Snoopy is a recent addition
Duboce Park is a much beloved San Francisco dog park and is host to the annual “DogFest” in the spring. It is here where Harvey Milk “accidentally” stepped in dog doo in a staged TV news event to draw attention to his “pooper scooper” law. And it’s here where you can see all sizes of canines compete for Frisbees and attention in a large grassy area about the size of a football field.
But not all areas of the park are for running free. Several years ago the Parks and Rec Department painted signs on the sidewalk intended to inform dog owners that their dog must be on a leash. I walk through the park every day and noticed that a week later the sidewalk dogs were “updated” by stencil artists to look different. Then, they were painted back to the original standard-looking dog. Then, once again, creatively updated. Then painted back. This went on for months until Parks and Rec apparently gave up. Today, there are no signs of the original artwork, but I did get a photo early on, which you can see below.
The original dog no longer exists. You can see someone once gave this dog a talk bubble.