Everett Crowley Park Review

We have been  looking for new places to take Gus for off leash fun. Dog parks are not the best for him, he is HIGH energy and tends to bowl over little dogs and run around like a maniac if we are just standing around. We usually take him to the UBC Endowment lands at least once a week, usually a couple times. Its perfect for him there, he can be off leash running around, jumping through the forest as fast as he wants with out bugging anyone. Plus he seems to do a lot better when we are on a "mission" rather than standing around. I like it a lot more too, standing around at the dog park gets boring after a few minutes. 

Off leash trail

I had read about Everett Crowley on the City of Vancouver dog park page and thought it sounded like something worth checking out and I'm so glad we did! It's 100 acres of off leash fun right in the city! Ok maybe it's not all off leash but the majority of trails are. It is located in the neighborhood of Killarney between South East Marine Drive and 63rd Avenue on Kerr Street. Everett Crowley used to be the Avalon dairy farm, in 1944 it was donated to the city and they turned it into a landfill. The residents were not happy and complained and it was eventually closed down . In the late 80's it was turned into the park it is today. There are some nice views of the North Arm of the Fraser River and of the Richmond cranberry farms. 

We will definitely go back. It's not anywhere near as beautiful as the Endowment lands but it's a great off leash area for dogs, lots of dogs to socialize with and we were able to walk around and get a bit of exercise as well. 

At one point Gus was sitting down holding his leg up, gave us a fright as we thought he'd blown a leg. When we got to him he was favoring it a bit and limping. I put him on leash so that he didn't make it worse. After about 10 minutes he seemed fine and we let him back off leash. He just goes for everything at 200% he's such a nut case when he's allowed to just go for it! This was yet another thing telling me I am supposed to do a doggy first aid course. I'm going to look for one now! Any suggestions?

Booo I forgot my camera, so all photo's are from Vancouver is Awesome