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Peachtree City changes Drake Field dog rules

A Dec. 27 incident at Drake Field prompted Peachtree City to require all dogs be leashed there. Jill Howard Church for the AJC
A Dec. 27 incident at Drake Field prompted Peachtree City to require all dogs be leashed there. Jill Howard Church for the AJC
By Jill HowardChurch
Jan 3, 2019

Dogs in Peachtree City have had their off-leash privileges at Drake Field suspended following ongoing complaints about unruly canines.

City Clerk Betsy Tyler said a Dec. 27 report of a dog biting a person at the multi-use park prompted City Manager Jon Rorie to enact a temporary policy requiring all dogs be leashed there. Since 2010, the policy has been that “an animal that obeys voice commands may be off-leash at Drake Field and in Lake Peachtree when accompanied by and under the voice command of a competent person.”

The City Council will address the issue at its Jan. 17 meeting. The city has had a designated three-acre, off-leash dog park in the McIntosh Recreation Area since 2005.

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