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BARK BITS #18

September 26, 2010

AGILITY DEMONSTRATION:

On Wednesday, September 29, at 5:30PM, Cinda Walters and her award-winning Australian shepherds, Jake and Zeke will present an agility demonstration at NOLA City Bark. Cinda has been enjoying agility training and competitions for 8 years. Jake and Zeke have earned the top ranking of Excellent in agility; both also hold titles in sheep herding. Cinda will also bring her more recent rescue, Riley. Age 2 years, Riley has only been training for about 6 months. It will be interesting to compare the "rookie" to Cinda's 2 experienced competitors.

The demonstration will be held outside the dog park fence; the dog park will remain available to permit holders and their off-leash dogs. You may watch the agility demonstration with your dog, but she must be on-leash while outside the fence and viewing the demonstration. This program is free and open to the public. Non-permit holders are welcome to come in and visit the dog park before or after the demonstration, but, as always, only registered dogs are allowed within the gated area.

Following the demonstration, Cinda will be glad to answer questions and will have information available on agility training lessons.
Thursday, September 30, is the rain date for this event.

PERMIT, PLEASE: We continue to receive complaints about non-permit holders lingering at the gate until they are admitted into the dog park by a permit holder. If you have a friend that does not hold a permit, but joins you for entrance, please discontinue this practice and ask your friend to purchase a permit for his own use of the dog park. If someone you do not know asks to be admitted, please tell the person that admission is by permit only.

Admission to the dog park is by permit only because:

The $35 calendar year annual fee is used to pay for maintenance of the park, which includes grass cutting; flea treatments; cleaning of bathrooms, shelters, trash cans, and waste stations; purchase of waste bags and cleaning products; security; repairs; etc.

By purchasing a permit, NOLA City Bark users sign a contract with NOLA City Bark agreeing to abide by the rules and claiming responsibility for their pets.

We want to keep the dog park safe, fun, and affordable for all. Please respect the permit rule and understand that if you admit non-permit holders into the park, you are violating the contract that you signed and risk having your permit revoked and swipe card deactivated.

Woof Woof!