Posted in Rules on May 4th, 2009 2 Comments »
Spencer’s Run, the Waveny Park Dog run is open. The ‘best’ news of the year is a change, almost undetected by visitors. Large stones have been pressed into the ‘new’ grass areas, providing traction and drainage.
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Spencer’s Run dog park news: Look out Rowayton! With news that Spencer’s Run in Waveny Park would be closing until Spring, visitors to New Canaan’s dog park were asking directions to nearby runs that don’t have the pathetic requirements New Canaan’s ‘public’ dog park faces. Rowayton’s bland run seems to be popular with Cranbury Park’s [...]
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Posted in administration on Jan 14th, 2009 2 Comments »
When it’s open, Spencer’s Run in Waveny Park is excellent fun! The cold doesn’t stop the devoted dog owner from enjoying an hour in the park. What a great place to have. Please keep it open. Put the inner fence back up if you must, but please stop shutting us out!
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This past weekend presented idyllic weather for a stroll in Waveny Park. Temperatures were in the 40′s with sunshine and a calm breeze but if you brought ‘man’s best friend’, you found our dog park still locked down! Spencersrun.org posted an excuse why the Waveny Park dog run has predominately been locked since September. Alas [...]
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The first snow of the year fell on an already closed Spencer’s Run in Waveny Park, New Canaan. Though it rained only once this week, Spencer’s Run has been closed since Tuesday, Nov. 25th.
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Posted in administration on Nov 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
The website: spencersrun.org is supposed to post live updates on the Waveny Park dog facility; Spencer’s Run. Today, Thanksgiving Day, I don’t have to work so I was looking forward to the Holiday atmosphere and social environment of the dog park but this is what I found online: Of course lack of access to the [...]
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Spencersrun.org lists some “helpful hints” for visitors to the dog run in Waveny Park. I could have sworn there was a “No Food” rule but since abandoning ncdog.org for spencersrun.org we seem to have lost more than links. The helpful hints section has been written to include this ‘hint‘: FOOD ITEMS: Do not bring human [...]
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Posted in administration on Nov 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Rainy weather caused the people who paid to padlock the park in the name of protecting their property. That’s right! The dog park is closed to protect it from the dogs. Saturday and Sunday I arrived at Waveny Park to find a dozen or more dogs wandering on leash outside the New Canaan dog park. [...]
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Posted in administration on Nov 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Spencer’s Run is open after two months of letting the grass grow. Yes, literally. The park was closed while the grass grew and grew. Welcome in, Saturday November 1st. Since I was expecting an email announcing the re-opening of the dog park, I was surprised to see dogs running around and people chatting in the [...]
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Posted in administration on Oct 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Grassy update: Spencer’s Run has been mowed. The new grass is thick and lush, for now.
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