These dogs love swimming in Denver’s pools, and yours can still join the fun
You, dog lover, this is for you.
Dog-a-Pool-ooza at Cook Park Pool, Aug. 13, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Each year, on the last days of certain public pools’ summer stints, dozens of dogs gather to get in on the fun that us humans have been enjoying all season.
Butch Cassidy (right) and Rudy hang out in the pool. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
For just two days this year, City and County of Denver Parks and Recreation lower the chlorine in two city pools and allow pawed pals in for Dog-a-Pool-ooza, the event where your sweeties can wreak havoc in the way their instincts demand. Sunday was the first of those two dates.
You still have time to participate. The next extravaganza is Sunday, August 27 at the Berkeley Park Pool (near Lakeside). It’s five bucks per pup. There are two sessions, one from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a,m, and another from 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
And here’s the cuteness you were promised:
Hatch dries off. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Yattle smiles. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Lilu retrieves a ball. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Butch Cassidy dives into the pool. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dog-a-Pool-ooza. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Nate Johnson faces the side effects of dogs in a pool. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Butch Cassidy dives into the pool. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dog-a-Pool-ooza. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Yes, this is just fine. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dog-a-Pool-ooza. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Lilu dries off. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Sam Adams (human) and Wyatt. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dog-a-Pool-ooza. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Ed Melanson (human) and Blaze. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dog-a-Pool-ooza. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
A dog congress. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Nate Johnson coaxes dogs to the edge of the pool. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dog-a-Pool-ooza. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dog-a-Pool-ooza. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dog-a-Pool-ooza. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
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