Singles Find Love At The Lakewood Dog Park

Single? Tired of the bar scene? Or being hit on at the gym? Forget about stalking the celery in the produce aisle waiting for someone who looks available!

The Lakewood Dog Park is THE new place for singles to find love!

Think about it. Lakewood has more 18- to 35-year-olds than any other Cleveland suburb. More households now own dogs than have kids. And let’s face it; dogs are chick and guy magnets. If you love dogs, what better way to meet people with the same interests and values than at a place where other people who share that love of dogs congregate? The Lakewood Dog Park is where Kaylee and Chad found love.

This is truly a story of PUPPY LOVE.

A Texas girl transplanted to Lakewood, Kaylee Daussin confides, “The Lakewood Dog Park was a place for me to meet new people.” With Cinder, her Border Collie mix by her side, she explains, “We all have one thing in common--the ability to speak ‘dog.’”

Chad Bray adds, “We’d see each other every day at Lakewood Dog Park about 6 p.m.”

Kaylee chimes in, “It was easy to get to know one another. We started talking about our dogs and babbled away for hours.” Chad adds, “We both belong to Friends of the Lakewood Dog Park, so we spend lots of time together volunteering on projects. Now even my dog Buster and Kaylee’s dog Cinder are inseparable.”

Chad goes on, “In the beginning, a group of us would go out for dinner after going to the dog park. Then, Kaylee and I went to a reggae Summer Concert at the Lakewood Library--that was our unofficial first date.” “After that, we just started spending more time together,” says Kaylee, smiling. “Our first kiss was on Black Friday 2010. Chad had just asked me to officially date him.” Kaylee blushes with this confession. “We both work and are in grad school. It sounds a bit old-fashioned, but we took it slow.”

Here’s where this love story gets really exciting.

Besides their love of dogs, the couple enjoys backpacking, hiking and cycling. In fact, it was on a trip to the Virginia Kendall Ledges in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, on December 9th, that Chad proposed to Kaylee!

Do Chad and Kaylee give credit to the Lakewood Dog Park for meeting their “perfect match”? You bet they do!

“We’re getting married June 9th!” Chad proclaims. Kaylee happily professes, “We have so many things in common. But, it was our crazy love for dogs that brought us together. And our dogs couldn’t be happier either!”

Now that’s called PUPPY LOVE!

Friends of the Lakewood Dog Park invite all dog lovers and singles to attend the:

PUPPY LOVE PARTY

SUNDAY, FEB. 19

6 P.M. TO 9 P.M.

At The Avenue Tap House

18206 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, Ohio 44017

Tickets and event details available at: www.LakewoodDogPark.org.