"Speak now or forever hold your leash"

At long last, we are putting the finishing touches on a proposal for a dog park in Boston Common. This proposal addresses the concerns of both dog owners and non-owners alike, to carefully adapt America's oldest park to the needs of a 21st century Boston.

About three weeks ago after almost a year of meetings, lots of hard work by several people and a lot of Q&A sessions with the general public, we have finally completed the Draft Proposal of our plan to bring a designated, permanent, LEGAL enclosed dog park to downtown Boston.
With a growing population of close to 9,000 registered dogs in Boston Proper and the lack of open spaces available, we really feel we have answered all the concerns of dog owners and non-owners alike.

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a delightfully affectionate, playful, intelligent little dog that repays his owner’s care and attention with an endearing devotion.

BostonDOG is profiled in Woof Patrol's October newsletter!

Our first run, limited edition fundraiser calendar is here!

But wait, no year and no days, just dates... what kind of calendar is this?

It's a birthday & anniversary calendar, also known as a perpetual calendar. With a line for each day of the year, it's a great reminder tool that will help you keep track of annually recurring dates that are important to you. Never forget another birthday again!

$19.95/ea - proceeds go to BostonDOG!

Every few weeks we'll feature a photo of one of the local dogs and his/her owner.
No more will you have to say,
"You're Spot's daddy, right?"

The main goal of our group is to establish a designated dog recreation space on the Boston Common for the immediate, and hopefully down the road, branch out to suburbs and surrounding towns. We realize this will not be an easy task, but we think the health and happiness of our pets will benefit from a structured and permanent space where they can interact and socialize with other dogs. Dogs are pack animals and as such, they need the freedom to roam and play with other dogs. But they are a sanitary concern , and we realize not everyone, is an animal lover.

The Boston Dog Owners Group (BostonDOG) was established to address the growing needs and concerns of dog owners in the city. The group's mission is to promote responsible dog ownership, represent the collective needs and desires of dog owners (and non-dog owners) and help create and maintain successful dog recreation spaces that benefit our entire community in general, and our beloved dogs specifically.

That's right... we've finally gotten around to building a new website and we're using the latest & greatest technologies to do it! The new bostondog.org site will employ Drupal, an open source content management platform. Many thanks to Erik Schubert and Frank Washburn for their tireless help in managing this project for us.