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This weeks theme is Water
A couple of weekends ago there was an event here in Toronto called Woofstock. It’s the largest dog festival in North America.
Being new dog owners we just had to go! We knew our puppy would have a great time seeing all the other dogs and we figured we might pick up some cool items for her and perhaps even get some free promotional items (we got both).
As it turned out that was the hottest weekend we’ve had so far this month. It was about 40 Celsius (104 F) with the humidity. That was extremely hot for us and I’m sure it was even hotter for our black coated dog.
Luckily for Midnight there were lots of water bowls and water buckets around for her to drink from, however, when she dunked her whole face into a bucket we knew she must have been getting too hot. Just down the street from where she’d dunked her head in a bucket was a large fountain and other dog owners were letting their dogs go in the water. I must say the water looked murky and kind of dirty but our dog was hot so we let her jump in.
She was much cooler after her dip in the pond. Chris was cooler too because he managed to get splashed, plus on the way back to the car there was another fountain that he and Midnight walked under. (See the first photo). Me on the other hand … I never really did have a chance to cool off so I was melting. We were at WoofStock for at least five hours and there were lots of people there enjoying the festival … all of us quite warm.
Just before we were going to leave we noticed a large pool on one of the side streets. I guess they’d used the pool to demonstrate dogs leaping off of docks. I can’t remember what that sport is called at the moment – but it’s a big water dog sport.
We were hoping that we could put Midnight in the pool but they were already draining it. She didn’t mind. She frolicked in the fast running water coming out of one of the sides of the pool.
She even ducked her face right into the fast running water.
I’m sure with all the pool water she managed to drink she cured any dehydration she might have suffered from due to the high heat of the day.
I’d suffered a fairly severe allergic reaction the day before to my contacts so between the heat, my puffy eyes and squinting in the sun I was happy to go home once she was done having fun in the pool water. The festival was ending at that time anyway … Chris and I are almost always the last to leave.
We’ll definitely go back to Woofstock next year. Hopefully it’s a bit cooler next time though!
BTW this is my 99th Photo Hunt post on this blog. I also sometimes do PH posts on four other blogs. I wonder how many PH posts in total I’ve done across all my blogs? 😉
Cool dog, love the way he just went for a shower and a bath. I hope he didn’t shake himself dry near you. 🙂
Wow,… a festival for dogs! What a great idea. Looks like she had a lot of fun. Great photos and have a good week.
he he great photo’s I just love the way dogs go crazy about water 🙂
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I LOVE the whole idea of WoofStock!!!! Great photos.
My ‘water’ theme this week is a road trip along the coastline of South Texas…ending at an historical mansion. Come by for a visit if you can!! Lots of pictures this time…hope you’ll enjoy the history.
HAHA! Woofstock! That is hilarious! And your pup definitely looks like she’s enjoying the water – especially the one where she has her snout buried in the water flow.
What a great festival to have. I am glad Midnight was able to cool down. I’ll bet she enjoyed it.
Wow, she’s being a good dog. When I was younger I a dog named B.J. that used to dive into the water to fetch things. If you put on goggles to watch him, his eyes would be open and he holds his breathe. hehehe
You can see other dogs doing it on YouTube and Google videos.
Kim
Love the pictures of the dog in the water and sorry to hear about your allergic reactions. Might have to see how my cat likes the water sometime…
Some very cute photos, like the one where she is trying to bite the water coming out of the faucet.
Wow, she really loved that water. Cute!
Oh wow, this looks like great fun. Neat idea.
Happy Hunting.
I was out of town that weekend so couldn’t go 🙁
Mine is up 🙂
Sounds like an interesting event. Glad your dog had a nice dip to cool off during the hot day.
Nice photo.
I wish I had a green thumb but all I can do is mow the lawn…:(
Looks like your dog had a wonderful time! I wish I could frolic in the water sometimes 🙂
Congratulations on your 99th Photo Hunt!
Great action shots, looks like your dog had a ball – brings a smile to my face 🙂
wow, that sure looks hot over there – and yr dogs lapping the water. i couldnt even get my dogs to bath last time! haha.
I couldn’t stand against 36 celcius in my country, 40 celsius is very very hot, anyway your dog look cute when he running for water, haha.
Great photos. Sounds like it was a lot of fun.
Our dogs ger very hot here in summer but they found a solution.
Our lovely pond. Faye the naughty dog decided there wasn’t enough room for her in it so dug out the prize waterlily to make more room for herself!
My Dog loves water too. Sometimes i think, she (it´s a labrador woman :-)) can smell of water. It´s realy crazy but funny too.
Woofstock could come from “Woodstock” or not?
by the way – the last photo is very cool 🙂
Wow I wish my dog would play like that, The only thing he likes to do is go down to the lake and roll in dead fish.
My dog loves water too and always wants to play in the river in the park, even in the winter. I wish i could let him off lead so he can have fun but he doesn’t really get on well with other dogs.
those photos are gorgeous! I love the one where she is trying to catch the water. she’s a lovely looking dog