Shepard Dog Park — Attraction in Normal

Dog was trying to have fun....but there is always that ONE wet towel. I've heard from friends to beware of that one person who shouldn't be at the dog park. Unfortunately, I ran into that person my first time there. She admitted to a friend to "being out there for 2 hours and my dog is tired" while she sat on her phone the entire time ignoring her dog, who was growling at every visitor, likely because the poor dog was tired and ready for his "mother" to stop taking selfies and ignoring her. She then continued to scold the other visitors for their dogs "growling" (which they were NOT doing, it was her dog) when in fact they were trying to play with her dog, who was growling. Unfortunately with only one open dog park in the area, it will be hard to escape at least one irresponsible, delusional dog owner. Everyone else was fantastic - but I soon discovered why they left after a few minutes. Get those emotions ready to deal with a least one wet...

It was fun, lots of space for our boy to run. But it had its issues

Mainly most were not keeping an eye on their dogs. Or respecting the different dog areas.

There are two areas, one for large dogs and one for small. People had thier small dogs in the large area and their large dogs in the small area.

One dog was mounting every dog in sight

Another kept starting fights and it was only taken out of the area after the fith fight

A small puppy in the large dog area was getting steam rolled by the big dogs.

If you go, take your dog to the correct area and keep a close eye on it because when people fail watch theirs you never know...

Fantastic Spot! However.. The Town of Normal has some hard lines that are not user friendly.. The water is turned off far too early into the Fall Season. The Town removes items that the public leaves; water bowls, tennis balls, etc. There are HUGE mud holes that the Town ignores. If residents problem solve; bring straw, mulch the Town leaves passive aggressive SIGNS. Neither nice nor...