I am against the use of football fields totally but as for parks we have pensioners around me who use the parks for their dogs. They cannot walk down the river as I can and so throwing a ball in the park is the only way their dogs get a good run.There needs to be compromise a set area for dogs the parks are big enough to to be used by all....well our's are.
By the way my yorkies have more energy than the beddy and are really rough and tough little things not lap dogs