's great. Highly recommended

We went really early in the morning and there wasn't anybody else there but it was a nice size and I liked how it had the double gated entry/ exit.

Great size, fun agility tunnels, safe gates to enter and exit. I love the size as it's large enough for doggos to run freely, yet small and spacious enough to keep your friend within sight at all times. There are also large tunnels for those that wish to train, and I love the smaller fenced section between gates so you may enter or exit safely, as this keeps remaining dogs inside.

Should anyone slip by cheekily, this fenced section between gates acts as a handy fail-safe that keeps your friend from potentially running out altogether. Some visitors aren't fond of the woodchips over grass, but I believe this helps with mud, keeping the park accessible even during rainy weeks. Safe and fun space to socialize your friend and I look forward to frequenting the park.:)