swimming dogs: August 2008 Archives
These Baltimore dogs got to celebrate the last day of the summer pool season with "45 minutes of soggy chaos," according to the bloggers at ohmidog!. More than 30 dogs were "running, splashing playing and barking."
Apparently the frivolity took place in a park where there can be tensions between between people who let their dogs run and those who go there to swim. The swim pool staff opened up the water to the dogs as something of an end-of-the-season goodwill gesture.
So at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the last day of the season for the city pool:
Nikkie Cobbs opened the doors to the dogs and the line of people who had heard about the spontaneous dog swim. .. All the dogs got along fine, and none of the non-dog people at the pool, who were warned of what was about to transpire, appeared to be bothered.
All in all, it went ... well, swimmingly.
There are more photos and a slide show on the link.
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.