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<br />Miami-Dade gives dog owners what they want: I'
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<br />I Twice a day, every day, Jaydeen Wll/lams and her
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<br />I : ~ 2-year-old milCed-breed Keelah have a standing
<br />I ~if1, play date wlth1a group of pups at Flamingo Park.
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<br />'i"~-t<: .' , One of four dog-friendly parks In Miami Beach, the
<br />:it ~:l!~ bark park is Ih!, ideal place for Keelah, who lives in
<br />f-f j ! an apartment, ;to get her daily exercise.
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<br />"She loves playing with the other dogs," said
<br />Williams. 29, who moved to Miami Beach two
<br />yea,. ago. "It's a complete social network here.
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<br />MInIJum~ to gnlb the b~ fro You know people by their dog."
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<br />Flamingo Plrk In Mllm]11ch For yea,., dog 'lovers had few options when
<br />THE MI~I HEI'W.D I', looking for plates to let their furry friends frolic off.
<br />· Photo Gall i I ~I ml-Dade Dog Parka leash, aside fr~m Flamingo Park and a pair of
<br />· Photo j; I parks In Cocon~t Grove. But within the past few
<br />I yea,., several other cities have stepped up,
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<br />Amelia Earhart Park In ria:'e h, have separate areas for smalier dogs. !
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<br />Now, with more than a doze dog parks In cltles around MIami-Dade - and several others either planned
<br />or under construction _IPe. tllvers countywide have a growing number of options for their four-legged
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<br />For years, dog owners it! Pal elte Bay pushed for a place to take their pups. In late 2007, the village
<br />responded - convertin~ ihe nearly three-acre Perrine Wayside Park into a dogs-only lone. The park has a
<br />walking path, waste bag statl~ns, pet water fountains and dog washing stations. Dogs can frolic alongside
<br />the ducks in the middle of the park's picturesque lake.
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<br />"It's just a really, really ~Ice d~ park,' said Bill Kress, the village spokesman, who often takes his two
<br />dogs 10 the park. "1 Jove It atno do my dog." I
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<br />Avenlura residents got thalr dog parte last summer. The 1 Y.-acre Waterways Park has five pooper.
<br />scooper dispense,.. running space and shade for the canines, a dog fountain and a parking lot. The dog
<br />park took the place of a ~rowct'ed half.acre that was set aside for pups at Veterans Park. The only catch:
<br />The park is open only to (eSidrnts with a city-Issued 10. !
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<br />Sunny Isles Beach recently gti inlo the game, loa, wilh The Bone Zone al Sen. Gwen Margolis Part!,
<br />which opened Jast May on a Ihree-month trial basis. Wilh a leash-free area 10 the north, the park hu
<br />Oome a hit, said Susa~ simtson, the city's director of cullural and human services.
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