FLAOA
...where the 'FL' for "Finger Lakes" could just as easily stand for "Fun Loving"
Becoming a Member
Just as we don't follow the path of other dog organizations by getting hung up on lots of rules and regulations, we also do not make people jump through hoops in order to join our fun; after all, hoops, tires and the like belong on an agility course, not in the way of a good dog owner who wants to spend time in the company of other fun-loving dog owners.
Jumping through hoops is for the dogs!
To that end, gaining membership in FLAOA is relatively simple. To date, we have required prospective members to either take a class with us, or have earned a leg towards a performance title on their dog(s), and until such time as this proves to be problematic for us, it is our intent to continue to operate in this manner. Put another way, thus far, we continue to believe that having fun with us should not be based on whether someone wins a popularity contest, ergo we do not vote on membership applications. And, just as we leave the operational and administrative doldrums to our officers and board, so, too, we bag the notion of voting whether someone should be allowed to play with us; otherwise, we'd have to have meetings... and why would we do that when instead we could be playing with our dogs?
If you find after joining us that we're not your cup of tea (or bag of bones), we will be more than happy to give you a prorated rebate on your membership fee. As mentioned on our Home/About Us page, there are plenty of other dog organizations whch are run in the traditional manner if that is what one wants. The rest of us are too busy herding, or running courses, or practicing our off-lead heeling, or some other activity involving our dogs, i.e., the main reason for all of us getting together, to bother with such traditional, nonsensical time entrapments.
Are you getting the idea that FLAOA is focused on fun? If so, and knowing that we operate in a very non-traditional manner, you'd still like to join us, it's very simple: Take a class with us or earn a leg on a title, fill out the membership application, get two officers to sign off on it, submit it with the appropriate dues to the secretary, and you're in! It's pretty straightforward -- no muss, no fuss. Click below to get our application, and join the club that lets the dogs jump through the hoops!
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