by Admin
6. May 2011 05:32
Approximately four in ten households own at least one dog, which is 63% of the entire U.S. population. Dogs have become essential to many families. People care for them as they would a child and expect their surrounding resources to care for them in the same manner. Dog parks are a new, upcoming improvement throughout Ponte Vedra communities, used to promote healthy living and a better quality lifestyle for dogs and their owners.
Luckily, Nocatee offers an exclusive closed-in dog park for your four-legged friend. The park offers Trails for Tails for the dogs and their owners to enjoy. The park presents an area for dogs to play and mingle while also giving their owners a manicured walking path to take pleasure in. The recreational area allows pets and owners to socialize in the communal environment within the community’s park. Respected organizations like the ASPCA feel that dog parks are beneficial to both dogs and their guardians.
Within Nocatee’s active adult community, it is a privileged opportunity to have a place to bring your canine to play and mingle. Nocatee’s Tails and Trails is only one of two off-leash dog parks available in Ponte Vedra’s communities.
Keep in mind it is not just the dogs that benefit from the park, but the owners too. Additional benefits of the park to the community include:
· Promoting responsible dog ownership
· Socialization and exercise for dogs
· Brings dogs and owners together in neutral territory, which reduces fear and aggression in dogs and companions
· Offers the elderly and disabled citizens a place to exercise their companions without personal strain
· Accommodates dogs and their owners in a public open space
Dogs that are highly socialized and exercised are healthier and happier, and less aggressive in behavior. Research shows that dogs improve people’s health (by lowering blood pressure) and increase resistance to disease by giving people unconditional love and companionship; happy dog, happy owner.
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