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Comment by Diana Dickinson on August 30, 2009 at 11:50am

Sara (and Nina): yes, the Columbia Agility Team does rent two fully-furnished barns (Wilsonville and Forest Grove) to their members at a cost of $25/month for a one-hour slot. Becoming a member requires that you work at a trial and attend a meeting (and find a sponsor) (and then be approved by the CAT board). There is a CAT trial in Ridgefield on Sept 12/13 (NADAC, my favorite venue) and a meeting a week or so later, so you could be a member by the end of October The CAT website will have details of how to join.

Comment by Nina Sage on August 29, 2009 at 8:33pm

Sara, if you join one of the local clubs, such as Columbia Agility Team, they rent time with their equipment to their members

http://www.columbiaagility.org/

there is also WAG (Wilamette Agility Group), PAC (Portland Agility Club) and CRAC (Columbia River Agility Club) ... I'm not totally sure exactly where the 4 clubs are, if each club has their equipment set up in a barn or not, and I'm not yet a member of any of the clubs

I do know CAT has the above mentioned setup, because our trainer told us about it :)

Also, come join our Agility group, hopefully we'll get group members who will know more about it than I do :)

Comment by Andrea Schneider on August 9, 2009 at 1:21pm

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Comment by Andrea Schneider on August 9, 2009 at 12:47pm

member and author Val Mallinson has come out with her 2nd Edition of The Dog Lovers Companion to The Pacific Northwest. It is truly a wonderful traveling book to plan trips with your pooch and keep in your car.

Comment by Nicole V on August 3, 2009 at 7:05pm

Sara, neither the Agility club nor the training center I belonged to in WA wanted non-members to use their equipment. The rules at some places may be different here, but dogs and their people really should be properly trained and conditioned before using the equipment on their own...

Comment by Laura & Bailey on August 2, 2009 at 9:49pm

Paula Ratoza on Pdxdog has been our obedience and agility instructor over the years. She has regular classes and would be able to tell you if you could have access to the course off times.

Comment by Andrea Schneider on August 2, 2009 at 7:52pm

good question. I wonder if Kayla Ross knows, she does all the flyball.

I found a fantastic, quiet place on Sauvie Island for Ellie to swim and get her Frisbee. It's so nice to be out in open land and all the farming.

The only thing that made sense, for Ellie's exercise, was swimming. We are so lucky to have so many places to go!

Comment by Sara on August 2, 2009 at 6:10pm

Does anyone know if there is a place where the general public can have access to an agility course?

Comment by Nicole V on July 14, 2009 at 11:08pm

Thank you for the information on intact dogs at the local dog parks. We have been enjoying the one in Sellwood this week.

Comment by missy, angel, ace & ariel on July 10, 2009 at 12:16am

definetly!! thank you for the info
:)

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