Bandit plays in one of the many new fountains at the new Alabama Dream Dog Park in Alabaster, Ala., Thursday, July 12, 2012. The $500,000 renovation creates a dog park with many unique features that include:? custom-designed water splash pads to keep dogs cool during hot Alabama summers; a fetch football field with fire hydrant goal posts; a hill that dogs and owners can climb together to enjoy the view; a doggie wash station; and an adventure path with tunnels and agility hoops, among others. ?(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Bandit plays in one of the many new fountains at the new Alabama Dream Dog Park in Alabaster, Ala., Thursday, July 12, 2012. The $500,000 renovation creates a dog park with many unique features that include:? custom-designed water splash pads to keep dogs cool during hot Alabama summers; a fetch football field with fire hydrant goal posts; a hill that dogs and owners can climb together to enjoy the view; a doggie wash station; and an adventure path with tunnels and agility hoops, among others. ?(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Bandit plays in one of the many new fountains at the new Alabama Dream Dog Park in Alabaster, Ala., Thursday, July 12, 2012. The $500,000 renovation creates a dog park with many unique features that include:? custom-designed water splash pads to keep dogs cool during hot Alabama summers; a fetch football field with fire hydrant goal posts; a hill that dogs and owners can climb together to enjoy the view; a doggie wash station; and an adventure path with tunnels and agility hoops, among others. ?(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
An unidentified Great Dane inspects one of the many new fountains at the new Alabama Dream Dog Park in Alabaster, Ala., Thursday, July 12, 2012. The $500,000 renovation creates a dog park with many unique features that include:? custom-designed water splash pads to keep dogs cool during hot Alabama summers; a fetch football field with fire hydrant goal posts; a hill that dogs and owners can climb together to enjoy the view; a doggie wash station; and an adventure path with tunnels and agility hoops, among others. ?(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Jenny Wilson hugs her dog Honey Belle at the new Alabama Dream Dog Park in Alabaster, Ala., Thursday, July 12, 2012. The $500,000 renovation creates a dog park with many unique features that include:? custom-designed water splash pads to keep dogs cool during hot Alabama summers; a fetch football field with fire hydrant goal posts; a hill that dogs and owners can climb together to enjoy the view; a doggie wash station; and an adventure path with tunnels and agility hoops, among others. ?(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Dogs run through the fountains at the new Alabama Dream Dog Park in Alabaster, Ala., Thursday, July 12, 2012. The $500,000 renovation creates a dog park with many unique features that include:? custom-designed water splash pads to keep dogs cool during hot Alabama summers; a fetch football field with fire hydrant goal posts; a hill that dogs and owners can climb together to enjoy the view; a doggie wash station; and an adventure path with tunnels and agility hoops, among others. ?(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
ALABASTER, Ala. (AP) ? It's a good time to be a dog if you're in the Birmingham, Ala., suburb of Alabaster.
A star of ABC-TV's "Modern Family" series, Eric Stonestreet, was in the Shelby County city on Thursday to help introduce a $500,000 dog park that opened at a city park.
The dog park was funded with a grant from Beneful dog food. It includes agility hoops; a path with tunnels; a field for playing fetch; water sprays for cooling off on hot days; and a wash station.
On Thursday, dogs ran around on the grass, chased after balls and slurped up water at a fountain.
"This park is just tremendous for the city of Alabaster," said Jenny Wilson, who won a design contest for the dog park. "It will bring pet owners and pets together. It just creates a wonderful community feel for pets to be celebrated and for pet owners to really form wonderful relationships with the (community) and with their pets. It's a wonderful gift."
The canine attraction was built on a section of the 90-acre Veteran's Park in Alabaster.
DIY network's "Desperate Landscapes" will air an episode shot at the new dog park.
The Emmy Award-winning Stonestreet has a dog of his own, a 12-year-old rescue animal named Coleman Hawkins.
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