The Issue: The community is already, um, barking about a dog park that opened last month on 17th and  S Street. The astroturf park was established by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) and is maintained by the non-profit Circle Dogs DC, which opened it before a set of rules was established. At [...]

Meet Petey, a rottweiler/basset hound mix, and Ruby, a goldendoodle. They are part of the pack veteran dogwalker Johan Amaya has brought for an average, mid-afternoon run at Walter Pierce Dog Park. Walter Pierce is one of the few official such parks in D.C. There are lots of unofficial ones, of course: Rock Creek Park, [...]