To become a Barkwood Member you must first attend one of our free Open House walks. This will give you the opportunity to see our park, our trails and learn about the safety features of the park that keep all our pups safe. We run these regularly. Please join our Mailing List to hear about our next one or send us a message using the contact box below if you have specific questions.
The walk is 45 minutes with your dog and any other dogs and owners interested in becoming members that week.
This walk will be lead by one of our Dog Socialization Assessment experts where we will meet your dog and see how they interact with the other dogs on the walk as well as confirm they have the off-leash recall skills needed to walk safely in such a large space. A few notes on this process:
- Since we don’t know your dog yet, we will ask that they stay leashed until we ask you to let them off.
- We try our best not to make the results of the assessment public. That said, if we feel we are unable to complete the walk with your dog present you may be asked to leave mid-way through. We will do this as discreetly as possible.
- A note on puppies: For most breeds we find that under a year old they will stick with their owner. If you have a puppy but haven’t tried off leash walking yet, we encourage you to still reach out and we can discuss with you if a tour is right for your dog at this time. If they don’t pass, we will send you home with some advice on what to work on with your dog and where to do that work. Then you can come back and pass at a future tour.
Once your dog is accepted we will inform you of all of the policies and procedures in place to ensure that only Barkwood members are on the property at all times.
You will get your materials to allow entrance to the park and learn about our reporting system to inform us of any unauthorized users or any dogs behaviours you don’t believe are acceptable so you can help out our staff who patrol the park to ensure we keep it exclusive to Barkwood members and social dogs.
Pricing:
Full memberships are $65/month for one dog and $20 for any additional dogs. These can be used during any daylight hours.
Weekend Only memberships are $50/month ($15 per additional dog). These can be used on Saturday and Sunday as well as all Statutory Holidays.
Gift Memberships are available for a 3-month membership at either Full or Weekend pricing, paid up-front, with a 10% discount. The Gift Membership will be refunded if the dog does not pass the assessment during their tour.
All dogs must pass the socialization screening to be allowed onto the property. Prices are subject to HST.
Please note, while you’ll want to share this experience with all your dog owning friends, we only allow screened dogs to be on the property. Non-member humans are allowed to walk with a member but non-member dogs must be screened before they can join. We encourage you to tell your friends about our next Open House and we’d be happy to screen their dog for membership.