slleipnir
02-14-2006, 03:49 PM
Anyone have any idea what the price range for a full set for both agility and flyball may cost?
A lot of people have told me "why not start your own club". I have actually been thinking about it...The thing is, I need 1)I place to practice. 2)equipment and 3) people! Some of those people need to have experiance with both these sports, because I certainly don't.
As a place, I was thinking of getting people together, and working on buying the equipment, and perhaps making some of it. Once I get so many people together, lets say 20, I would then like to talk to the Humane Society. They have a big dog park there with SOME agility equipment. I was going to see about having 1 day a week where the park is CLOSED to the public for a few hours only. Durning this time people can come and we can work on training the dogs, and have some runs for fun. I want it all to be for fun for now. Maybe it could grow, and we could have some teams, but mostly it won't be competitive at all. I would like to have an area for flyball, and an area for agility. I was thinking the people who would like to participate would pay a fee of some sort, this will go to the humane society. So, I can see this being useful to the HS. They will hopefully get people coming out weekly and seeing an asortment of dogs, perhaps they can have their dogs out too for people to adopt. Also, they will have access to a training center for their shelter dogs. Instead of just training the dogs to come or sit, they can say "partially trained in agility or flyball" wouldn't that look good for the dog? Perhaps it would help people to adopt that dog and continue training it (instead of just adopting it and not knowing they could do it with their dog) They would get money for their shelter too. The equipment would be provided...but maybe an add-on fenced area would be neccessary.
My major problem is, HOW do I get the equipment?! I certainly don't have that kind of money. Does anyone know of any websites that sells this stuff or even some ball-park prices? Also, what do think of this idea? It would only be a summer thing obviously.
A lot of people have told me "why not start your own club". I have actually been thinking about it...The thing is, I need 1)I place to practice. 2)equipment and 3) people! Some of those people need to have experiance with both these sports, because I certainly don't.
As a place, I was thinking of getting people together, and working on buying the equipment, and perhaps making some of it. Once I get so many people together, lets say 20, I would then like to talk to the Humane Society. They have a big dog park there with SOME agility equipment. I was going to see about having 1 day a week where the park is CLOSED to the public for a few hours only. Durning this time people can come and we can work on training the dogs, and have some runs for fun. I want it all to be for fun for now. Maybe it could grow, and we could have some teams, but mostly it won't be competitive at all. I would like to have an area for flyball, and an area for agility. I was thinking the people who would like to participate would pay a fee of some sort, this will go to the humane society. So, I can see this being useful to the HS. They will hopefully get people coming out weekly and seeing an asortment of dogs, perhaps they can have their dogs out too for people to adopt. Also, they will have access to a training center for their shelter dogs. Instead of just training the dogs to come or sit, they can say "partially trained in agility or flyball" wouldn't that look good for the dog? Perhaps it would help people to adopt that dog and continue training it (instead of just adopting it and not knowing they could do it with their dog) They would get money for their shelter too. The equipment would be provided...but maybe an add-on fenced area would be neccessary.
My major problem is, HOW do I get the equipment?! I certainly don't have that kind of money. Does anyone know of any websites that sells this stuff or even some ball-park prices? Also, what do think of this idea? It would only be a summer thing obviously.