The video associated with this story from Ventura County, California is pretty funny. I watched it twice. I can't imagine my little dogs doing this for more...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HumaneFundraising/ This group has awesome ideas for fundraising and all they do is discuss ways to make money for events etc. ...
Does anyone know what Iowa City and Lexington did at their dog swim events to raise so MUCH money? I'm very eager to find out! Also, if anyone needs...
Carol, We had our 1st "Dog Paddle" in 2001. (So this year is our milestone, 5th ANNUAL!!) The first two years, we charged $5 a dog. We had people that said it...
I haven't posted on this site for a very long time. I have a cocker spaniel that loves to swim but finding a place for him to go swimming is next to...
I spoke to my local pool manager yesterday about the possibility of holing a fund raiser dog swim, and was astonished that he didn't pass out at the idea. He...
There is a link to two stories in national parks magazines that were written by people here in Lexington after our first Dog Swim in 2001. The page link is...
From Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut http://www.town-usa.com/connecticut/hartford/images/hartfordcounty.gif I have never heard of charging people to let ...
Hi, Shannon - Thanks so much for the information. I have forwarded it to my pool manager, along with lots of other goodies I've discovered through this...
Hi, Bill - Thanks for your helpful suggestions. I've sent the pool manager a lot of material, as well as the link to this website, and am hoping to hear back...
That total was from last year. This sounds like it would be a very crowded, chaotic, situation to have that many dogs in so short a time frame . They also...
Can dogs swim in this pond on any other day? If they can, this is a really cheesy (and tacky) way to make money - especially at $20.00 a whack. Even worse if...
On 8/2/06, CCDogpark at hotmail.com ... Uh... maybe people would pay $20 to do this... because it benefits a CHARITY?! Just a thought. Here in Atlanta, we...
I will not be at the Maryland Heights event (and I don't own a video camera), but I am aware of it. Perhaps you could contact the co- hosting organization -...
From Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada When you squeeze these events into 2 hours that will force everyone to come at the same time and make the event more...
From Monmouth/Salem, Polk County, Oregon "Proceeds from the event will help the university's aquatics program." This is a first year event and it would be ...
... http://www.ct.gov/ecd/lib/ecd/20/14/hartford%20county%20outline.jpg Wethersfield and Granby are in the same county and they must have got this idea from...
http://www.ken-carylranch.org/InnerPage.asp?pk=182&sse=1 Ken-Caryl Ranch is a planned community and is part of Littleton, CO. These events are still not...
I'm an American, but I've lived in England for the past 20 years. We have a small, luxurious dog resort --- http://www.dog-hotel.co.uk --- in Worcestershire....
I gave this idea to a lady in Charleston, WV a couple of years ago but an 8 day event is not what I recommended. I am trying to just post stories about new...
From Xenia, Greene County, Ohio It's very unusual to see a first year event start off with this number of sponsors and a media co-sponsor. This 8 hour event...
From Burlington, Boone County, Kentucky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dogpark-National-News/message/642 I gave the dog swim idea to Becky Reiter their animal...
Paul: Ifanyone is making a video of this event see if you can get us the URL/links. I'll take all the video links of these events I can get. WRZ ... Hampton...
http://montgomerycountymd.gov/content/rec/RECord/articles/august2006/poochparty.html The ad above has a great photo of how NOTTT to allow your dog to leave the...
Metro parks Wallace lake in Berea ohio. Dog swim to benefit the Berea Animal Rescue. $5 with the 1st 20 in get free tshirt. Games prizes and raffles. Fun for...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClevelandDogs/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clevelandohiodogadvocates/ You should have also posted this event to the Cleveland...
From Weatherford, Parker County, Texas http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/statemap.cfm&state=TX Parker (green)...
http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/news/img/aug06/dogswim082106.jpg Great photo above If you ever do this it is much better to have 2 seperate 4 hour...
... We get media coverage through our local papers and radio. We also put this in our direct mailouts thru the recreation division - word of mouth goes a long...
