Paw Mart: Bishan Dog Run

Guessed that this place is nothing new to dog owners. Most of us would have heard about this place one way or another.

Yesterday was a boring Sunday. Mdm Bear has gone to a new home in the afternoon and we were all missing her. Peanut, Sasha and Santi were looking listless. So, to cheer up everyone in the household, I decided that we should make a trip to Bishan Dog Run! It is located along Ang Mo Kio Ave 1. The nearest carpark would be the one with a Macdonald's sign. Its quite hard to miss it.

When we reached there it was about 4 pm and there wasn't any crowd. Just a few small dogs and some larger breeds running around at another field. Didn't really know if there is any rules regarding the separation of fields for large and small breeds, but it seemed that all the bigger dogs were in the bigger field. Haven't been here in awhile.

The Dog Run areas are actually quite well maintained. No litter of any sorts. This feels so much better than those dog runs at Pasir Ris.
Please do not be mesmerized by the greenery and forget to look at what you might step on. There are a lot of "land mines" (Dog Poo) on the grass areas. Kelly was the lucky one to step on one of the "land mines" today. LOL. Its just so funny when she asked me if I smelled poo around her.

Peanut was as protective of us as ever when we were there. We were glad that he at least tried to socialize with a group of small dogs who were playing. He has improved a lot we thought. Previously he growls at any dogs who tries to sniff us. From today's experience, we estimated that his proximity of tolerance is about 5 meters radius. Kelly and I then decided to split ourselves, each standing at one corner of the compound so that he may have a chance to walk around instead of following us like a pack.

Sasha was having a blast. She occasionally got lost walking around the compound, looking back to see where were we. She's an adventurous one that will sometimes dash out of our home when there's a chance. She got lost once though. Luckily we heard her bark, 2 floors down from our place. After that incident she got traumatized and stopped the running away.

Santi was the superstar there. She's a Corgi Shepherd mixed, rescued from the SPCA years back. Adding to her resume, shes a therapy dog. Everyone was petting her, asking what breed she was and was all surprised by her reaction to other dogs. No growling of any sorts, just polite sniffing at the usual areas. She would walk up to people and sort of ask them to pet her. I suspect.. that she may be trying her luck to get some food. Hehe. Sorry Jane (Santi's owner). She's really a greedy one!

It really irks me to see people who judges dogs by their sizes and appearances. There were some owners who immediately picked up their dogs when Santi walked over to say Hi. Its hurting to see that kind of reaction. I really just want to say.. @#*&!@#. If you are so afraid of other dogs getting near yours, don't come to a Dog Run. Just run in your living room. ZZZ.

The crowd started coming in at 6pm as the weather cools down. We decided that it was too crowded and its time to go get some drinks. There's a bridge to walk over to Macdonald's. The jogging tracks to the bridge are quite congested with joggers, skaters and kids on roller blades. Watch your way while walking over so as not to have people tripping over your pets if they are small sized. No pets are allowed at the fast food restaurant, but there are nice resting areas facing a man-made river for those with pets. Its a nice feeling, to sit down there, enjoy the breeze and watch people fly kites in the evening. Best of all, your dogs are with you. Heavenly!