Eagle Scout prospect from Northville opens agility course for dogs
It was a dog day afternoon on Friday in Northville, with pooches bounding fences, leaping over obstacles, diving swiftly through incremented poles. A dog agility course debuted at the Marv Gans Community Park just off Beck Road, marked by fields for soccer and baseball. It's just what 17-year-old Jonathan Barringer hoped it would be. The Northville Township teen put the course together to provide a service to the community. Barringer is an Eagle Scout prospect, and that, of course, necessitates providing for the people around you. "Around two years back, my dog went to an agility course...