Shadow Cliff Recreation Area

Pleasanton's new $300,000 "Cubby's" dog park opened Saturday, with Mayor Jerry Thorne leading a joyful celebration.

This large, enclosed dog park is a great area for your dog to run about off leash while you relax in the shade. There is water for hot dogs, as well as trash stations for you to clean up after them. This park has a 28,000-square-foot off-leash section. Around the rest of the park, there are BBQ pits and picnic spaces.

This wine country public park welcomes dogs. Fido is welcome to join you on the trails, which follow winding streams through fields and woods as long as they are on a leash. The park itself is 847 acres in size, with pathways for hiking, biking, walking, and jogging. The entrance charge to the park is $7 for per vehicle. Every day of the week, from 7 a.m. to sunset, Sycamore Grove is open.

Dogs are welcome at Vista Meadows Dog Park. This is one of five fenced off-leash dog parks in the Livermore region, and dogs have access to drinking water. You and Petzooie can take the paved route from the play area up the hill to an approximately 39,000-square-foot fenced grassy hillside dog park just over the crest. Your dog is free to go about on the grass off-leash.

Your pup can run off leash on many trails.

This enclosed, off-leash dog park features a separate little dog section, water fountains, chairs, and agility equipment, as well as lots of room to run on the soft grass.