GETTING WORSE BEFORE GETTING BETTER...

It seems the warm weather is about to arrive. I know you're all--rather, your dogs are all anxious to come back to the park! Yesterday, the sun alone caused the ground to turn mushy. Today, the snow and ice started to melt, and once again there are puddles in the park and parking lot, and the road is just wet. We hope there is little if any rain tomorrow, so that nature can do it's work out there. We have lots of work to do too. We both are hopeful that we can open on Tuesday. This weekend would be nice, but we're afraid that's just too optimistic. I'll keep you posted. Current members will be compensated for the days we have to be closed. No one is more anxious to reopen than I am, but we appreciate all our members' patience and understanding. Oh, Bob said to tell you that as the snow melts, it reveals all sorts of doggy doo-doo that had been hiding underneath! It's not exactly tulips...
We are talking to fence companies about making a few changes in the park. We're planning to move the small dog area to the NE corner of the park with a separate electronic entrance gate adjacent to the current one. The training yard will be locked from the outside, although still accessible from inside the park . If anyone has any ideas, or knows any reliable fence companies, please let us know. Speaking of training, we're planning the new season of classes. We're hoping to add a Rally Obedience class and we have a woman who contacted me and has experience teaching flyball! If there's enough interest, (and ability) maybe CCC can get a team together. Please let us know what you're interested in. All of our classes are offered to members first, at a discounted rate. When the training yard is freed up, we'll have more time for classes.
We're also going to investigate putting lattice or something under the railing on the porch--our concern is that some big rowdy dog is going to knock over one of our members on the porch! (Please try to have your dogs walk slowly and be calm if they're on the porch, and don't allow leg-lifting on the furniture up there.) We'll let you know what we think, and I hope you members will do the same. The first thing that needs to happen is for us to get back in business so we can get some renewals and new members coming in. Until next time....
think spring!!