TX meeting - when & where?

[micki76]

Originally posted by guster girl
So, who's in charge of this endeavor anyway? Have we decided on a place to meet? A date? I really want this to happen! Can I help?

Don't think anyone's in charge. Are you volunteering to be in charge? I second that motion! I'm utterly swamped at work right now (even bringing tons of it home) or I'd research parks and stuff for us. I don't know what kind of dog parks we have here. I know there's one in Plano.

Aly - when is the best time for you to come up?

Christina, Dawn? Y'all's best time?

Anyone else?

[micki76]

Ok. Here's the site for the Plano park
http://www.planoparks.org/sub_parks/dog_park.htm

I'm afraid I can't bring any of mine. They are all fear aggressive adnd though Chester warms up rather quickly, he wouldn't be welcome because of his initial attitude.

[Cincy'sMom]

I know my sister isn't on PT much right now, but if everything goes according to plan, Brian may be home by then. If he is, maybe they would be interested. I let her kow to check it out!

[Rottieluver45]

It`s kinda strict, isn`t it? What if I wanna run w/ bailey(if we even take her.)

I can look up some parks! I`ll look for some in Dallas and Plano.

BTW:The 24th is great cause it`s a Saturday.

[Rottieluver45]

I found this park called Bachman Lake Park.It`s in Dallas. here`s a link to a web site. you have to open acrobat.

Bachman Lake Park

and here`s another site:
Bachman lake park..again(the 1st one!)

I like it!

uhhhh...I`ll look up more parks later if you guys want me to!

[micki76]

Originally posted by Rottieluver45
I found this park called Bachman Lake Park.It`s in Dallas. here`s a link to a web site. you have to open acrobat.

Bachman Lake Park

and here`s another site:
Bachman lake park..again(the 1st one!)

I like it!

uhhhh...I`ll look up more parks later if you guys want me to!

Very bad area.

[Rottieluver45]

Really? Why?

[micki76]

Strip clubs, crime, murder, prostitution, drug dealers. Shall I go on?

It's off of Northwest Highway and it's just gross, gross, gross there.

[Rottieluver45]

Ohhhh....gross!

So are we having the meet in Plano or Dallas?(plano and dallas are by eachother, right?)

[micki76]

Originally posted by Rottieluver45
Ohhhh....gross!

So are we having the meet in Plano or Dallas?(plano and dallas are by eachother, right?)

Plano is a suburb of Dallas, probably about 30 minutes from downtown.

Yeah, Bachman is yuuuuucky!!! We have a nice lake here in Wylie. I'll try to remember to call this week and see if dogs are allowed in the lake parks. It may be like the park in Austin where they'd have to be on leashes.

We also have a really cool Big Cat Rescue righ here in town. I've never been there, but that could be a really cool outing for us to go to. Maybe leave the dogs somewhere like my house (yes, I volunteer, as long as everyone has a crate) for those bringing dogs.

Here's the link to In-Sync Exotics

It's a $10 admission, but that goes to the cats care and food. They are very well taken care of, from what I've heard.

[aly]

We went to a Big Cat santuary at the PT meeting a few years ago. It wasn't called In-Sync though. Hmm, maybe they changed the name.

Anyway, if the 24th is good for everyone else, then I can make it work for me too. I will probably get Josh to drive down with me on the Friday evening and we'll spend one night and leave Saturday evening.

I'm not sure that I could join you guys if you go to the sanctuary. I feel uncomfortable leaving Lolly in an unfamiliar place. She's not real used to crates and will probably have a heart attack if she has to be in one in a strange place. Of course Josh could stay at the hotel and babysit them, but we'd probably have to be checked out of there by noon.

ANGIE - are you coming???? My dogs would love to see you again!!!!

[Rottieluver45]

PJ and Bailey have never been in a crate. So if we were to go to the sanctuary, we can`t bring the pups!

[aly]

Josh just reminded me his parents will be in town that weekend. So I'd just drive down on Saturday morning and leave Saturday evening.

Amy, tell your sister I hope she comes! If her husband isn't back yet, she's very welcome to drive with me or follow me. I can help her managing the dogs because my little two aren't that big of a deal to manage.

[aly]

Here are some suggestions of places in the Dallas area (taken from The Texas Dog Lover's Companion by Larry D. Hodge)

Cedar Hill State Park (3.5 paws rating)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/cedarhil/
- dog accessible beaches (shores slope gently to the water and the beaches are generally free of rocks and grass in the sand)
- hiking trails
- scenic views
- dogs must be on leash
- the park has the Penn Farm Agricultural History Center in it which sounds very interesting
- located 15 miles south of Dallas on FM 1382
- entrance fee: $5 per person

Dallas Nature Center (3 paws rating)
http://dir.gardenweb.com/directory/dnc
pictures: http://www.walktx.org/DNatureCtr.html
- $3 per car donation to enter
- 9 trails with biological diversity
- located 2 miles south of Interstate 20 at 7171 Mountain Creek Parkway

There are some others listed in the book, but they have lower ratings. I can read more about them and post more later.

I also have a list of restaurants, hotels, festivals, and other diversions that are dog friendly.

Eep, I just noticed that was just one section. They have a ton of other sections for Ft. Worth and other Dallas suburbs. Maybe we should pinpoint the location first, then I can look up some places for that area.

I think I may prefer something in Ft. Worth since this will just be a day trip for me. But I'll go with the masses

[micki76]

Why Ft Worth? What about something south of Dallas? Cedar Hill State Park sounds nice.