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If none of San Francisco's 26 officially sanctioned dog play areas is within a tennis-ball's throw of your house, you may be wondering what it takes to start a dog park.

Start a Dog Owners' Group
Pick a Spot
Sell the Idea
Write a Proposal
Find the Funds
Work the Spheres of Influence
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The answer: a whole lot of time and energy (and no small amount of money). We suggest you begin by reading our step-by-step guide by clicking the links at left. Drawing on dozens of local and national sources, and modeled on the excellent guide written for our New York sister site by Jeffrey Zahn of the New York Council of Dog Owner Groups, this is intended to be the definitive guide to starting a dog park in San Francisco. That said, much of the information here will be relevant to dog people in the East Bay and Marin, as well.

As always, please let us know if you find any errors or omissions.   – Laura Cavaluzzo

 
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