Dog Days at the Evans Pool

Every year the Evans pool has a special day at the end of the season for dogs to come swim. It is $2 per dog and they can fit up to 70 dogs in at a time. They have contest like farthest jump, fastest retrieval, cutest wet dog. There were so many dogs that wanted in, some had to wait outside until others left. We really wanted to take Leia even though she doesn't enjoy water that much. She does ok if she can touch, but she won't go in and swim. First we tried her out in the kiddie pool that was only 1 ft deep. It took some coaxing, but she finally got in and seemed to do ok. So, we decided to try her in the big pool. She would walk down a couple steps but that was it. Doyle held her for a while in the water and she liked that. Then we let her swim to the steps and when she got out her tail was wagging! We had to drag her in but then we'd let her swim over to the steps and get out and each time she was wagging her tail. We let her off the leash and she ran around and sniffed a bunch of other dogs and got lots of attention. We got a free frisbee and a bunch of treats for Leia. We decided to leave a little early so that other dogs could come in a swim that got there late. We had a great time and we think she actually did too. She was exhausted by the time we got home!