Porterville Dog Park
Porterville Dog Park offers a large fenced space with separate areas for small and large dogs, allowing them to play safely off-leash. The park is wheelchair accessible, and provides water access for dogs, shaded areas with trees, seating, and free dog waste bags. While it is generally clean and a nice place for pets to run and socialize, there are some concerns about water drainage causing muddy or swampy spots, and occasional upkeep issues such as water holding areas for large dogs and owner compliance with waste cleanup.
Reviews
It’s spacious for big dogs to run. I really like the small hills for my dogs to run up and down on. The trees will make it nice and shady for the hot months, when they’re full grown. My concern for to this park is that there were not a lot dogs present. My two dogs enjoyed running around but they also enjoy socializing with other dogs. There’s also a tunnel that is surrounded by sitting water. It should have been placed on a hill so that water don’t settle there. The big downside to this park is that owners don’t pick up after their dogs. There are free bags, use them! Advertise this park as well.
The dog park in the city of Porterville is atrocious.
About a year and a half ago, my wife and I were playing fetch in a fenced in baseball field. Porterville Animal Control confronted us, saying we were “lucky” we didnt receive a couple hundred dollar ticket for not having our dog on a leash. When we asked where we can take our pet, they informed us about the city of Porterville dog park.
Ariving at this elusive dog park 5 minutes out of city limits “perfect for our furry companion”, it was anything but. In the hot summer months we were met by a field of thorns and an unwatered desert ditch. In the winter months, its a flooded runoff swamp. There is water draining directly INTO the park. Where the excess water accumulates and turns to filth. Originally, dogs were stepping onto the drain grate and breaking legs. The only thing that was done was put a to fence over it. This time of year, the only water for the dogs to drink gets shut off. We spend half the time running around the park, making sure all the dogs aren’t trying to drink swamp water and get sick. Mind you this is the ONLY place in Porterville we can freely play with our pet to let them run and just be a dog for a few minutes. Not tied up, stuck in a fence, or locked indoors. All we ask for, is an area we can take our dog to play. Not getting sick from water or spending an hour pulling off thorns and washing off mud. For Porterville having a pupulation of over 60,000 people, this dog park is nothing but an afterthought and a fenced in ditch.
Our pup truly loves going to play at this park. But we are concerned for the safety and well-being of our beloved pet.Take action before another dog gets sick or hurt; and the park gets shut down because the city is in the middle of a lawsuit. We don’t want to be forced to drive 30 minutes out of town to let our dog off a leash.
Thank you.
-The concerned dog owners of Portervillei
I love being able to take my dogs out to an enclosed area where they can run around and be safe and be free it’s always cleaned and there is water that they have access to their doggie bags and there’s even a rake any dustpan bucket to clean up any messes that may occur while you’re out having fun
This place is a nice to place to play and bond with your dog! There are two sections, one side is for small dogs under 30 pounds. The other section is for bigger dogs 30 or over. Remember to always supervise your children and pets. Always pick up after your dog. Let’s keep this place nice!😁
Could use some love on the Large Dog side with the water holding, even on cloudy days it’s hard to keep pups out of the water and nice days…. Oof lol