Jemmy's Dog Run — Attraction in New York

I used to love Madison Square Dog Park and make a point to trek there with my dogs. The other dog owners are nice and there's usually plenty of dogs to play with. Unfortunately, it's slowly become overrun by parasites of the human variety - aka children. The last few times I've been there's been children, both attended and unattended, running around harassing everyone's dogs. I have an older dog who doesn't mind new people petting him suddenly, but I have a skittish rescue who is naturally terrified of this sort of behavior. It's obscenely difficult to force someone else's untrained, ill-mannered child into not bothering your dog, chasing your dog, grabbing your dog - especially if there's no parent around. Consider this a fair warning if you've got a dog who doesn't like strangers repeatedly...

Small dog owners: please be careful! We came here with our chihuahua today and a woman came over and aggressively befriended our dog (pulled him close to her as though he was her own dog and was petting him while holding him). We thought it was harmless but hovered close by until we realised that she had come into the area without a dog, and was with a male who was outside of the park by the entrance. The male was watching the situation closely. Upon reflection it was clear that they were looking to take our dog. We knew something was wrong and immediately took our dog out of the park. The woman left swiftly after us with the male who was waiting outside of the park. It was an extremely rattling experience that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Please...

First time checking out this dog run with my pup. It’s easy to find once you step into Madison Square Park. Love how it’s separated by small and all dogs, and it has turf. It was pretty crowded on a Sunday afternoon but still space for the doggos to run around. It has a small hill where dogs can go up and down on. Only downfall is that owners don’t pay attention to their pups, so when they go poop, they don’t realize and it just sits there. Luckily, we help each other out so it does get picked up eventually since no one wants their dog to step on it or eat it. Definitely will be back with my pup since she had a...