2021 has been a landmark year for the Bark for Your Park™ program! It’s our tenth year administering the program and we are thrilled to announce that over 62,000 people across the country made their voices heard with votes for their favorite community. It’s been an exciting month of voting, and now we’re happy to congratulate our ten winners!

The five winners pursuing grants for new parks will each receive $25,000:

• Binghamton, NY (Broome County)
• Creston, IA
• Carbondale, IL
• Milwaukee, WI
• Newport, NH

The five winners pursuing grants to improve existing local parks will each receive $5,000:

• Bossart Bark Park in Tyler, TX
• Hudson Dog Park in Hudson, NY
• Horsham Dog Park in Horsham, PA
• Kauai Humane Society Dog Park in Lihue, HI
• Thompson Road Regional Dog Park in Fenton, MI

We compiled a breakdown of the final vote counts and standings for our 30 finalists:

On behalf of the PetSafe® brand family, we want to say a big “thank you” to everyone who participated. It’s wonderful to see so many communities invested in creating a better world for pups and their people. If your community didn’t make the cut, we encourage you to try again next year! See you in 2022!