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PITTSBURG —
About 50 dogs got to have their day in the pool at the Pittsburg Aquatic Center Monday night.
The sixth annual Dog Swim was a success, Pittsburg Parks & Rec Recreation Supervisor Sara Mitchell said. The parks department hosts the dog swim every year before it drains the pool, Mitchell said. And each year it gets bigger. Last year, only about 35 made it to the event.
“I think we’re going to have a good turnout,” Mitchell said.
The event also is a fundraiser for the SEK Humane Society, and guests were able to donate to the society and purchase T-shirts and other items.
“They really enjoy it,” Mitchell said of the dogs and their owners, adding that friends have been sending her text messages to make sure the event was still happening.
Pittsburg resident Susan Russell brought her Brussels Griffon, Macy, and Welsh Corgi, Audrey, to the pool.
“It’s just so fun to watch the dogs, but I found out Macy hates to swim,” Russell said as Macy shivered under a pool chair. “I put her in and she was like, ‘Save me!’”
James Zimmerman and his wife, Kasie, brought their 4-year-old Weimaraner, Marley. It’s one of the few times Marley gets to swim, they said.
“He likes to swim but he doesn’t like dirty water,” James said, adding that they had known about the event for the past couple years but hadn’t been able to attend. “He won’t go in the lake. We finally found a place where he wants to swim.”
Cheryl Koehn brought her Yorkshire terrier, Buttercup.
“She likes it, for a little while,” Koehn said, adding that she also wanted to support the SEK Humane Society. “We do a lot of the stuff they do.”
Down at the deeper end of the pool, Curtis Wakeman and his wife, Jessica, brought their black lab, Sadie, and were training their chocolate lab, Hershey, to retrieve downed water fowl.
“He’s yet to retrieve a duck, though,” Wakeman said. “We went hunting once last year and I had a couple shots on a couple ducks, but when it fell it never hit the water. I don’t know who was more disappointed, him or me.”
Wakeman said he and Hershey train at a pond at a nearby quail farm. This year was the first time they had brought their dogs to the pool.
“It’s good to see how he does with other dogs around,” Wakeman said. “He’s doing pretty good.”
About 50 dogs got to have their day in the pool at the Pittsburg Aquatic Center Monday night.
The sixth annual Dog Swim was a success, Pittsburg Parks & Rec Recreation Supervisor Sara Mitchell said. The parks department hosts the dog swim every year before it drains the pool, Mitchell said. And each year it gets bigger. Last year, only about 35 made it to the event.
“I think we’re going to have a good turnout,” Mitchell said.
The event also is a fundraiser for the SEK Humane Society, and guests were able to donate to the society and purchase T-shirts and other items.
“They really enjoy it,” Mitchell said of the dogs and their owners, adding that friends have been sending her text messages to make sure the event was still happening.
Pittsburg resident Susan Russell brought her Brussels Griffon, Macy, and Welsh Corgi, Audrey, to the pool.
“It’s just so fun to watch the dogs, but I found out Macy hates to swim,” Russell said as Macy shivered under a pool chair. “I put her in and she was like, ‘Save me!’”
James Zimmerman and his wife, Kasie, brought their 4-year-old Weimaraner, Marley. It’s one of the few times Marley gets to swim, they said.
“He likes to swim but he doesn’t like dirty water,” James said, adding that they had known about the event for the past couple years but hadn’t been able to attend. “He won’t go in the lake. We finally found a place where he wants to swim.”
Cheryl Koehn brought her Yorkshire terrier, Buttercup.
“She likes it, for a little while,” Koehn said, adding that she also wanted to support the SEK Humane Society. “We do a lot of the stuff they do.”
Down at the deeper end of the pool, Curtis Wakeman and his wife, Jessica, brought their black lab, Sadie, and were training their chocolate lab, Hershey, to retrieve downed water fowl.
“He’s yet to retrieve a duck, though,” Wakeman said. “We went hunting once last year and I had a couple shots on a couple ducks, but when it fell it never hit the water. I don’t know who was more disappointed, him or me.”
Wakeman said he and Hershey train at a pond at a nearby quail farm. This year was the first time they had brought their dogs to the pool.
“It’s good to see how he does with other dogs around,” Wakeman said. “He’s doing pretty good.”
