Current Campaign

In  2020 we began working with the City of San Luis Obispo to include enclosed dog parks as one of the City's supported recreational uses.  Over this time, our group has successfully helped elevate dog parks as a top-priority City recreational use. The City has embraced our vision with the recent construction of the Laguna Lake Dog Park, inclusion of a dog park with the State's grant to revitalize Emerson Park, and inclusion of a dog park at the new Righetti Ranch Park. As funding is currently unavailable for the Righetti Ranch dog park, Friends is exploring alternate approaches with the City to have a dog park sooner than the projected 10-year timeframe with city funding.  

Friends previous fundraisers and donations has resulted in the building and donating agility equipment for the Laguna Lake Dog Park. Friends partnered with Pacific Beach High School shop classes to help build this equipment. 

Given limited City funding, Friends intends on raising more money to improve where City funding runs short. To that end, Friends will again be partnering with Pacific Beach HS to construct needed windwalls at the Laguna Lake DP. These are also designed to display granite memorial plaques (see webstore) of our furry friends that have crossed over the rainbow bridge. All monies raised would go towards dog park improvements.

Our Mission

Friends of San Luis Obispo City Dog Parks, or SLOCITYDOGS, is a member of a non-profit (501c3) dog park group (Central Coast Dog Park Alliance) and is working with the City of San Luis Obispo, and other interested parties, to create and maintain safe, clean, off-leash enclosed dog parks within the City of San Luis Obispo. Such facilities will promote social and recreational opportunities for the citizens of the City San Luis Obispo and their canine companions.

Our Goals

SLOCITYDOGS will strive to promote and provide educational programs that support responsible dog ownership and dog park etiquette. Our primary goal is to work with the City to establish and maintain fenced dog parks throughout the City of San Luis Obispo. As dog parks will compete with other City recreational needs with limited City funds, we will: pursue fundraising and other financial opportunities to help offset dog park improvement costs to enhance the dog park experience; and we will work with the City to establish a volunteer group to help in the maintenance of the dog parks, once they are built.