Silverdale Dog Park — Attraction in Washington

After reading several reviews about fights breaking out and owners not paying attention to their dogs, I decided to bite the bullet and take my 1.5 year old Labrador to play at the park. We have now gone several times and absolutely LOVE going! My girl loves going and making new friends. We did have an incident (if you want to call it that) the last time we went. Our girl was playing in a fairly empty park (only the small dog area was being played in) so we were the only people in the large dog section. A very nice older man came in with his 11 month old chocolate lab and both girls were happy to play. Unfortunately for some reason after a few moments the girls decided they didn’t want to get along and tried to start a scuffle. We both grabbed our dogs and made sure both were okay, the gentleman even apologized for his pup (it wasn’t needed dogs will be dogs and both girls were okay and unharmed) we both leashed our dogs and walked separately to leave. I don’t know how other fights have turned out as we tend to only go during the week when people are working and the park is less crowded as to avoid overwhelming our pup until she is more familiar with the park. The only ‘complaint’ we have is it’s sad to see not everyone picks up after their dogs when they poo. It’s a very nice and well maintained park and we were very happy to see a watering station and toys are provided...

The park itself is nice, the trails to walk are beautiful. But the people….yeah this park is a huge NOPE for us after several visits we can officially call it quits cause the dog owners do not pay attention to there aggressive dogs OR they yell at any dog or owner that goes near there dog. Poop everywhere and IF it is picked up they leave the bright pink bags scattered everywhere on the ground. Too many small puppies getting trampled by big dogs, big dog owners not able to let their dogs play normally due to having to stop them from being to rough with the small dogs/puppies CONSTANTLY. You literally have to follow your dog around within a few feet or another owner will yell at you and your dog. Male dogs not fixed and owners allowing them to hump and standing there laughing when other owners are trying to stop it.( apparently quite a few litters have come because of this park) Dogs left alone and unattended in small dog side constantly. Parking lot has constant car breakins and overall this is a nice park but the people ruined it and the atmosphere is constantly...

Went to the small dog park with my 6 lb schnoodle and my 45 lb working dog, bc mix, she doesn't want to be social, just want to get the ball and be unbothered with other dogs, theywere playing having a good time and a gsd, puppy, wanted to play with the schnoodle, he crawled under the fence went after him, he just wanted to play but my dog is so tiny, 1 step would hurt him, he was just being a puppy but he was so excited, I picked up my dog so he wouldn't get hurt, and the puppy started jumping on me trying to get at him, the owner was elderly and not very fast, kept assurring me he's not aggressive, sir, dogs are dogs! I had to hold my dog above my head so he couldn't get him, he was snapping at him, not trying to hurt him, but 1 bite could kill him. No one got hurt, but ruined the mood and got my clothes dirty. The park soil has sand so it's really messy. The area was clean, no random poop, so...