Our city has a very nice, very big 'off leash' dog park. They are now building another one on the other side of town. I have only gone a few times because we live out in the country and we have a large fenced-in area for the dogs, and my daughter and I prefer to take them walking on the county trails.
Anyway, I have a friend who takes her two dogs to the dog park every single day. She loves it. I have to say that the few times I went I did enjoy it, but I was leary of some of the dogs. Not all of them were comfortable. I liked that they could get away from each other. My dogs loved it there and have good recall, but I was still nervous about it.
One thing I didn't like was that even though the majority of the people picked up their dog's droppings, I noticed once that one of the dogs had really runny poop - almost watery, and of course, you can pick it up but any bug they have is still there.
I too was shocked at people who brought their toddlers there and let them run around. My friend brought her 3 year old grand daughter one of the times and let her run, unattended, all over the place. There is no way I would do that.
I guess it's nice and the dogs sure do enjoy it, but I much prefer to take them on the trails and walk.
Dogs are proof...God not only loves us and wants us to be happy, but He also has a great sense of humor and likes to hear us laugh!!!