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Happy hounds back playing at dog park

By Monique Preston

Jan 27, 2023

It’s good to be back: Stitch and Xena enjoyed playing at the Princess Park off-leash dog park now that it is open again. Photo by Megan Fisher

Dogs of Shepparton rejoice! The off-leash dog park is back.

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The dog park at Princess Park has finally reopened after being out of action since October.

The park again threw open its gates to the canine residents of Shepparton on Wednesday, January 25.

Flooded: The Princess Park off-leash dog park, behind the black fence in this photo, was well and truly underwater during the October floods and has only just reopened. Photo by Megan Fisher

The off-leash dog park — the only one in Shepparton where dogs do not have to be on their leads — has not been able to be used since the city was hit by the devastating floods in October.

The Goulburn River flooded into the dog park, as well as the rest of the Princess Park area, with water remaining for quite some time before it eventually drained away.

When The News visited the dog park on Friday there were some very happy hounds running around playing and just enjoying being back in the space.