Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana There must be 2 events in the Indianapolis area now. I don't think I had anything on this event before. Someone needs to...
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/09/06/news/03dogs.t xt Tuesday, September 06, 2005 Dog day ends summer at Bogert Pool By GAIL SCHONTZLER...
This story is poorly written and the details of 3 or 4 dog events are all jumbled together. I can't tell if the matchmaker.com event is part of the dogswim or...
Rochester, Monroe County, New York Rochester had 3 different sessions of 45 minutes and charged $10 for each but they divided dogs into 3 seperate sizes and...
These are two separate groups in two different towns in metro St. Louis. University City had a dog swim on a Saturday with multiple sessions; Maplewood had...
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 2:30 AM Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland This event benefits the Humane...
I'm somewhat taken aback by the fact that the host group allowed the dogs' handlers to throw them into the pool, and, that concessions were open. Our group...
I hope you copied your thoughts to the parks department and writers that I posted in this message. I include contact information in most messages so that ...
Bill-- We do not have concessions in IC for two reasons: first, we want people to focus on their dogs, so we limit the other distractions; second, we know that...
We've had concessions before, the first couple of years with hot dogs, drinks, chips, candy, etc...I think we made a couple hundred $. The last two years, so...
This is the first canine swim event I am aware of in Wisconsin. http://www.pawprintpark.org/Waggin.htm They have a couple of nice panaramic photos on the...
From Sacramento, California I was aware of this event before but I stumbled upon this news story from Nov 2004 in the Cal State University student newspaper...
I have been doing some research into the dog paddles that folks have previously run. We are interested in holding our first event this year to raise money for...
http://www.oceancitydogpark.org/howlhounds-gallery.htm The Ocean City, NJ annual dog swim is later in the year than most because it is at a private beachfront...
Linda, Our objective, especially the first year, was the simpler, the better. Some dog swims have contests and things like that, which is great if you have the...
Our organization subscribes to the simplicity formula for any first-time event, but always at these dog swims; they're so much fun without adding bells and...
In some places, organized user groups have voluntary fees to join the Dogpark group. This money does not go directly to the town. The dogpark group determines...
http://www.friendsofthedogpark.org/2005dogpaddle.htm http://community.webshots.com/user/boulevardrider The photos above are from the Lexington KY dog swim ...
Anybody in NJ? I'm in Northern Jersey Kris kris_80_1@ yahoo.com ... I am from South Jersey but I am not aware of any of these fundraising events anywhere in...
The Lexington Group created a calendar from their event but I am not sure how much money that generated. The moderator has lost interest in the group and it is...
I think I figured out why Ocean City NJ was able to have so much success with a silent auction at their canine swim event, instead of getting sponsors. I hope...
Are there significant related expenses for some of your swims, such that you need sponsors or donors? We chose to keep this event as uncomplicated as...
I think I'm a bit insulted you assume we having our dog swim events for fun and NOT to raise money. That is not the case. We've successfully raised thousands...
Our dog swims here in Lexington were started as a way to raise money, and are totally uncomplicated, in my opinion. I have not been reading the whole...
Shannon, You can't raise THAT much money and not share HOW you did it! :) Did you have your swim on more than one day? For how many hours? How much per...
I'll put in my 2 cents here too from Iowa City. We have, like Lexington, kept out Dog Paddle a very simple event. We've done this mainly because it seems that...
The purpose of this group is to promote once a year fundraising events at a municipal pool. Depending on the size of the pool, you could do something like that...
I would basically ditto what Beth said at Iowa City. We began charging $5 per dog, however, the third year we moved it up to $10. We're really getting to...
