Waggin’ Tails Trail
Waggin’ Tails Trail
Nearly 1/2 Mile Wooded Trail – Open To The Public
Dogs Always Welcome
About Our Trail
Waggin’ Tails Trail is a nearly 1/2 mile long wooded looping trail that we have built and opened to the public. This trail allows us to exercise our adoptable animals, let the animals have a quaint and personal experience with potential adopters as well as for the public to bring their animals out to walk.
Location & Hours
Our trail entrance is on the north side of our building. When parking in our lot, you will be able to see our gazebo to the north of the building and will find the entrance next to it. For the full loop, stay right at each split in the trail.
Open 7 Days A Week – Sun Up to Sun Down
We ask that all animals remain on a leash and that you please pick up after yourself and your pets.
Trail designer and builder Rick West enjoying the observation deck with shelter dog Yeller.
About The Trails Designer
Last September, full-time Humane Society employee Rick West, an avid outdoorsman and lover of all things four-legged, heard the call in his heart loud and clear.
“I was just looking at what was there and I saw some real potential for the land,” Rick said. “And I wanted to give the dogs at the shelter a break, a place where hound and human can relax and enjoy a natural setting. I wanted potential adopters to be able to see another side of the dog, a side that wasn’t confined to a cage.”
Click here to read the entire story about Rick’s journey of creating the Waggin Tails Trail.
Support Waggin’ Tails Trail
We want to continue to expand our trail with more signage, a trail head, benches and tables, etc.
If you or an organization would be interested in volunteering to build or install upgrades, please reach out to us!
If you are interested in donating supplies or materials, please call the shelter at 812-847-4780.
If you would like to donate monetarily to help continue to expand the Waggin’ Tails Trail, please use the link below!
