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Dog's Best Friend
Randy Boyd wants to make Knoxville America's pet-friendliest city

T

he Tennessee Recreation
and Parks Association recent ly presente d R a n dy Boyd, CEO of PetSafe,
with its Individual Service
Award. Boyd has committed $500,000
toward building five new dog parks in
Knoxville and Knox County. The second of the five parks, the one-acre PetSafe Downtown Dog Park, opened in
June 2010. Amenities for the dog park
include separate sections for small and
large dogs, human and dog water fountains, and dog waste stations. Ground
has been broken on a third dog park and
a fourth park is in the planning stages.
" Not long ago, I learned that Knox
County was experiencing dog and cat
euthanasia rates that were extremely
high. We needed to create change in
this area, " says Boyd. " Together with
Mayor Ragsdale, and support from the

	

park system, Knoxville Tourism, YoungWilliams Animal Center, and the University of Tennessee, we set a mission
to help make Knoxville the most pet
friendly community in America. It's a
big goal but a worthwhile one that Knoxville has begun to rally behind, " continues Boyd.
Boyd's company, PetSafe, which provides wireless electronic fence dog
containment systems and other pet
products, is part of a group of organizations and local businesses working to make Knoxville the nation's " Pet
Friendliest Community. " Other parts of
the initiative include working with restaurants to allow dogs on outdoor patios, promoting and providing spay and
neuter services, encouraging pet adoption, and researching the human-animal
bond. Boyd has supported the development of a new Animal Adoption Center in
Knoxville that will more than double the
number of spay and neuter procedures
that can be performed annually in Knoxville. In early 2010, he donated $250,000
to the Blount County Animal Center as
well as funding one of the few veterinary
school behaviorist positions in the country at the Small Animal Clinical Sciences
department of the College of Veterinary
Medicine at the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville.
" The dog parks are the cornerstone
of the project that provides a great way
for people and pets to enjoy Knoxville, "
Boyd says. " We believe that the parks
will contribute in part to increased pet
adoption in Knoxville and more pet owners experiencing the parks with their
dogs. " 
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