Share the Love at the Sepulveda Basin Dog Park

Come out and join the fun. The Department of Recreation and Parks and volunteers from the Sepulveda Basin Off Leash Dog Park Advisory Board are holding a Valentine’s Day Celebration on Sunday, February 19th, from 10am – 3pm. The event includes a peanut butter-lick-off contest for the dogs; park clean up; blankets, bedding and food collection for dogs in our LA shelters and dog adoptions through Best Friends Animal Society.

Best Friends has entered into a partnership with Los Angeles Animal Services to lease its Northeast Valley Shelter and transform it into a Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay/Neuter Services. Year-one targeted goals for this new undertaking are to find homes for a minimum of 3,000 L.A. city shelter animals and provide 6,000 spay/neuter procedures for the community, along with a variety of special events and community outreach programs.

Adoptions will be taking place throughout the event from 10am – 3pm. Open your heart and save a life by adopting the next member of your family.

Volunteers will be on hand accepting donations of new/ used blankets, towels, sheets, dog beds and unopened bags/ cans of dog food for dogs in the city’s shelters.  Now’s the perfect time to get a jump start on spring cleaning and help keep a dog warm this winter.

Festivities kick off with a park clean up from 10am-12pm, when volunteers gather to help spruce up the park. Volunteers will fill holes, rake leaves, clean chairs and benches, clear the grounds of anything that isn’t supposed to be there and have lots of fun while making the park shine.  Registration begins at 9:00am. 

At 12pm dogs of all sizes will compete for top dog honors in the peanut butter lick-off contest. Dog will be separated into groups by size. The first dog to lick its spoon clean will be declared the winner. Awards will be given to the winner in each group.  It’s not too late, start training today!!

After the event, Los Angeles Animal Services (LAAS) will join the park’s weekly low cost vaccination clinic, from 3:30pm -5pm.  LAAS Officers will be available to discuss Los Angeles' mandatory spay/neuter law and talk about free to low cost sterilizations options that your pet may qualify for.  Please bring your check books, as cash is not accepted.

Dogs must be licensed (including spayed/neutered), current on their vaccinations, both dog and people friendly.  All dogs must be leashed throughout the event.

The Sepulveda Basin Off Leash Dog Park, 7550 Victory Blvd., Encino, CA 91406 (White Oak & Balboa).

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The park is segregated into three separate enclosed areas for the dogs: under 2 lbs, small/timid and large dogs. Here the dogs can come to socialize and exercise in a fun and safe environment. All dogs outside of the enclosures must be leashed at all times. All dogs entering the park must be licensed (including spayed/ neutered), current on their vaccinations, both dog and people friendly.

For more information about the Sepulveda Basin Off Leash Dog Park please contact the Valley Region Office of the Department of Recreation and Parks at 818.756.8185.

For more information about Los Angeles Animal Services, licensing or required vaccinations contact the West Valley Animal Shelter at 818.756.9326.

For more information about Best Friends Animal Society or No More Homeless Pets Los Angeles please contact the organization’s Los Angeles office at 818.643.3989