Shawnee Bark Park

No kids… really city of Chandler. I’m supposed to get a baby sitter so I can take my dogs to play. Ridiculous, only city that has this rule. Guess ill keep driving to Tempe

Larger than many. Shade trees, benches, hills. Overall a good place for dogs! Mostly well behaved dogs mostly supervised. Pool with water.

Great neighborhood dog park! Large park with a separate fenced area with obstacles for the dogs and very green with lots of shade trees. Lots of conscientious regulars whose dogs play well with others, and often if someone has a dog that doesn’t play well they try to separate them so everyone can still enjoy the park.

Separate training area. Really big fenced area with lots of grass and picnic tables and water for the dogs. Even a wading pool! Appears to be a local gathering place. Lots of beautiful German shepherds, pit bulls, and bull dogs frolicking happily together. If I lived here, I would be here often!

This dog park I like. It doesn’t compare to Paseo Vista but it’s up there. This park has a lot of trees providing much needed shade especially during the summer months. The dogs that come here are all pretty friendly and play nice. Pet owners are responsible, friendly, and pick up after their dogs so it’s a clean park. In the center there is a obstacle course play area for all dogs. There is not a separation for small dogs but like I said owners here are all responsible and watch their dog. The lil ones seem to play just fine w the big dogs. They also have a lil kiddie play pool for the dogs to play in, my dog never was a fan till now :)
Compared to the Tempe sports complex park this one is waaaaay better.

We like taking our dogs here but please open earlier during the summer on Sunday’s! 9 o clock is already too warm to have a longer stay at the park

I bring 2 of my 4 dogs here and they love it. The area is large and correctly fenced with double gates. The hours are posted on the gates at both North and South Ends. The dog park is located at the South West corner of Shawnee Park. There is plenty of street parking along Mesquite or you can park in the main parking lot for Shawnee Park and walk west to the dog park.
For the most part the people who bring their dogs here are pretty respectful. I would like to point out that there are a few people who seem to be there a lot that really have no clue how to handle a dog, much less their own. The two dogs I bring are small, 12 lbs and 15 lbs. They are well behaved and well trained. If your dogs are well trained then you should not have any trouble. There’s a large water station and various toys laying about for all the dogs. There is also an inner fenced area with agility obstacles placed throughout. If you have a small dog, they will love the inner area.
I would say go there and walk the property to check it out. I’ve found that the problems I had with other dog owners were squashed by simply going on a different day or time when they weren’t there. It’s a nice dog park attached to a nice park. Bring your dogs to your next BBQ and run them around the dog park to tire them out and then enjoy the many covered picnic tables and BBQ grills located between the dog park and the parking lot. There is also a large kids play area in the same vicinity.
Nice dog park, grass well kept, fenced inner area for smaller dogs. 4 Stars.

My boyfriend frequents this dog park. It does the trick — nice fenced in area with a separately fenced inner agility course, «doggie» pools you can fill with the available hose, etc. But… it closes at 8:00pm (and in the heat of summer that’s just way too early) and if you’re there past that, one of the wonderful neighbors in the nearby houses calls the police on you. My boyfriend was issued a warning by a park ranger for being there at around 8:15pm. It’s too bad, as there aren’t a lot of these parks around and a lot of the other frequenters also would prefer later hours.

We love taking our dog Boss to this park because it is shady and the people are very nice.

I’ve been going to this park for a couple of weeks and unfortunately the reviews about this park being clique-​y is true. They even take group pictures together… But the park itself is nice. There is a place for smaller dogs which is actually an agility course so technically any dog can go in there. The gates are usually open so dogs run in and out. Lots of trees and running space.
The people who are there all the time could care less if their dog acts aggressively towards your dog and are too distracted with each other to notice when their dog takes a dump. However, the park is for dogs so I try not to focus so much on the annoying people who own them.

It’s a great park for the pups but jeez there are some rude people that go there. Especially if you have children. I see babies and toddlers there all the time yet some old broad called the police on me because I brought my 5 year old there and my dog!
Just ignore the unpleasant people and you’ll have a nice time.

ok SO I FINALLY found this dog park!!! What a fun place! This is probably one of my favorite dog parks in the city now! LOVE IT! I still wish there were better signage that points to where the park actually is!

We use to love this park when our puppies were younger but we have stop going there because the other dog owners with smaller dogs do not know how to act when you have large puppies. Our puppies are pit bulls of course and they were liked there until the last time we were there, our choose to take them in to the back of the park where there were no other dogs there and it seems that everyone wanted to hang out by us. Not a problem at all but when you have too many dogs in one area and they start to playing and chasing each other things will happen. Well this happened to us and the pet owners just stand there and start making comments about how our dogs are chasing the smaller dog that was running around (just loving it) and that our puppies were getting predator like. Well they did not bother to stop all the other dogs from chasing this little dog and so because we had the pit bulls had to tackle our dogs and hold them until everyone else moved on to other parts of the doggie park. One of our dogs bit its own tongue and they did freak out at first because they thought our dog had bitten that little dog, once they realized that the blood was coming from our dog, then they started to make jokes.
Not even 20 minutes after that my husband was throwing a ball for another dog and because he was not fast enough and the dog bit his hand and of course our dogs see this and go after this other dog, the owner of the dog, stood there and kept saying sorry for her dog biting my husband but would not pick her dog up or put the collar or leash on it. By the time I made it to the back my husband is holding both puppies while the lady did nothing. My course hit the buckle on our male and he did go running after that dog, lucky for them that I was right there in time to stop both dogs and grab my puppy and walk him away for the other dog.
After that the lady did take her dog to another part of the park but did not put the collar or the leash on her dog but kept saying sorry when we were leaving the park.
THIS IS NOT A PARK FOR PITBULLS.

Remember Mean Girls The Movie? Well Dog Parks are the same way… there are Dog Park cliques. It is the strangest best thing I have seen. But regardelss of that the park is for your puppy and this one has an awesome inner gated area with obstacles!

Wonderful park! I went there yesterday for the first time with my two of my 7 pound dogs. My chihuahua wasn’t really enjoying it but my dachshund had a BLAST so I brought him again this morning for two hours. Everyone there is nice and for the most part watch and control their dogs, and almost all of the dogs are very polite and play nicely.
Just a reminder that the area in the middle is not really intended as a ‘small dog area’ so don’t bring your small dog in there and get upset when a bigger dog is let in! My 7 pound guy played with the big dogs just fine, from some beautiful pit bulls to two Great Danes. As long as the dogs are respectful of their dog friends then the little dogs and big dogs are great together!
The park is very clean, you can’t expect EVERY poop to get picked up but for the most part it was clean! And the park is HUGE! Much bigger than the one I used to go to in Glendale!

Shawnee Park is the biggest joke of a dog park I know of. Cliques abound… I guess so that ignorant owners can turn a blind eye to their pet leaving a pile of waste for someone else to clean up — I see it EVERY SINGLE TIME I GO. Crap EVERYWHERE! Also, if you have a chip on your shoulder, you can start a fight… I’ve been propositioned to fight twice now. BOTH times it was a third party involving themselves in my business with someone else. DONT FORGET TO BRING LOTS OF CIGARETTES! Even though the rules posted outside the doors reads: NO SMOKING, smokers don’t give a rats ass! Neither does the town of Chandler or the Police for that matter. This goes on daily. I think I may have finally had enough. The proximity was great, but the headaches that come with this shithole are too much! All you retards I’ve dealt with can suck it!!!
NO stars! It made me give it one to leave review.
10÷21÷15 — Apparently Unilocal doesn’t want anyone to see the pic of the guy that wants to fight at Shawnee park. I guess Unilocal only wants good reviews. He’s still there though. Enjoy his ignorance!

ONLY NEGATIVE IS 8PM CLOSURE. During summer this is pretty restrictive.
Lots of grass, more so than Cosmo. Lots of regulars, which is good for making friends. Not too many ankle-​biters, and their owners seem to be understanding for the most part of their dog’s limitations. Lots of poo stations and tools for pickup. Great supply of water tubs and bowls. Tons of shade. Good agility area. Two points of egress which can be nice for avoiding awkward dog scenarios.
ATTN OWNERS: Do not pick up your dog up to keep it away from an excited dog. Picking up the dog will heighten the excitement and make the situation worse. Even if you have great legs, dont wear shorts to a dog park then complain about a puppy jumping on you AFTER you pick up his playmate. Dogs will be dogs, and while people like myself do our best to train them to avoid annoying behaviors, you cannot expect a puppy not to jump on you. My puppy running around like a obliviously happy silly mess trying to play with everyone isnt the problem, your poorly socialized pooch snapping at him is. If anyone guessed who I am by this review, and want to rebut, just observe my adult dog as an example of a well-​trained animal.
Please be realistic of your dogs temperament and behaviors. There is a difference between a playful growl and an aggressive snarl. Dont tell me your furbaby is just playing when mine is at full submission pinned on the ground crying and yours is snarling and snapping like a maniac, tail down hackles up.
Pretty good group of people here, some randoms and some regular. Im not actually a jerk and I absolutely love dogs so say hi next time you’re there. Im the guy late 20s baseball hat with a gray blue-​nose pit pup and a gorgeous mature 60lb black lab mix. Sometimes i bring my 6yr old kid.

I took my small doxy terrier here and we went in the middle of the day so it had been just us. It’s quite big. The outer part of the dog park is for big dogs and I’m sure if your small dogs aren’t afraid of the big dogs. But there is a smaller fenced in space inside the big one for small dogs or timid dogs. There are tennis balls left around, a water station, bowls for water scattered throughout. Trees for shade and picnic tables to sit at. I also noticed there is a meet up group for small dogs there, I believe it’s every weekday 5pm-​7pm and also on the weekends, in the mornings. Dogs up to 30 lbs can go. Overall this is a wonderful dog park.

I have a smaller dog that I go the this park with. It really stinks that you have to walk through the bigger dog section to get to the smaller section, but the smaller dog/​agility section of the park is nice with a picnic table shaded by a large tree.
I have a few major complaints though.
–People do not pick up their dogs poop. I know alot of people think that this is an issue in all dog parks but it isnt. Watch your damn dog! you should be watching your dog anyway to make sure he/​she isnt causing trouble or getting into trouble. And if i let you know that your dog did poop, dont get all pissed at me for bringing it to your attention! Im just trying to do my part to keep the park clean.
–People dont realize that when they bring food into the park that it is going to attract the other dog at the park toward you… So when you bring a bag of chips in and all the dogs are at your feet or jumping on you, dont act surprised or mad. yes we should be training our dogs to be better behaved, but lets face it… most dogs will do anything to get a snack. Also the food that you bring in could cause aggression among the dogs. you dont know what dogs are food possessive or not.
–Owners should know their dogs behaviors, and what types of behaviors other dogs do to trigger their dog to act aggressively. Yes I know my dog is my baby, but I also know he doesnt do well around hyper puppies and I own up to that. No bodies dog is perfect. I do my best to let owners of puppies know this and I watch my dog VERY carefully when a puppy is near him. I praise him for any calm behavior around a puppy, but I also know how he acts right before he is pushed over his limit, and I stop him before it gets to a bad situation.
–Lastly, its a dog park. NOT A PLAYGROUND. There is a sign saying no kids under 12 are allowed. i think thats a little excessive, but I do think that if a bunch of kids are playing tag, and a dog wants to run and chase them, and the kid gets scared (or worse, bit), that its their own damn fault for running around, and its their parents fault for not following the rules.
All in all its a good dog park. It would be better if everyone did their part and followed the rules a little more closely.

The last time I went to Shawnee there were three bark park rules being broken:
1. People were smoking
2. Some loser kid was terrorizing my dog
3. Poop was everywhere
At first I loved coming to this park but certain dog owners really know how to ruin the experience for everyone there. I can’t believe some people are such inconsiderate jerks by smoking, letting their kids act like dogs, and not cleaning up after your dogs.
My husband and I will not be wasting our time here again. For those interested in a genuinely nice bark park in Chandler check out Paseo Vista Recreational Area instead. Your dog will thank you for it!