Please keep your dogs on their leashes while at Little River Park

Here are four simple reasons why:

1. The Little River Regional Park and Natural Area is a safe haven for many kinds of plants and wildlife.  Dogs may scare birds or other wildlife away from nesting, feeding and resting sites.  The scent left behind by dogs can signal the presence of a predator, potentially disrupting or altering their behaviors.

2. Safety of other park visitors.  Some park visitors and children are afraid of dogs, even the friendliest ones.  Unfamiliar sights, sounds, and smells can disturb even the friendliest and calmest dogs.

3. For the safety of your own dog.  Off the leash, your dog may become lost or injured.  Wildlife could bite your dog and transmit disease.  Your dog may find the poison ivy or other plants with thorns and burrs.  If your dog is on a leash then these encounters with danger will certainly be less likely to occur. 

4. It’s the law! Little River Regional Park regulations requires dogs to be on a leash at all times while in the park and on the trails.