Eastridge Dog Park

There's a sign up saying the dog park needs to be cleaned up or shut down. My husband & i walked around picking up trash, which we do as a hobby. The Dog Park wasn't bad hardly any trash they also have a great number of obstacles for the dogs. We saw people picking up after their dogs. We think the sign is more from the apartment/town houses HOA. I really hope they don't close it down there's so few dog parks to loose one would be sad indeed. Specially since it doesn't look neglected.

Fun place. Good for all dogs though they do have a separate area for small dogs

This park is only great for dogs. We were supposed to have a splash pad, a skatepark, and other beautiful things for people. That was a flop. The front part of the park is just cactus. It has sad play equipment for children. I have lived by this park for 21 years and it is a sad mess.

My dog has been coming here since he was 4 months. He loves it, people are generally friendly and tolerated his growing pains wonderfully. He's a large dog (100+ lbs) so the only thing I would suggest people be aware of is that although there is all small dog park, people rarely use it (even if they should). There is always water access for the pups, as well as two seated benches under shady structures and other benches throughout, as well as some installments for the dogs to play in/around. Small children and strollers are not allowed, but do be prepared to guide your dog away from such things. Overall, great dog park with friendly dogs and people, well maintained, and conveniently located.

We were visiting Colorado Springs in October 2022. We took our two Goldadors to Eastridge Dog Park a few times. The park itself is large and is pretty nice. For the first two visits there were no issues and the large number of dogs present seemed to get along fairly well and the people were friendly. Our third visit, however, didn’t go so well. A lady there had a ball aggressive dog, that appeared to be a brindle pit mix. She brought the ball so that created part of the issue. In the time we were there, we saw him attack several dogs that got near him and his ball, including both of our Goldadors, a large Rottweiler, and a smaller terrier dog. After the 4th incident-(which was more aggressive) on one of our Goldadors we told the lady she needed to take him out of the dog park. She replied “can’t you just keep your dogs away from my dog.” We replied “No, it’s a dog park. You can’t bring a dog that is possessive of a toy to a dog park and expect other dogs to leave your dog alone.” We warned her that one day, if she doesn’t correct that behavior, her dog will go after the wrong dog and it will end badly. After she left, another patron came up to us and thanked us, and said his dog was also attacked by that dog when they came into the park. We started talking about the situation, and how that dog’s behavior is not acceptable in a dog park, but that it is correctable if she gets the right training and then the dog could properly socialize. That is when a random lady butted in and told us we were being unreasonable. We tried to tell her that was the 4th time that dog attacked ours and the dog needed to leave. She started cussing and said “I come to this park all the time and dog fights happen here all the time.” When we said “Ma’am, that kind of language is unnecessary” she flipped us off and proceeded to cuss more and said what we were doing could get us punched so we took her photo, which is attached to this review.