Author: Alicia Pensarosa

Construction on Gloucester Dog Park’s entrance pergola has begun and will continue over the next two weeks.

(Griffin, a yellow lab and Addison, a black lab wait patiently as their guardian Chris Fogarty of CF Carpentry Inc. frame the entrance pergola for the dog park.)

Before the school year ended, the students at Gloucester High School carpentry tech
department under the direction of Dana Griffin did one final project. They built the
boxes for the two sheds making up Gloucester Dog Park’s main entranceway pergola.
Then along came Chris Fogarty of CF Carpentry, Inc., along with Aaron Waybret, Bendan Fogarty and Phil Bazel who volunteered their time to frame the roof and pergola.
Greg Santos and David Dolloff of Glosta Builders also got into the act and volunteered
their manpower. Timberline generously donated materials and Precision Roofing is donating and installing the roof.  What a community project!! And excitement is building (no pun intended!!).

The Friends of Gloucester Dog Park would like to thank all of the above vendors and
crew for making this ‘roof-raising’ event a reality.

We are still in need of a professional fundraiser to get us to the home stretch and a
PR person to publicize each of our steps. So if that person is you, please contact us at
gloucesterdogpark@gmail.com We need you!!

And as a reminder, this park is being built Entirely by private donations. Please consider
donating. Make checks out to The Gloucester Fund, earmarked in the memo line ‘dog park’
45 Middle St, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Coming shortly on-line donations will be accepted. So stay tuned and visit
http://www.gloucesterdogpark.com as that information becomes available.
Your dog will love you for it!!!!

Back by popular demand on Thursday, July 26th, David Feldman of Skillful Hands, a certified dog massage therapist will be giving free dog massages and talking to pet guardians from 3pm-4:30pm!!

Nina, a newly adopted Pitbull/American Bull Dog enjoying David’s services!

The Friends of Gloucester Dog Park will be staffing an information table in front of the  Visitor’s Center at Stage Fort Park on the following Thursdays from 3pm-5:30 pm: July 26, August 2, 16, 30 and September 13 and 27.  There will be lots of activities and dog park merchandise for sale including t-shirts, bumper stickers and our red signature bandanas for the dogs.

You are also encouraged to walk around the dog park site and let your best friend ‘sniff’ it out for themselves. It’s a great opportunity to get an up close and personal glimpse into the entire process behind the makings of Cape Ann’s first dog park. Come see for yourself what the excitement is all about.

The dog park is being built entirely by private donations.  Please consider making a donation by mailing a check to The Gloucester Fund (in memo line write dog park),
45 Middle St., Gloucester, MA 01930.  Also visit www.gloucesterdogpark.org for information, updates and to join the mailing list.

Hi, my name is Pi, over here on the left!  I am at the Cape Ann Animal Aid with my brothers Jack and Dash.  The Cape Ann Animal Aid is now located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paws Lane, Gloucester.  We are four-month-old pups who are Lab/Retriever mix.

We all love to play and we are also learning good manners and leash walking.

Please visit CapeAnnAnimalAid.com and learn about our upcoming events such as our booth at the Sidewalk Days in downtown Gloucester from August 2-4.  Don’t forget “Dog Day” on September 9th and if it rains, it will be held on the 15th.   Maybe you will see me there with my new family?!

I am a sweet and affection little girl and I hope you might stop by and visit me.   The staff and volunteers here are great.  They walk me and then I get to play in the kiddy pool; I love to swim.  Wow!  I’m tired again!  Playing and being this cute takes work!