Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2014

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 2014 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Pages

1-6

Conference Name

2014 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to look at a Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) dog park as a case study exploring the benefits and perceptions of dog parks by its users. The qualitative methodology follows an earlier dog park study by Gómez (2013) in Norfolk, VA. Our findings indicated three major themes: (a) dog exercise, (b) socialization for dogs (and humans), and (c) safe off-leash place. Findings from Virginia Beach are compared to earlier findings in Norfolk.

Comments

This article was written and prepared by U.S. Government employees on official time, and is therefore in the public domain.

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Original Publication Citation

Gómez, E., & Hunting, J. (2014). A qualitative assessment of Virginia Beach dog park users. Paper presented at the 2014 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, Cooperstown, New York, April 6-8, 2014. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/nerr/2014/Papers/14/

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