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Featured Animal: Leo
This week’s featured animal is Leo, a 4-year-old Australian Cattle Dog with a feisty personality. Leo loves the outdoors, along with activities such as hiking, swimming, visiting the dog park, and playing with other dogs. His natural instinct is to herd, so his current guardians believe his ideal forever home would be with someone who has experience with cattle dogs.
Leo would do best in a home with other dogs and no children. He is curious about cats, but his current guardians are not sure how he would do around them. Leo has some anxiety and takes a while to warm up to strangers, but his current guardians describe him as “a good boy”.
To learn more, and inquire about meeting Leo, please visit his listing on the City of Bloomington Animal Care and Control website.
Featured Topic: City of Bloomington Dog Parks
The city of Bloomington oversees two dog parks: Ferguson and Switchyard. The goal with these dog parks is to foster safe areas where dogs are socialized to have good manners.
Ferguson Dog Park is located at 4300 N. Stone Mill Road, on the north side of Bloomington near Lower Cascades Park and Griffy Lake. Switchyard Park is located on the city’s south side, along the B-Line Trail, and the dog park is located in the southern area of Switchyard. Both parks feature two fenced areas: one for use by large dogs and one for small dogs.
Being considerate of others helps make the dog parks enjoyable, healthy, and educational places for dogs and their owners.
At Ferguson and Switchyard, dogs are required to be spayed or neutered, up to date on all vaccinations, and at least four months of age. The parks are unsupervised, and dog owners are responsible for the behavior and cleanup of their own dogs. Other types of animals are prohibited in the dog parks.
To learn more about dog park rules, please visit the City Parks page of the City of Bloomington Parks & Recreation website.
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Lil BUB’s Lil Show is a co-production of WFHB and Lil BUB’s Big Fund
Segment production by Christine Brackenhoff and Stacy Bridavsky
Audio support provided by Mike Bridavsky
Theme music: “A Friend” by Lil BUB
Support for featured pets can be made through Lil BUB’s Big Fund, following the link here.
