Dog Run at Bishan Park

Dog Run at Bishan Park 

Like me, all my kids are dog lovers. So my sister, Stephanie who has a golden retriever (Kobey) introduced us to this place- The Dog Run at Bishan Park.

There are several reasons why I like to bring my kids here. 

1) Top most important reason: The dog run is very near to the carpark. It is a short walk and hence, easily accessible. All I need is to bring down a water bottle and keep everything else in the car as it is so nearby when I need it. 

2) There are dogs of many breeds here. This place is usually crowded on weekend evenings. So if you want your children to see and learn about dogs, weekend evening, perhaps saturday is the best time to catch them all. 

3) Your kids can play freely with the dogs. At first, I wasn't very sure if it was a good idea to bring my 3 kids to a place full of dogs. But not to worry, the dog run is actually fenced up into 2 areas. One areas for smaller dogs and the other area for dogs of bigger breed. So choose an area you are comfortable with. In fact, you can stand outside the fence and look in. 

Anyway, my kids followed Kobey into the big dogs area. The dogs are very friendly. They generally leave you alone and occasionally come and sniff around you. One of my worries was that if my kids may be chased by dogs if they run. But surprisingly, they were not chased by any dogs at all. The dogs were more interested in playing with each other than the humans. Occasionally, there will be dogs barking at each other, so just tell your kids to move away from those dogs. 

At the dog run, the kids are free to pet the dogs and play with them. In fact, Emmanuel found a Jack Russell that like to play 'fetch' and then, you can imagine.. Emmanuel throws and the Jack Russell will fetch. They played this game for a long time until the Jack Russell decides it's enough and time to rest. So far, I have visited the dog run twice and all the owners are very friendly. They make sure that their dogs are gentle to the kids too. 

4) The dog run is a fenced up area and not exactly very big. Thus it is easy to see where your children are. So your children can run around all they want. But I like to stay close to Faith as she is still young and small just to ensure her safety. However, she is smart, she stays near Kobey for protection and would hide behind him when some big dogs approach.

Kids playing with Kobey.

Faith found some small dogs to play with.

Faith and Kobey

Instead of dogs chasing the kids, it's the other way around- Kids chasing the dog.

So, this is another place you can bring your children to explore. Moreover, since it's at Bishan Park, i'm quite sure that if you do spend some time exploring the park, you can find something else interesting.. let us know if you do find something..