Who are we?

Sound Hounds is a dog park advisory group helping establish a variety of great dog parks in Sound Puget Sound, Washington. We welcome your involvement. Currently we have about 600 people on our contact list. We also have about 3,000 signatures of people who support Sound Hounds, asking South Sound jurisdictions to designate and develop dog parks.

Sound Hounds began in August 2005 as the Rover Group, researching and helping the City of Olympia with a dog park feasibility study which was approved in October 2006. Afterwards, Rover Group changed its name to Sound Hounds to better reflect its local identity.

Sound Hounds focus is park development, outreach, and fundraising.

Sound Hounds has nine Board members including President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Fundraising Chair, Volunteer Chair, Outreach Chair, Park Development Chair, and Past President.

Contact President Lynn Scroggins at olyscroggins@comcast.net or call (360) 943-2119 for more information and/or ways to get involved. We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, 6:30 – 7:30 pm, at Kevin and Skie’s home, 6:30pm, 1417 Brandon Ct NE, Olympia, WA 98506, 705-2620. All are welcome!

Membership

Sound Hounds have lots of Friends and Members. We are grateful to our members who contribute $25 or more in much needed cash or in-kind support per household, business, government, or community organization per year.

We have five levels of membership:

• 1 Paw ($25-99)
• 2 Paws ($100-499)
• 3 Paws ($500-999)
• 4 Paws ($1,000-4,999)
• The Whole Dog ($5,000 and over)

Donations are tax-deductible through our fiscal agent, the PARC Foundation. Donate to Sound Hounds through the PARC Foundation web site. Help us build our capital account, funding we can use as leverage for more funds and support!

Forms to download. Donation/Membership Form and Petition Form

Other Dog Parks

Check out these videos of other dog parks and dog park building efforts around the United States!

Marymoor Park, Seattle, WA

Green Lake Dog Park, Seattle, WA

Dog Pool Party at Sandcastle, Pittsburgh, PA

Fort Collins Pooch Plunge, Fort Collins, CO

Walnut Creek Dog Park Opening, Walnut Creek, CA

Kernersville Dog Park Opening, Kernersville, NC

Vancouver Dog Park, Vancouver, BC

Five Cities Dog Park, Five Cities (Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Pismo Beach, Shell Beach, Oceano) CA

Fairbanks Dog Park, Fairbanks, AK

Kansas City Dog Parks Are Needed, Kansas City, MO

Shreveport Dog Parks Are Needed

Buffalo Dog Park Opening, Buffalo, NY