{"id":26554,"date":"2013-09-24T19:44:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T23:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=26554"},"modified":"2013-09-24T19:44:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T23:44:41","slug":"new-dog-park-opens-at-veterans-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/09\/new-dog-park-opens-at-veterans-park\/","title":{"rendered":"New Dog Park Opens<br> At Veterans Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-26555\" title=\"Paws\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Paws-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Paws-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Paws.png 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation has opened its newest dog park \u2013 called Paws 4 Duty \u2013 in Veterans Park in Lehigh Acres, 55 Homestead Road.<\/p>\n<p>Paws 4 Duty offers two shaded large off-leash areas; one is for large dogs and the other is for small, shy dogs or puppies that need a smaller space. The park features water and shower stations as well as waste removal stations, and there are public restrooms for pet owners nearby.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cLee County is pleased to offer residents and visitors an additional dog-friendly site to bring their canine friends to exercise and socialize,\u201d said Dave Harner, director of Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation.<\/p>\n<p>While dogs are not allowed in the general areas of the 95-acre park, there is a designated dog walk to allow pets\/owners to access Paws 4 Duty from the northeast walk through park entrance. Veterans Community Park surrounds Veterans Academy of the Arts School and winds back to the Lehigh Acres Middle School.<\/p>\n<p>Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation offers a total of 11 dog-friendly facilities. Six parks offer on- and off-leash areas and five offer on-leash areas.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation at 533-7275 or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leeparks.org\/\">leeparks.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation has opened its newest dog park \u2013 called Paws 4 Duty \u2013 in Veterans Park in Lehigh Acres, 55 Homestead Road. Paws 4 Duty offers&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}