Woofing Water, Dog Park & marina — Attraction in Deerfield Beach

Recently moved nearby. Decided to take my dog to checkout Woofing Waters Dog Park. Why have me fill out paperwork & give all my info if it's not going to be input correct. Female for male dog. Wrong email ect. Why not put sign up outside to say "Little dog side has no working water fountains." Instead of having someone go through sign in, pay, wrong pass code at gate, having to go back in forth to just get inside...then to only find that there is no working sprinklers at the water park for little dogs. All this at 9:30 am in 92 degree weather with no wind. Feeling like 100 out. Not about the money paid, it's the principles. I have a teenage kid at counter telling me " sorry nothing I can do about it. Didn't know it wasn't working. I asked for a pass for another day when water is working. I had to be stubborn and make another manager drive her cart to me at dog station to refund?? I just wanted to bring my dog to run in sprinklers and have fun. Not die from heat stroke & be told just take my 20 pound dog into the "big dogs" side to use their sprinkler.sprinklers.. signs everywhere saying do not enter if dog is not over 35 lbs, but now you say its ok?OK?? I asked them who will take care of my dogs vet bill if he gets hurt by the 15 or so 60-100 lbs dogs in there or if he died. Answer was, well no it not their responsibility. If we are paying, it's a business. Run it like a business. Common sense would help too. Other dog owners were very nice. Said water hadn't Bern working for days. So no reason for me to have even paid to enter if they just had a sign...

This place is absolutely amazing! It's a great little park area with plenty of chairs/benches/picnic tables in shaded areas. It has both small and large dog sides, and both have decent agility training equipment. The splash pad (one in each area) is a concrete pad with water jets that you can turn on for your dog to play in. There is no pool where they can swim, but the park's lake has a little canoe/kayak launch right beside the entrance where you can take them in for a swim. The community of owners is great and seem to know each other and the various doggos; they were super welcoming when we were there. All of the dogs were really friendly and excited to run and play.

The ONLY negative is the "membership" process. I'm not sure if the little shack is open during the day, but when we arrived, it was closed. The daily cost to enter is $5, or you can pay $25 for an annual pass (well worth it for us). To get the annual pass, you have to go to the main park office (turn left when you enter the park instead of right).

Overall, 9.5/10 only because of the weird...

Beautiful park at Quiet Waters. There is nothing like the breeze off the water and sunsets to die for, two parks- one for littles and one for bigs.

BUT... Since Woofing Waters reopened this spring, the gate is frequently out of service, the maintenance - including splash pads for dogs - is iffy. Currently the covers pictured are damaged and “toggle” when stepped on, causing people and dogs to trip or fall. I’ve been told they have been reported. In another area the cover is gone altogether, leaving a hole with plumbing valves exposed in the open grassy area, another trip hazard.

Today was the third dog fight I have seen recently, the second with the same dogs. Not "doggie dust ups", but actual fights where owners had to pick up their large dogs to separate them, screaming back and forth at one another, while people leash their dogs and leave. There is no number to call after hours and the day number posted for problems has no after-hours service.

I'm sure it will improve - last year we received multiple...