When Mariana Lucero’s mini Australian shepherd Artie was 4 months outdated, she took him to the dog run at Tompkins Sq. Park for the 1st — and very last — time. 

“A totally unsupervised dog went right after Artie, nipping him so tricky that he stayed under a bench shaking and refused to occur out,” claimed the dental assistant who life on the Lower East Facet.

From then on she relegated his off-leash enjoy to School Lawn at College for the Canines in the East Village. The canine academy arranges exclusive groupings of 6 pre-screened pooches to securely frolic below the supervision of both of those entrepreneurs and a trainer.

“I like the security and the simple fact that Artie is understanding to have confidence in other canines once more,” Lucero mentioned of her now 1-calendar year-aged pup. “School Lawn has genuinely improved his life for the better.”