Happy Tails Dog Park - Buffalo Grove

"Love this park, wish it was a bit bigger. I've rarely had issues when coming here, everyone seems to responsibly keep an eye on their dogs."

"I recommend you stay away from this dog park if you can avoid it. There's essentially zero oversight of who has a pass to come here and who does not. All someone needs to do is open the gate and let their dog in. Which leads me to this: in the year I have been taking my dog, I have seen WAY TOO MANY dog fights at this park. To the point where you never know if it's gonna be a good day of playtime, or if you'll be witnessing two reactive dogs (or more) going at it. There are far too many negligent owners here, bringing dogs that have no business in a park. People bring their own toys, families bring their small children to scream and play. People crowd next to the front gate and chat, while their dogs are acting like a******* The Buffalo Grove Park District needs to tighten up standards, because in my experience things have gotten pretty bad. P.S Look out for a large Husky, he's very aggressive and tried to attack my Boxer just last week. The owners didn't care one bit"

"A large, well-maintained, fenced in, off-leash dog area with friendly dogs and friendly people. A permit is required."

"The GPS location for the dog park is CORRECT right now as of December 20, 2020, but use it if and only if you are getting there on foot. If you are driving there using this location, it will direct you to the dead end as shown in my photo. If you are driving there, use the location "Buffalo Grove" train station as the previous people suggested and go to the end of the parking lot. The dog park is right next to the power tower as shown on the right corner of my photo. The dog park itself is a nice area for the dogs to run. It has two baskets full of tennis balls for the pups to play and it seems well maintained. I didn't give it five star because it is "membership-only" as suggested on the sign of the gate. I have been to dog parks in the suburbs that requires membership or daily pass, but those are 40-60 acres of off-leash dog area. It doesn't make sense to me why this "smaller" area by comparison would require membership as well."

"The place is nice. Small accessible area underneath the power lines. It's not next to any major road so it's secluded enough to be quiet and looks like it's very well maintained. The overflow parking for the train station is shared with the main parking for the park. So it's all the way at the end of the parking lots. Google's GPS coordinates were accurate for the train station, But there is some confusing signage that you might miss while navigating down to the overflow parking lots. If GPS does not take you to the train station you might be in the middle of the subdivisions flanking the park. Just follow the power lines next to the train station."