Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park — Attraction in Los Angeles

This is the closest dog Park to my house however it has its pros and cons.

LARGE DOG PARK ONLY

PROS

1. There are always a ton of dogs there and a ton of balls so you can play fetch with your dog.

2. There is ample water for every dog in different areas of the park with dog owners who are more than happy to help your pup get water by pushing the fountain button; it all comes back around at the end of the day.

3. There is a lot of space, more than I’ve seen in other parks for your dog to run along with some fun agility equipment (etc. tall ramp to go up and down, posts for the dogs to jump over, and a tunnel your dog can go through.

4. Parking is never a problem however BEWARE do not park on the grass even if others are - cops come and will give you a parking ticket!

5. If You come enough then your dog gets to know a lot of the other docs to come at the same time as well as see you getting to know the other dog owners which makes for great conversation and a great day at the park.

Overall Pros: This is my quick and easy dog park to take my German Shepherd to and she has a ton of fun and I do you as well so overall I would say in summary I would recommend taking your dog here if you had no other option to go to another park as I will explain in the cons.

CONS:

1. There is a lot of dirt and not enough grass.

2. There are MANY dog fights at this park multiple times a day. Most of the time not too bad however at least weekly there are stories and fights I’ve seen that the victim dog walks away bloody and taking the pup to the ER.

2.1) You have to be very watchful over your dog due to certain type of dog owners who bring aggressive dogs and will stay at the park even if that dog had started fights that day already.

WORD OF CAUTION: Not all, but some dog owners who come to this park have had dogs get into brutal dog fights and keep coming back. Sadly this is the norm not really the exception at this park.

People will bring not neutered male dogs that start fights, other dogs are not well socialized and do whatever they want to other dogs and have to learn the hard way that there are boundaries and if your dog pushes a well behaved dog enough, it will lead that dog to teach the other dog a lesson and rightly so.

A lot of dogs at the park are constantly trying to get on top of other dogs and owners won’t stop it or don’t care or you can’t even find who the dog belongs too!! However, when things like that happen the park comes together and ensures that owner knows they are not allowed back and if so there will be consequences which is great.

One example, there is a huge dog that is a regular who is notorious for starting fights every time he comes. One day my friends dog was drinking out of the fountain and the other dog approaches (mind you there are multiple avenues to get water from at one location) so my friends dog barked at him as he tried to take over his bowel and once he barked the other dog got him down, but his ear to a point where there was blood everywhere, we couldn’t get this massive dog to let go of the dog, owner no where to be found, most other owners came to help (as most of the time they do when fights arise but you will get an occasional owner who is either not there or doesn’t care) got the massive dog away from the other dog, couldn’t see the bite due to blood, went to ER and found out that the dog had torn off part of his ear where he was in terrible pain, needed a good amount of stitches and will forever be left with a deformed ear because the dog literally bit part of it off.

It cost an 18 year boy $1,500 the owner of the dog that did that to his dog did nothing. Didn’t say a word to the boy, didn’t offer any help not even show remorse or even acknowledged it happened and now the boy brings his dog back as it’s the only park he can go to and he shouldn’t be afraid that dog owner should be afraid however now he keeps his dog away from any area that massive dog is at and the dog shouldn’t have to suffer due to the aggressive behavior and terrible dog...

This park has its pros and cons. We are usually on the small dog side of the fence.

Pretty big open space, however very little grass and mostly dirt. There are chairs and community use balls for dogs, so that’s nice. There is a water fountain with dog bowls, so that’s nice.

However there’s always a group of 7-8 people sitting in a circle near the front. I don’t know if these people are homeless or just don’t have lives, but they are there every time. These people do nothing but sit in a circle and jerk each other off for hours at a time and never pay attention to their mean unsociable dogs. Their dog snarl and bark at every human or dog that comes by, and they are unavoidable because they are planted near the entrance. They just ignore their dogs and because they didn’t see it, they aren’t responsible for their dogs getting into fights or crapping all over the place. Garbage humans allowing their dogs to be terrible.

But it’s not just them, I’ve noticed a lot of people take their dogs here and just get lost in their phones for hours like it’s some dog daycare. So when their dogs get into fights or crap everywhere, they have deniability because they didn’t see it. “I didn’t see it, so it’s someone else’s responsibility” type of attitude. I’ve seen parents take their kids to the park, and they don’t even have a dog. The kids would ask around who’s dog it is, and when they find a dog who’s owner isn’t paying attention, they harass the hell out of the dog and pull on its tail and collar. The parents are on the phone, so again, “they didn’t see it.”

It’s a dog park, it’s not some place you take your dog or kid and mentally check out of your...

We have three small pooches, a 5 month old Maltese mix Cholita who is a terror at the house because she won't leave the two boys alone! Don Julio is a 6yr male Shi Tzu and Mr Kiwi is a 14yr old cocker spaniel. The first time there we brought Don Julio and Cholita, Don Julio was good, just wanted to fetch his favorite toys but poor little Cholita starter to yell and run for three gates!! We were both so surprised of her actionsb we thought people might think we were torturing her. The whole time there, all other dogs were just doing dog things. Out first trip was a little shorter than expected. We went a week or two later and there was a huge improvement in little Cholita's performance! She was still clingy but not as bad, no screaming either, she definitely was doing better with others! Here is three best thing: After the second visit to there Park, her whole demeanor had changed but she's also lost most of her teeth now too. She is way more calm, likes the car ride to and from the park. There are three areas there, small dog and a big dog and there third across the way is for unstable dogs I believe. The people there all seem friendly but some dogs well what can I say, dogs will be dogs!! I'll add photos of the Park here in...