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CATERING TO CANINES <br /> M z ° _: ,i <br /> 5 _ <br /> h;. <br /> r_ <br /> S <br /> P <br /> e <br /> e € c # <br /> . _4� sr 1 }s <br /> , t ti:'1*:::%.„,.1 <br /> S 'd <br /> - i r p if , Fi <br /> -- - _0, % C,-t <br /> ."1'. <br /> S{-}` <br /> •--`7----- <br /> "s "ate - - - 3 °e. <br /> ' =-yam <br /> e5 <br /> -..40 ,114'....t.';',,4.7.... THOMAS BOYD/The Register-Guard <br /> Professionall dog walker Alicia Johnson and her son,Liam,socialize with some of the dogs trying out the new dog park Saturday at Alton Baker Park. <br /> • <br /> Park gdogs <br /> more room to run <br /> ®Alton Baker Park: Dogs and among dog park regulars. "They have twice as DOGGONE QUESTIONS <br /> much room to run and all their friends are here." <br /> their owners frolic at the opening of a It was a regular meet and greet,with more tail �eyaseeshades e cof gra olor?A little,but it's muted.Mostly <br /> sniffings than handshakes. <br /> larger, tree-studded, off-leash area. The new space replaces Alton Baker's previous Why do dogs smell other dogs'private parts? <br /> off-leash park, dc <br /> treeless and heavily used 2-acre They want information.Sniffing tells them whether a <br /> fenced area beside the park's community garden. dog is male or female,and when a dog is ready for <br /> By GARRET JAROS The new park, a 4-acre site in the shape of a mating. <br /> The Register-Guard bow tie, is located just west of the Canoe Canal •Is dog saliva cleaner than human saliva?No.Just <br /> Imagine being chauffeured to a park built in footbridge near Autzen Stadium. Dog owners can look at what a dog eats and licks. <br /> your honor, rubbed from back to bum while being get there via Centennial Boulevard and Leo Harris Is• it safe for dogs to eat grass?Most veterinarians <br /> lavished with praise, and being offered as much parkway. sayyes.Wild dogs do so to supplement their diet.It's <br /> cake as you care to wolf down. The park's development is expected to cost be- <br /> as <br /> g <br /> It was a dog's life Saturday at the opening of tween$10,000 and$15,000 and will be paid for from dangerous only if a lawn has been chemically treated. <br /> Eugene's newest dog park in a northeast pocket of the parks and open-spaces bond measure approved ■Why do dogs cock their heads?To hone in on <br /> Alton Baker Park. by city voters in 1998. high frequency sounds we can't hear. <br /> "The dogs are really happy here," said park Turn to DOGS,Page 4C Animal Hospital Associfation,"Dog Facts,''Why Doimals,'American l Dogs Do That? <br /> volunteer Cathy Benjamin, who goes by "Queeny" <br /> L <br />