Best Neighborhood For Dogs In Sarasota?

What is the best neighborhood for dogs in Sarasota?
With miles of sidewalks, a couple of miles of nature trails in the woods, many other residents out and about with their dogs for fido to say high to, bay street dog park within 10 minutes and even an oceanside beach nearby dedicated to dogs the hands-down winner is Turtle Rock. The runner up is Promenade Estates, which has a dog park, but has no shade, and this is one reason this makes it a runner up.

What is the best dog to have? Carolina Dog (of course)

What is a Carolina Dog?
Indigenous to the United States, the Carolina Dog is a rare, primitive dog breed and relatively new to domesticity (getting one helps them avoid extinction). They are medium in size, agile, and independent; they’re also known for being very clean dogs. Carolina Dogs are generally shy and suspicious in nature, but once a dog accepts a human into its pack, those behaviors disappear toward that human. A sighthound of medium build, they have the general appearance of a jackal or wolf. The Carolina Dog is also sometimes called the Yellow Dog, the American Dingo, the Dixie Dingo, and the Yaller. They were feral and lived in the Southeastern United States for hundreds of years, and they’re still found in the wild in some parts of Georgia and South Carolina. For a great story about Carolina Dogs please read this article.

Why Carolina Dogs Are Great For Families

They love big families and big homes with yards or neighborhoods where they can run around. Carolina Dogs are incredibly loyal to their humans and sweet and playful with kids. That said, outside of large pack "families" Carolina Dogs are probably not going to be overly affectionate but will form close bonds with their humans. Show them strong leadership and let them know you’re in charge when training.

They may act reserved and wary of strangers, but they don’t tend to behave aggressively. It's also nice to be original and different saying you have a Carolina Dog vs. yet another lab, retriever or other dog that everyone else has. You know who you are to want that type of dog. Hesitant with strangers, they will sound the alarm when unaware of who's at the door, but once they see their people, they are ecstatic. 

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Canines of this breed are pack dogs through and through, and they’d thrive in multi-dog and person homes, forming loving bonds with other dogs and humans alike. They have a high prey drive, so you must watch them closely around other small animals. Carolina dogs are descended from the canines that accompanied the Paleo-Indians who traveled from Asia to North America over the Bering land bridge. Today, they can still be found living wild near the Georgia-South Carolina border, but have also been seen as far north as Ohio and Pennsylvania and as far west as Arizona; rural areas are the common denominator. The typical Carolina dog has pointed ears, a fox-like snout and a tail that curves like a fishhook when it is raised. They look similar to Australian Dingoes but, taxonomically, they fall under canis familiaris. Carolina Dogs have an extreme pack mentality, as this was a necessity for survival in the wild