Seaview Park is underneath the McKay Bridge in the North north end of Halifax.

It used to be one of the only two (2) LEGAL off leash parks in the whole of the Halifax Regional Municipality until the recent implementation of the pilot off-leash 5 new parks spread through municipality (see my main local park page for more info on that).  By times we've spent a LOT of time at Seaview Park - for a while after Hurricane Juan it was the only legal offleash park anywhere because Point Pleasant Park was closed.  Back then Seaview was a VERY busy place!

Point Pleasant Park and Seaview Park offer two completely different experiences for your dog - Point Pleasant gives you a sniff-and-pass type experience and Seaview gives you a rough-housing, wrestling, chasing, "I'm going to get you" experience.  So be fore-warned about that.  Also be fore warned that if you bring a chuck-it or a ball for your dog - you ARE going to have to share it!  PLEASE understand that!

I will give you some links to other web sites that give tips for dog parks that are like Seaview and what proper etiquette is for these types of places. 

There's a super website for a dog park in Waterloo Ontario for a place called Dogerloo and they had these fabulous guidelines for their "leash free park" that were just super and are were a MUST READ that included things like - "don't carry your small dog around because big dogs consider that like carrying around bait - keep small dogs on the ground where they belong."  I LOVED that, because it's true.  Unfortunately the group doesn't exist anymore, but I was able to grab their guidelines before their website disappeared.  Here's a pdf file of their super tips: http://charlieloveshalifax.ca/dogerloo_guidelines[1].pdf    

I've made a pamphlet that in the past I put copies of at the entrance to Seaview park because I thought the information was so important.  It's text from the Goodpooch.com website with pictures of the dogs of Seaview park.  I believe Halifax dog culture has a serious problem with dogs playing together and how they should act, and I was tired of it.  The text and pictures from the pamphlet are posted on my blog at http://dogkisser.blogspot.com/2004/06/pamphlet-i-made-for-seaview-park.html

Is your dog a dog friendly dog?  Click here and find out!  This link also has a link to the HRM's website about "responsible dog ownership"  

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