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Welcome to In The Village on False Creek, a unique project inspired by Live@YVR and 365 Days of Dining. I've moved my family into this community with my mission being to showcase the myriad of things that make it awesome by bringing you a weekly scoop! |
A couple of weeks back I brought you into THE BONE AND BOWL which is our brand-new, friendly, neighbourhood pet store run by my neighbour, Betsy Cooper. I'd been meaning to show you our dog park for months but was waiting for them to open up shop before I brought to the public space where their patrons congregate.
Located on the very edge of the Village, next to the WETLANDS, as far as I know it's the only off-leash park in the city where big dogs can be separated from little dogs, and vice versa. You'll notice in this photo of my pooch, Frankie, and my son, Arlo, that we're about to go into the "Little Dog" entrance.
Separating the two sections of the park is this fence, which is often left open but can be closed when there's a lot of dogs around and people are concerned about their little furballs. For instance, whenever there's a Husky in the park, I make sure to close the gate because years ago our guy Frankie here was picked up by his skull between the jaws of a Husky and ever since he (and I) have been a little leery of those guys.
Here's Arlo demonstrating how we selectively segregate the dogs: we close the gate. Easy. It's small details like this that make our life easier here. As a friend said to me months ago when I toured them around, "This is how they'll be building neighbourhoods in the future". And it's true.
While I'm sharing places where dogs in the Village get together, I might as well hip you to the Instagram hashtag "#dogsinthevillage" that my neighbour Dave started not long after I started the original "#inthevillage" one. It compliments the "Real Dogs of the Olympic Village" Facebook group that somebody started over a year ago. Perhaps one of these days I'll introduce you to some of these dogs with help from Betsy at The Bone and Bowl!
Learn more about The Village at TheVillageOnFalseCreek.com and stay tuned each week as I expose the unique qualities of our new community.
