Archive for August 25th, 2008
Everybody into the pool
It was wet, wild and wonderful, and we weren’t even in West Virginia.
Right here in Baltimore yesterday, Riverside Park celebrated the last day of summer by opening its kiddie pool up to the dogs that frequent the park.
It was 45 minutes of soggy chaos — with more than 30 dogs running, splashing, playing and barking as their smiling owners looked on. It was also a very elegant gesture by the swimming pool staff at a park where tensions often flare between people who go the park to let their dogs run and people who go there to swim.
At 5:30 Sunday — the last day the 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. We filed in, unleashed our hounds and got out of the way.
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 bothered.
All in all, it went … well, swimmingly.
Posted by jwoestendiek August 25th, 2008 under Muttsblog.
Tags: baltimore, city, dogs, pool, riverside park, summer, swimming
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It’s Pet Fashion Week in New York
Twenty top model dogs showed off the latest in canine clothing at the third annual New York Pet Fashion Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan over the weekend as part of Pet Fashion Week.
“They know when it’s time to work,” said Brooklyn native Lezlie Dono of her two model pugs, Mike and Louis. “It’s their first runway show, but they know what they’re doing. They’ve done Vogue and Ralph Lauren.”
Two-legged models wearing complimentary clothing escorted the pups down the runway, the New York Daily News reported.
Louis modeled a baby blue sweater designed by OoMaLoo. Other dogs modeled clothing by Wiggles and some donned accessories by Dog Artist.
One of the models was a pit bull named Wednesday, rescued from a shelter.
“This is her third year here, so she’s a veteran runway model,” owner Camilla Vitale said. “She loves it.”
“It’s so fun and such a joy to work with the dogs,” said Onique Scott, 22, a Brooklyn-born model, holding Pomeranian dog model Sugar. “We get to spend time with the dogs and become good friends.”
Posted by jwoestendiek August 25th, 2008 under Muttsblog.
Tags: accessories, clothing, dog, models, new york, oomaloo, pet fashion week, wiggles
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