Doggie Paddle Day at the Henderson Pool

[GBK]

We had an awesome time at the end of season pool closing this year. It was a little hot, but that saved us from having dripping dogs in the car :) My boy Bud took two years to warm up to the idea of stepping into water on his own. Now I can't keep him out of puddles......

Little miss Kona has not yet warmed up to the idea of swimming. She still keeps more to the edges, but started to move more and more into the water as her friends started palying and most of the other dogs had left. Yes, we did close the place and were asked to leave :) We just moved the fun to a favorite breakfast/lunch place and ate al fresca, dogs were pooped and well behaved as lunch was served. We all can't wait until next year so we can do it all again!
Some video below: (Sorry, the light was awful off the water)

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[Michele Barton]

Wow, fantastic collage! You're very lucky - I wish all public pools did this!

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

How many doodles were there? Looks like so much fun!

[GBK]

We really look forward to this each year. There are two pools in town that do this, but we missed the first closing because we were attending the romp in Malibu. Next year we will try to get into the earlier smaller dog swim, there were probably over 60 dogs at the large dog swim and it was pretty crazy, but they were all well behaved and no problems. Thanks for the collage compliments, it is so hard to capture all the fun in only one picture :)

[Barbara Burrows]

Great pictures of Kona & Buddy...This is the best way to close a pool for the season. Abby can't wait to jump in, Molly still stays close to the edge...

[Diane]

What a great collage...looks like SO much fun!! How many dogs participated?

[Maria & Sammy]

Wow, this sounds like an amazing day for Doodles and owners alike. And the picture posting is just beautiful.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

What fun activities you all have. Looks like soooo much fun.

[Stella]

That looks so awesome! I agree that it would a great business idea!!

[Debbie and Thomas]

Oh yeah-that would be amazing FUN for them and a tidy profit for someone> It safe for them too-not too deep. Lakes and ponds scare me. My doodle can swim but I am not a strong swimmer so if something ever happened, I don't know if I could help. Thks for the post.

[GBK]

He did Debbie :) It was the public pool that allows the dogs in on the last day of the season. I wish someone would be smart enough to do a public dog pool. Just imagine the money they could make, especially out here in the desert!