10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6th, Quarry Run Dog Park, Ocean Ave., Portland

Celebrate the new Quarry Run Dog Park at Poochfest, while helping raise much needed funds for improvements to our park. There'll be raffles, a photo contest, games and other contests, a "flea" market, agility, training and flyball demonstrations.


All proceeds go to the maintenance and improvement of the dog park.

I have donated a certificate good for a 6 week group training class to the raffle, and I will be on hand early in the event for two talks.

I will be explaining the The AKC Good Citizen Test, and giving owners tips to succeed in training for it, and the second talk is on 'Reading your dogs body language and using common sense at the dog park'. Due to prior commitment I will not be on hand all day, and my talks are scheduled in the morning.

There will be plenty to see and do. Consider leaving your dog (and kids!) home, especially if they have never been to the park before. The events will be taking place in the small dog field, but the rest of the park will be open for romping dogs.