Lake George Dog Park — Attraction in Town of Lake George

Very recently moved to the area for my fiance's job and decided to check out this park. We rarely go to dog parks, but thought it could be fun for the dogs since we had just finished a 1hr walk on the nearby Rush Pond Trail. The fences are a bit flimsy, and the gates are high enough for very small dogs to run under. Also, the park is mostly sand/dirt, which we're okay with, but maybe others aren't.

The people we encountered while we were there are the main reason we won't be going back. When we arrived, there was only 1 couple and 2 small dogs in the small dog park. One of their small dogs was very excited, vocal and a little snappy about our arrival. Our youngest of 3 dogs got very excited and vocal. We probably should've left then... Got the dogs in, and after a few minutes, the two yappy dogs calmed down. Dogs seemed to be enjoying the park and each other with no problems. One person was making conversation, but kept asking what we thought were very personal questions (Where exactly are you living? Where are you working? Made assumptions on whether my fiance is management or not, etc). Still, that person seemed friendly enough.

The main issue arose when another person showed up. Again, the yappy dogs got yappy. The person walked in with her medium-sized dog, said that usually she takes her dog to the large dog park, and promptly started telling my youngest dog to, "shh." I understand our youngest dog was being noisy, and we were heading out for that reason, but then the other couple, also with a yappy, snappy, dog, had the nerve to tell my dog to "shh." Within 1 minute, I had two people telling my dog to "shh," and the other woman exclaimed, "I'm glad you're not my neighbors!" We immediately left. For the record, the dogs have been very quiet in the apartments I have lived in otherwise my previous landlords and neighbors wouldn't have recommended them for my current rental!

I understand I was having an issue keeping my dog from barking. As I mentioned in the beginning, we rarely go to dog parks, so the dogs and I are probably lacking some dog park etiquette skills. However, the "mightier than thou" attitude of the very few people there was very off-putting. Hoping this isn't how people generally are in this area. We will most likely not be going back and would not recommend the park to anyone with less than...

This is a really beautiful spot for a dog park. BUT My biggest reason I stopped going after only visiting 3 days consecutively is some of the people are wonderful and friendly and understand dogs and there normal dog like behaviors and the other 50% are rude and very timid about normal dog behavior. I have a medium size dog, beagle mix, 46 pounds. I've seen multiple people bring there quite small breed dogs into the large dog side. One woman in particular on my last day of visiting had a 3 to 5 pound dog in the large dog fence and then started freaking out that her dog was getting trampled by 50 and 80+ pound dogs during play and she actually had the guts to scream at people and demand they leave (I'm talking full bipolar freakout). I was shocked! And then this same woman went to her car and started blowing up handfuls of those little dollar store party balloons and throwing them to the large dogs to pop, now balloons can be extremely dangerous and even deadly if ingested by dogs, when approached by another owner who was concerned that her dog was involved with this she denied the safety concerns and claimed she picks it all up before that is even possible and then kept on throwing balloons. I will stick to SARATOGA DOG PARK, I had been going there for over a year and never had an issue with any other dogs or their owners being unkind and unknowledgeable of dog nature until I decided to try out some new scenery at the...

This place has potential. It was hard for me to access, being disabled, an issue I brought up before it's completion. It is in a dry dirt field with temporary fencing. There weren't very many dogs when I went, but the majority were well behaved, with a few exceptions. The biggest problem is that there is no shade. It's very hot, windy on top of a hill, and if it's sunny it's unbearable, so most of the dogs were hiding under the (awkwardly placed) picnic table. There's also not water dishes so the dogs are thirsty too, but they do have a water tank so bring...