Oregon Canine University
 
Oregon Canine University: Vernonia Campus
15640 Airport Way
Vernonia, Oregon 97064
Phone: 503-429-0806
Fax: 503-429-0870
Email: info@oregoncanineuniversity.org
 
Directions:
From Portland going West                                
Take US 26 West towards Ocean Beaches
Turn Right onto Nehalem Hwy (OR – 47) Go approx. 11.8 miles
Look for signs for Vernonia Golf Club and Vernonia Airport and
Turn Left onto Timber Rd. E. Go 1.0 mile
Turn Right onto Airport Road. Go 0.3 miles
Bear Left onto Airport Way. Go 0.4 miles
The OCU Ranch is on the left just past the entrance to the park.
 
From Oregon Coast going East                        
Take US 26 East towards Portland
Turn Left onto NW Vernonia Road. Go 2.6 miles
Continue onto Timber Rd. Go 6.5 miles
Turn Left onto Airport Road. Go 0.3 miles
Bear Left onto Airport Way. Go 0.4 miles
 
Rates:
Dog Sleep-over Rates:
$30 per night
$25 per night for each additional dog
 
Day Rates:
$20 per day
 
Shuttle service available - TBD
 
Dogs are required to have proof of current DHLPP, Rabies and Bordetella vaccines and also need evidence of regular flea and tick protection.
 
Call now to schedule your dog their best vacation ever!
 
Get ready for outdoor fun with your four legged friends! Nine year old non-profit animal rescue group Indigo Rescue, recently invested in a 16 acre property in Vernonia and we’ve just opened a brand new business. Our business, called Oregon Canine University: Vernonia Campus, offers dog boarding that's really much more like a vacation getaway for dogs, located in a beautiful country setting. If you’re going on a trip, have company visiting from out of town or maybe a big home remodel project that requires your undivided attention, you can bring your dog out to enjoy fun filled days on the ranch! Our rates are competitive and visiting dogs get to play and have fun in a rural country setting and sleep in specially decorated dog “living rooms” without being kenneled in concrete kennels. Our new property has a huge area of river frontage on the Nehalem River and sits next door to an 18 hole course at the Vernonia Golf Club. The newly opened LL Stub Stewart State Park is just a few miles down the road. Patrons can bring their dog out for a day of fun while they golf or bike the linear trail.
 
Very soon, Oregon Canine University will also feature a full capacity training center offering multiple levels of obedience training, agility course, tracking (search and rescue) and much more. Both the boarding and training operation are being managed by Trish Mills, who is a certified and well respected Portland area dog trainer providing high quality, personalized care for dogs. Our staff and volunteers are all “dog people” and we’ll never have so many dogs that individual attention is not provided for every dog.
 
For our human visitors, we'll be offering a variety of year round seminars and workshops including things like first aide and herbal health care for pets, t-touch, and pet massage. In the kitchen, we’ll have fun classes where we bake homemade dog treats, learn how to make home diets for dogs and much more. Soon, you’ll be able to find a schedule of seminars and classes on our new web site. Within the next few seasons we’ll also be offering organic u-pick blueberries and raspberries, organic, free range eggs and co-op organic vegetable gardening. In front of the property is the Vernonia Airport with a private-plane landing strip so people can fly in for a visit, too! Our property backs up to a beautiful city park that also sits on the river and has 23 camp sites for weekend visitors who want to camp and enjoy weekend seminars and other activities we offer for both dogs and people!
 
There will be two phases of remodel happening on the property beginning with a large building we’re converting into the training center followed by a fantastic barn we’ll be remodeling for multiple uses including a gift shop, private rooms for multiple dog families and Fall Festival and other fundraising events.
 
This investment is a huge step for us, but our primary goal for our project is to funnel the profits from our successful business into our non-profit so we can grow our programs and our ability to accomplish more on behalf of companion animals. As an example, our community needs many more spay/neuter programs to be available so that we can continue to reduce the overpopulation problem, and we want to do more public education about the importance of adopting rather than purchasing pets, training dogs and making lifetime commitments to pets. We're looking to you, our wonderful supporters, to help us make Oregon Canine University a success. We need you to help promote our new business to your friends, relatives and co-workers. Brochures and schedules of events are available and we encourage people to come out for a tour so you can share with all of your dog loving contacts about our new Oregon Canine University.
 
Please find our current wish list below. If you are able to donate or know of a way to get any items donated, please let us know! Feel free to contact us if you have questions about any items we may need. We’re also looking for volunteer laborers to help us put up fences, hang sheet rock, plant more shade trees and shrubs, and many other necessary things! Volunteers work parties will be scheduled on alternating weekends and well behaved dogs are welcome to join us, too! Just lunch and a walk along the river is worth the drive, which incidentally is about 35-45 miles, depending on where you’re coming from. Not that far when you consider you’ll be in a setting that many consider a taste of heaven…especially the dogs!
 
Please join us in making Oregon Canine University a smashing success. Together, we’ll be making a big difference
in the lives of both the dogs and their people, as well as the abandoned and homeless animals of our community.
 
 
 
Wish List (Construction):
 
  1. •Volunteer laborers to put in fences or hang sheet rock!
  2. •Fencing (6' chain link or 6' welded wire)
  3. •Metal Fence Posts
  4. •Sheet-rock
  5. •Insulation (R19 and R30)
  6. •2x4 Lumber
  7. •2x6 Lumber
  8. •6/0 X 4/0 Vinyl Windows (10)
  9. •Air conditioning units (1)
  10. •Electrical Ceiling Heat Units (220)
  11. •Ceiling Fans (3)
  12. •Laminate (4x12 sheets)
  13. •Liquid Concrete
  14. •Gravel
  15. •Interior and Exterior Doors and hardware (3/0x6/8)
  16. •Shop Vac
  17. •Tractor
  18. •Trailer
  19. •Washer/Dryer
  20. •Cordless Drill
  21. •Tractor
  22. •Van for shuttle service
 
 
 
Wish List (Dogs and People):
 
  1. •Sofa’s and oversized chairs (dogs)
  2. •Blankets/sheets or fitted covers for sofas and chairs
  3. •Towels
  4. •Colorful plastic playsets for dogs to climb in/on (usually for kids)
  5. •Dog beds (all sizes)
  6. •x-pens (for itty-bitties)
  7. •Refrigerator
  8. •Cordless Phones