Don't Go To Greeley, Colorado The quick tip for this month is: Don't go to Greeley, Colorado. The plains town was renamed for the 19th Century New York Tribune newspaper editor who popularized the phrase, "Go West, young man." Apparently that advice was edited from the entire sentence that read, "Go West, young man - but don't take your dog with you." We received this email the other day: Hi there,   I really like your website!  However, I was wondering along with the recommendations of where to take your dog, you could include places where NOT to take your dog?  For example, we just moved to Greeley from Colorado Springs, CO.  with our two golden retrievers, Lucky and Dakota.  When we lived in Colorado Springs there were lots of great places to take our dogs off-leash, however, now that we've lived in Greeley for a few months we've discovered that this is the most dog UNFRIENDLY place in America!  Dogs are not allowed anywhere here, not even in the local parks and on trails, and there is only one dog park that leaves a LOT to be desired!    I wish there was a "warning" website for dog lovers like me --we would have thought twice before moving to Greeley had we known the laws against dogs were so strict here.   Anyway, I have earmarked your site for future reference and have found it very helpful.  I just wish I didn't have to drive 40 minutes just to walk my dogs! : (   Thanks, Rose Greeley, which was founded as a utopian community, is clearly no utopia for dogs. Although we try to steer dog lovers to the best places for dogs we will add a page for "bad dog experiences" as well to save people a trip and maybe work as an agent for change. If you have a place to warn dog lovers about, let us know and we'll add it here: No Dogs! <<Back To April 2008 Newsletter <<Back To Article Index