I am forever grateful to the fellow dog owner who told me
about Fort Funston, which she described as a “Doggie Disneyland,” located just
south of San Francisco along the Great Highway.
And it can be the perfect dog park, as its dunes, trails and
long stretch of beach are usually teeming with dogs happily running loose, some
let free just a few feet from the parking lots.
But less of the park will be so free soon as new rules are
being proposed by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area that will require dogs to be
on-leash in some areas, and require people to have a permit if they want to
bring more than three dogs at a time.
I don’t have a problem with the new rules, as dogs are still
allowed off-leash on the route I’ve always taken to the beach, as well as the
beach itself. And I think limiting
the amount of dogs that one person can bring is reasonable.
However, the changes are more drastic for the other areas
in the GGNRA that will allow dog walking, as only seven of those would allow
off-leash dogs.
After leaving Fort Funston’s sand, dogs will need to be leashed for most of the walk north on Ocean Beach to the Cliff House, as the off-leash area
only begins north of Lincoln Way.
But perhaps the most controversial part of the proposed new
rules is that no off-leash areas will remain in the GGNRA areas in San Mateo
County.
The public can comment on the proposed rules until May 25 by
mail to Superintendent, GGNRA, Dog Management Proposed Rules, Building 201,
Fort Mason, San Francisco CA 94123.
It can be read at:
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