So where's my dog park??

This is Pepper when she was a puppy, about three years ago.

A miniature Australian Shepherd, Pepper is a herding dog. Which means she needs to run. She needs to play. She needs LOTS of space. Way more space than her owners' backyard provides.

But there's no off-leash dog park where Pepper lives on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.  

And that's where Pepper's owner, Bruce Megowan, comes in.

Megowan has launched a campaign to establish a dog park in one of the peninsula cities and has been building a data base list of supporters. He hopes soon to form a core group of volunteers who will formally lobby for the new park.

It all started when he and his wife, Maureen, adopted Pepper. Bruce taught Pepper how to play long-throw Frisbee. But there was no place big enough for them to play their game, legally anyway. Leash law violations are $280 a pop.   

"It's so frustrating," he said. "There's no place you can take a dog to exercise."

  There's already been some official discussion of a dog park in PV. But it's not going to be easy.

So we wish Bruce luck.

Want to join the cause? Drop him an email at bmegowan@cox.net.

Pepper will thank you.