Shaggy Pines Dog Park

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Shaggy Pines Dog Park Shaggy Pines Dog Park is a 16 acre private dog park located in Ada, Michigan. Visitors are welcome! We're on twitter! https://twitter.com/shaggypinesdogs

This unique, 20-acre private park is located in the heart of Cascade Township serving the Metro Grand Rapids area. You'll find plenty of towering pines, rolling hills, and wide-open green spaces just 3 miles from 28th Street! Shaggy Pines Dog Park has been designed as your dogs very own 'heaven-on-earth'.

MORE CLASSES AT SHAGGY’S TRAINING CENTER!!SIGN UP NOW! GIN BROPHY AND EVERYDAY WONDERDOG TRAINING
10/08/2026

MORE CLASSES AT SHAGGY’S TRAINING CENTER!!

SIGN UP NOW! GIN BROPHY AND EVERYDAY WONDERDOG TRAINING

Fall Classes are Open. Register Now.
10/05/2026

Fall Classes are Open. Register Now.

Photo dump - Shaggy dogs doing Shaggy things. ❤️
09/18/2026

Photo dump - Shaggy dogs doing Shaggy things. ❤️

~ Member Highlight ~Meet Tony and Lychee Yu! They have been members since Lychee was 17 weeks old. She is now 1 ½ years ...
09/14/2026

~ Member Highlight ~

Meet Tony and Lychee Yu! They have been members since Lychee was 17 weeks old. She is now 1 ½ years old. Either Tony or one of his immediate family members has been a member of Shaggy Pines since 2005, with only a short break around 2015 when no one in his family had a dog.

Like most members, Tony’s number one reason for joining Shaggy Pines was safety. It gives him peace of mind knowing that all of the other dogs have their vaccinations and have passed a temperament evaluation.

Tony believes Lychee gets all the physical and mental stimulation she needs at the park. She loves being off leash and having the freedom to roam and run as she wishes, but is never too far away from him – as Shaggy Pines’ 16 acres is separated into 5 distinct parts sectioned off by fencing and gates. She can chase her ball, play with dog friends, cool off in the pond or sniff till her heart is content.

Tony loves the strong sense of community. It’s a ‘chill’ environment – not only are members very friendly, but they are also very conscientious about taking care of the park. You will never see trash lying around, if something is amiss, it is reported to management straight off and members are always willing to give another a hand, if help is needed.

Like a lot of members, Tony appreciates that you can make the park into whatever he needs it to be to fit his day. If he needs to take a business call, he can do a lap around the park while making his call and Lychee just runs around, following him, and gets her playtime in. If he only a short time he can throw a ball for Lychee in a field, making the most of his time and allowing her to get as much exercise as possible. If he has more time in his schedule, he can take his time and even stop and chat with other members.

On any given day throughout the park you can see people trying to get laps in with their dogs, people having a chat with friends or someone reading on a bench while her dog plays nearby. One thing that is pretty much uniform throughout the park – it is impossible to walk by another member without receiving a nod, a smile or a warm hello – Shaggy Pines just has that kind of community vibe.

Labor Day weekend fun at Shaggy's!
09/08/2026

Labor Day weekend fun at Shaggy's!

Photo dump - pups paying and chillin’.
08/27/2026

Photo dump - pups paying and chillin’.

~Member Highlight ~Barb C. has been a member of Shaggy Pines Dog Park for over 21 years. She joined after she was marrie...
08/25/2026

~Member Highlight ~

Barb C. has been a member of Shaggy Pines Dog Park for over 21 years. She joined after she was married because between her and her husband they had three dogs - two Huskies and one Lab. Walking them was total chaos. She also felt that walking them wasn’t enough exercise for them - she wanted a safe place for them to run.

Barb had heard of Shaggy Pines and especially liked the vaccination requirement and the temperament testing for potential dog members. Top of the list for Barb was safety of her pups. She told her husband she was going to try it for a month to see what it was like and also just to see if their dogs even liked it. They made two morning visits in a row before she went to Shaggy’s office and signed up for the year membership.

Her current Labs are Lillie and Hayley. Lillie (magenta collar) is 6 years old and Hayley is 4 - both are high-energy Labs, and they have been members since they were puppies. Barb brings them every morning to run and it is common to see them in the front field playing and chasing balls with the 4 or 5 other black Labs that make up Shaggy's Black Lab Club - an informal meetup of black Labs that happens most mornings.

Barb was first intrigued by Shaggy’s because it was a safe environment for her dogs to play, but after joining, she realized it was way more than just a dog park. It was a community. Not only does she know that if something were to happen to her or one of her dogs while in the park, other members would be right there to help. But beyond that? When Hayley was just 6 months old, Barb was out of commission due to an injury and couldn’t exercise her dogs. Two Shaggy members came out to her house and exercised both Hayley and Lillie in her backyard, so she could have the peace she needed to relax and heal - without a 6-month-old Lab puppy going crazy because of no exercise. That is community.

Barb’s favorite thing about Shaggy’s? How happy her dogs are at the park. So happy she needs to wear earplugs. As soon as she turns onto 36th, they both let loose with nonstop crying. By the time she turns into Shaggy’s drive it is continual earsplitting barking. In other words, a lot of Lab happy.

IT’S August Happy Hour!
08/17/2026

IT’S August Happy Hour!

~ New Member Highlight ~ Meet Suzie, a 7-month-old beagle who just became a Shaggy member last month. Suzie might be a n...
08/16/2026

~ New Member Highlight ~

Meet Suzie, a 7-month-old beagle who just became a Shaggy member last month. Suzie might be a new member, but her humans are not. They have been members for 17 years with two other beagles. Before Suzie, they had Madeline. Madeline came to Shaggy every day - to run, play and to greet all her human (her favorite humans were the ones with treats) and dog friends. Madeline died last October when she was 14 years old.

Our dogs are such a huge part of our daily lives and when they are suddenly gone it leaves such overwhelming and suffocating voids. The daily Shaggy visit wasn’t just about getting Madeline exercise and stimulation - it was also exercise for her Mom and Dad, as well as visiting with all of the friends they have made over the years as human members. So many human friendships have been made at Shaggy just hanging out, watching our pups play, talking about whatever - laughing at our dog’s antics and just relaxing. Shaggy has a very strong sense of community - Shaggy is family.

After Madeline passed, her Dad continued to walk at Shaggy every day (this is actually not uncommon after a dog passes), but her Mom just wasn’t up to it. Shaggy just held too many memories of Madeline, and it was too much for her. Several months went by and Madeline’s Mom still wasn’t walking at Shaggy with her husband.

One of the PT employees at Shaggy Pines, Whitney, noticed Madeline’s Mom still hadn’t visited the park since Madeline passed and sent her an email asking her if she was available to help her out because she was too busy working and her dog really needed the exercise - would she be willing to walk through Shaggy with her dog, Luca, while she worked?

Madeline’s Mom said ‘yes’, she would help. Because family helps family, right? That request for help was the little step and gentle push Madeline’s Mom needed to get back to the park. Several months later, they got 7-week-old Suzie and when she turned 6 months old, she became a member as well and is running, playing and making her dog and human friends every day with her Mom and Dad.

Welcome to the Shaggy family, Suzie - we are so happy to have you here!! ❤️

Address

3895 Cherry Lane Avenue SE
Ada, MI
49301

Opening Hours

Tuesday 7am - 9pm
Wednesday 7am - 9pm
Thursday 7pm - 9pm
Friday 7am - 9pm
Saturday 7am - 9pm
Sunday 7am - 9pm

Telephone

+16166769464

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