Monday night, against our better judgement and solely because we love our dogs more than life itself, we took the whole family out to the Kansas Humane Society's "Dog Days of Summer" at College Hill Pool. It's an annual fundraiser where, for a $10 donation, you can let your dog bring out their inner Phelps right before they drain the pool (and trust me, after you let a couple of hundred dogs use a pool as their own personal, toilet/water bowl/Turkish Bath, draining the water is pretty much your only option).
This is the second time we've attended and it is pure joyous mayhem. It's like Las Vegas for dogs—total sensory overload.
Zoe and Luka approach the event in much the same way they live their lives. While Zoe is completely oblivious to the presence of other dogs and remains completely fixated on her toy, Luka is in full meet 'n greet mode, sniffin' butts while the sniffin's good. So our night was pretty much spent watching Zoe plow into the water crashing into dogs and spectators alike while frantically looking for where Luka has run off to (no need to look in the pool, he keeps his activities to the deck).
Here are a couple of photos documenting the evening (they're not great, but to say it was a difficult shooting situation is an understatement).
This one shows you just how opposite our dogs are, while Zoe is intensely waiting for Carrie to throw her bumper, Luka is investigating an interesting "urine-like" smell.
Here, Carrie is reacting to the fact that she apparently hit some other dog in the head with Zoe's bumper.
Side note: while I'm convinced this incident was purely an accident, Carrie has been known to get some sort of evil delight from targeting unsuspecting owners with the wrath of Zoe's wake. Look a little too dry? Carrie's aiming for you. Wear an obnoxious shirt? Watch out. Look at her the wrong way? Prepare for a soakin'.
Ok, for some dumb reason I thought it would be fun to enter Zoe in the long jump competition. She's an incredible athlete, and I just wanted to show off a bit. However, I forgot that she tends to not follow the rules. Here you see Zoe taking a "victory lap" after her first of two jumps. The girl likes the spotlight. By the way, Carrie took the picture—wisely deciding to stay far enough a way as to not claim us (I'm somewhere running along the side of the pool trying to get Zoe to hop out so that they could continue on with the competition).
This is a post-competition shot. I was proud that she was by far the best female, she just wanted to get back in.
And, finally, here we are at the end of the evening. Notice the mad dash of people behind Carrie, I think that had something to do with us.
2 comments:
Could my legs be any whiter? Seriously.
And one detail Craig left out is during the long jump competition, the MC had to stall while Zoe took her victory lap between jumps. It was embarrassing, but totally Zoe. I'm pretty sure we won't be allowed back next year.
If people didn't know you and there weren't pictures included they would think Zoe and Luka were children! Not following directions, embarrassing you in front of a crowd - seems familiar! Thank goodness the sniffing part is reserved only for pets - at least I hope! :)
WZ
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