NOTE TO MEETUP GROUPS: Phoenix Dog Park is a Public Facility. Meetup groups agree to share the areas where they hold their events. If a group wishes to use an area of the dog park for their exclusive use, please contact the Fair Oaks Parks and Recreation Department for costs.

We will also post any other dog related event in the Sacramento Area if the event organizers will send FORDOG the information in a timely manner. FORDOG does reserve the right, however, to refuse to post any events that they deem inappropriate or not within the scope of their mission statement.    Send E-Mails to FORDOG@Comcast.Net.

MEETUP GROUPS - PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING!

For those of you who are new to our website/facility, you will want to know that the Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District has a "hotline" phone number that you can call during the rainy season to check on whether or not the dog park is open.  When there has been significant rain, they close the dog park to keep the dogs from tearing up the turf.   If you have any doubt about when that applies, you should call the following number (it's a recorded message, so you can access the information 24/7):

        916-966-1011 (extension 23) OR:  Follow this link to the Park District's Field Closure Update page.

The FORDOG volunteer group is NOT informed of changes in status due to weather, so we can't tell you when these closings will occur or how long they will last.  Given the time of the year, we urge you to check to make sure, especially if you live some distance from the dog park.

POOCH PLUNG AND LAPS AT THE LAKE

Dogs get a chance to swim in Cameron Park Lake and play off leash in the surrounding park.  Proceeds will support the building of a new off-leash dog park in Cameron Park.  This is a fundraising event, so while there is no fee to enter the park, the event fee is $7 for the first dog, $5 for the second.

NOTE: Dogs must have rabies vaccinations – please bring written proof – and be licensed in the county where they live.  Dogs only, in the lake: no people will be allowed to swim.  As always, plan to pick up after your pooches!

Where:  2989 Cambridge Road, Cameron Park
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8th Annual Fair Oaks Dog Walk

We’d like to invite you to participate in the 8th Annual Fair Oaks Dog Walk on Saturday, October 2nd.  For those of you who haven’t previously been part of this event, it’s centered around a nice, small-ish park in the middle of Fair Oaks (not far from Sunrise and Fair Oaks Blvd), and is a great little community event that supports the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce, the Dog Park at Phoenix Park, and TEAM, the not-for-profit group that supports the Sac. County Animal Shelter.  It’s just a morning event, but the Walk goes along the American River, it’s a pretty area, and there are always fun contests, a lot of laughs, and some really great raffle prizes. 

For information about the Dog Walk, go to the website: http://www.fairoakschamber.com/fair-oaks-dog-walk/ -- you can register in advance (always a good idea, to avoid the crowd!) with a printed form or online.  Oh … and it’s not every expensive: $10 for the first dog in the family, $5 each for any other dogs.  T-shirts can be ordered too, for only $15.

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