Greater Boston Video: 'Off The Leash' Offers Glimpse Inside Dog-Park Culture

345 views · Published 5 August 2014 · 6:19 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: GBH News · 2014 · News & Politics

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If you're not a dog owner, you probably have no idea that those bustling dog parks you pass are rife with drama: tender tumbling in the grass, teeth feverishly bared, treachery and treats. 

 
Matthew Gilbert's dog, Toby.
Credit Matthew Gilbert
Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert writes about this splendor in the grass in his debut book, “Off the Leash: A Year at the Dog Park,” in which he finds himself happily tugged into the dog eat dog world of his Brookline dog park.

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