I took my dog here for the first time last weekend and found it to be a decent park. Nothing really special about it, but it has benches, shade, water fountains (for dogs and humans), and garbage cans. There is a large mostly sunny area that is good for playing fetch or letting your dog run around, and a smaller mostly shady area good for smaller dogs or dogs/people that need a break from the sun. I found the park to be decently clean, although I did have to pickup a few bits of trash that someone left behind. The latches on the gates aren't the best, and a couple of them could probably be pushed open by a larger dog. Also the fence it self is kinda low and a large dog could definitely jump over if it wanted to.

After playing in the dog park we went for a leashed walk around the park-park and down to the fishing pier. We found the park it self to be a great place for leashed walks.

By the way, there are two Pinto Lake parks. One is owned by the city of Watsonville (even though the entire lake is actually in the unincorporated area of Amesti), and the other is owned by the County. The County park is the one with the dog park.

I live in watsonville and I never take my dog to this park. I've tried a few times but there were never dogs that he could play with, and the ones that did show up were aggressive and should never go to the park. I would recommend going to the Polo Grounds in Aptos.

Looks like no one cleans up after their dogs. Took one look and decided that I wouldn't let my dog step foot in there.