RUFF in the news:
1/21/10: RUFF will have an informational table at the Renton Community Foundation's "Circle of Giving" event, which takes place at the Renton Senior Activity Center from 5-7pm. Stop by to say hi!
12/19/09: Volunteers planted 23 trees within the dog park and erected a
new 10x20' temporary canopy! New mulch was also applied to the soggiest
areas of the dog park. Thanks, everyone!
12/12/09: The kiosk roof is finally installed!
September 2009 Issue (page 8): "rrrrr-RUFF! Dogs are free to run in new off-leash-park" - Renton Magazine
9/22/09: "Renton dog park opens with a bark" - Renton Reporter
9/22/09: "Renton's Cedar River Off-leash Dog Park celebrated with official 'Leash cutting'" -randycorman.com
4/30/09: "RUFF Unleashes Fundraising Frenzy for Renton dog park" - Renton Reporter
4/28/09: The Wags & Wines fundraiser at Vino
at The Landing was a smashing success, exceeding all of our
expectations!
4/24/09: The Fairwood Community News ran a feature story on RUFF: "Local Group Targets Ambitious Goal; Fundraiser Set for Off-Leash Dog Park." Read it here!
4/7/09: The blog site Southern Patrol has a nice write-up on RUFF. Thank you!
4/7/09: Renton City Councilman Randy Corman and others discuss RUFF and the dog park on his blog, www.randycorman.com.
June 29th, 2009 - The Cedar River Dog Park is now open!
Thanks to the amazing
contributions of our volunteers, donors, and sponsors, we are pleased to
announce that the Cedar River Dog Park is now open! This past weekend
over 50 volunteers came through on short notice to build the fencing and
install the gates. Be sure to check out the construction photos.
If you don't know how to get to the dog park, you can get directions here. Before entering the dog park, please take time to read the temporary Rules & Regulations sign at the entrance.
Until the water spigot is hooked up (within a couple weeks), you'll want
to bring your own water to the dog park. We suggest you bring water in
plastic gallon jugs which you or others can take home and refill as
needed. We will provide some plastic water bowls for the dogs, but if
you have extra plastic dog bowls. we encourage you to bring them (just
be aware that they may go missing at some point).
Garbage cans and "mutt mitts" (baggies) will be installed tomorrow at
the park. Until then, please bring your own bags or grab a mutt mitt at
the Cedar River Trail kiosk, and dispose of pet waste in a trash can
along the trail.
The smaller fenced area of the park is for "shy" dogs that may not be
comfortable playing in the larger main area. That includes smaller dogs
who are intimidated by large and rambunctious dogs. However, all dogs
are welcome in the main area, regardless of size. We just ask that you
not bring large and rambunctious dogs into the smaller area.
We look forward to seeing all of you down at the park!
P.S.: The next time you're at McLendon Hardware, be sure to thank them
for providing us with the fencing materials, an amazingly generous
donation from our hometown company. And if you need construction or
excavation work done, we can put you in touch with some fantastic
companies that really came through for RUFF, including Perry Excavation,
LaValley Backhoe, and Dochnahl Construction. Thank you all!