Comments on: Exploring The Middlesex Fells & Sheepfold

By: Sheepfold at the Fells Reservation | Spots For Dogs

Sheepfold at the Fells Reservation | Spots For Dogs — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:20:14 +0000

[...] one of just many areas of the Reservation and is the main gathering place for dog owners. You can learn more about this spot for your dog on Fido Loves. [...]

By: Jay Stebbins

Jay Stebbins — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:38:28 +0000

Pat, the bags of poop left behind drives me nuts too. Especially when there is a huge dumpster in the corner of the parking lot. Great tip on bringing something to carry bags of poop in until you make it back to the parking lot.

We try to get our dog to poop as soon as we enter Sheepfold while we are still close to the dumpster. Un-load the loaded dog so to speak….

By: Pat F.

Pat F. — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:45:43 +0000

I bring my English Cocker Spaniel, Rocky, to the Fells often; usually at least once a week. It is a wonderful place for dogs and people! Most people are dog-friendly, even those without dogs.

My only peeve is that too many people leave filled poop bags on the ground (sometimes in the trees) while they go and walk their dogs. I know that carrying around a bagful of poop is no pleasure – believe me, I don’t drag it around as a fashion accessory – but I think is tacky to just leave it on the ground, even if you pick it up on the way back to the parking lot and dumpster. Because it’s never just one bag left in the Sheepfold Meadow or elsewhere, it’s two or three or four or more.

You can always double-bag or get some kind of shoulder-casing to carry it around if you absolutely can’t stand to carry the bagged ‘goods’.

Thankfully, only a small percentage of dog owners leave the bags lying around to sully the landscape.

And it’s a gorgeous and BIG place to walk, run and bike with the dogs.