Tedder Reserve Pooch Park

Tedder Pooch Park (or you may, as I was, be told it’s Findon Pooch Park) has to be the urban dog’s idea of paradise.
The day Leaf and I went there was light rain, that lovely Soft Irish Rain, so before entering the enclosed off leash area we took a walk around the park. I would imagine on a hot day this would be ‘the’ place to take a promenade with your pooch. Beautiful tall trees and a wide boulevarde where dogs have plenty of room to pass in the approved doggy manner, by arcing around each other not face to face as they have to on city side walks, this is truly a good long walk.
By completing the circuit, we came back to the doubled gated off leash area. Being double gated it gives you a chance to ‘suss’ out who’s who’s, before entering.
The off leash area is just perfect for City Pooches who are not able to really meet and greet other dogs in approved doggy style, so be prepared for lots of butt sniffing and general ‘howdy doodys’. It’s also a grand time for them to sniff and sniff some more, heaven only knows how many grand smells abound, and no chance of them picking up and eating anything totally undesirable as can happen on the urban streets.
The park is very well equipped too with plenty of Agility Equipment for the fitness conscious dog to have a grand work out, or for those pooches who just ‘wanna have fun’. A cutie little white gal was having a wonderful time trying to emulate the big guys, jumping over the tunnel.
Plus there are bins, just in case of accidents, which is great no more having to walk miles carrying a bag of doggy doo!
And for the humans, there’s a great shade area, though please do watch your dog at all times! Plus the car park is a really decent size, so parking isn’t a problem either.
I understand the park is also well lit at night, so no excuses for not allowing your urban dog a little fun time in true doggy style.
Leaf and I will definitely be back we had a real blast!

Inner city living for dogs is one thing, inner metropolitan life is another.
It’s seriously difficult for a dog to find somewhere to go these days what with the world going mad every time a bad owner lets their bad dog bite some child or elderly person.
Everyone who owns a dog needs to find ways of socialising their animal, it’s a natural thing to do because they are pack animals after all, and living a life of solitude does not suit them.
Well here’s a nice dog friendly spot you can bring the pooch in order for it to get out and have a bit of time to relax in a fresh environment as well as sniff the bottoms of peers. Bottom sniffing is one activity dogs can not get enough of. The second best thing to do is leave your mark. Widdle somewhere; preferably somewhere that other dogs have widdled, in order to play a kind of ‘membership’ game. Make yourself a member of the in crowd by leaving your mark.
All of these things and more can be done at Pooch Park. It’s provided by the West Torrens Council, and they keep it well lit into the evening, and make sure it is reasonably well looked after. It is a fenced off area, with two gate entrances so you can get the dog in, close the gate, then go that next step deeper… this way there can be fewer surprises involved.
It’s a great thing to have a nice sized dog park available in a heavily built up area with few outdoor spaces making dogs actually welcome like this.