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2011-05-14 Dogs Gone Wild Fundraiser for Denville Dog Park and Animal Shelter

Dogs Gone Wild fundraiser for the Denville dog park and animal shelter was billed as an off leash swimming and playing for event your dogs enjoyment, picnic area for your enjoyment. The fee for the event was $10 for dog park members $20 for non members all money goes to support the denville dog park and animal shelter.

Previous years’ Dogs Gone Wild have helped create and build the Happy Hound Playground (Denville Dog Park) as well as help pay for the new Gazebo, benches, picnic tables and the new dog pool that will be installed this spring at the dog park. Contributions have also helped pay for medical expenses for animals that are in need at the Denville Animal shelter.

This was the first time Scraps and Rags ever made it to this event and from the talk we heard, the turnout was better than ever.  It was cloudy with no sun but it wasn’t cold and it never rained.  While no people went in the water above their knees, many a dog took the opportunity to play in the water and have some wet fun.  It was tough to recognize many of the dogs that were we because they just don’t look the same.

There was a high density of dogs in and around the water giving me up close access to a lot of action.  The only thing missing was the sun.  Nevertheless, the happiness of the dogs playing in the water with so many of their friends in and around them more than made up for the lack of sunlight and resulted in many good pictures.

I hope the event made some good money for Denville and Scraps and Rags  look forward to coming to many more of these Dogs Gone Wild events at Cook’s Pond.  You can also help support the dog park buy purchasing photographs of the dogs I took during the day.

50% of Profits From Sale of Photos Will Be Donated To Support the Dog Park – To view a slide show of the photos taken or to purchase downloads ($0.99/download), prints or other items go to my SmugMug link below. Fifty percent (50%) of all profit made from the sale of any items off of SmugMug will be donated back to the dog park, so get great photos of your dog and support our dog park.
http://fidogenic.smugmug.com/Dog-Park/Denville-Dog-Park/2011-05-14-Cooks-Pond-Denville/17049245_w4Tjr4

2011-05-11 Central Dog Park on a Nice Wednesday Evening

This Wednesday was another gorgeous day and I was able to get Scraps and Rags to the dog park by 5:25 and we hung out for a couple of hours in the large dog park. When we first got to the park there we no dogs in the small dog park and only a handful in the large dog park.

I took a seat in the tall grass with the setting sun at my back and started taking photos of the dogs in the sun, I knew I would lose it soon. This worked well as the tall grass and the dark green shades of the dog park provided a very nice back drop for the photos. I always have to keep remembering how fortunate we are to have a dog park in such a beautiful setting.

As I sat there in the grass Scraps and Rags frolicked and rolled in it.  When there weren’t rolling in it they say there and protected me from the countless dogs that eventually came in to play in the park. The handful of dogs slowly but steadily tuned into several dozen and there were many playful dogs all around.

There were so many new dogs I had never seen before and I was able to catch a few names from distant yells of their owners or photographic zoom-ins on their dog-tags. In any case, let’s welcome the following dogs to the dog blog: Harley the Doberman who will be know as Harleyman, Leo the Boxer who will be known as LeoSpinks, LilyTan, and Renya the crazy blue-eyed Husky type.

It was really a great evening of taking pictures of the dogs and I got countless good shots so check them out.

50% of Profits From Sale of Photos Will Be Donated To Support the Dog Park – To view a slide show of the photos taken or to purchase downloads ($0.99/download), prints or other items go to my SmugMug link below. Fifty percent (50%) of all profit made from the sale of any items off of SmugMug will be donated back to the dog park, so get great photos of your dog and support our dog park.
http://fidogenic.smugmug.com/Dog-Park/Morris-County-Dog-Park/2011-05-11-Central-Dog-Park-on/17014205_cTsJz2

 

2011-05-09 Central Park Dog Park – Monday Evening

A beautiful Monday evening meant Scraps and Rags were going to the dog park.  While everyone’s tails were wagging, when I grabbed my camera I realized I had brought and left my Compact-Flash drive for the camera at work.  I grabbed the default flash drive that came with the camera but it was so small, it only gave me capacity for 11 pictures, and that is at a lower resolution than I usually shoot.  I would only get 3 pictures using my typical resolution.

It was too bad, the sun was setting nicely and the tall grass made for some “fidogenic” opportunities.  I was also surprised there weren’t more dogs at the park considering how nice of an evening it was.  Oh well, there will be more chances ahead of us..

50% of Profits From Sale of Photos Will Be Donated To Support the Dog Park – To view a slide show of the photos taken or to purchase downloads ($0.99/download), prints or other items go to my SmugMug link below. Fifty percent (50%) of all profit made from the sale of any items off of SmugMug will be donated back to the dog park, so get great photos of your dog and support our dog park.
http://fidogenic.smugmug.com/Dog-Park/Morris-County-Dog-Park/2011-05-09-Central-Dog-Park/16983242_gGDK6S

2011-05-07 Central Park Dog Park – It’s Good to Be Back

While the dog park at Central Park reopened last week, me and my camera haven’t been able to make it back until this beautiful springtime afternoon. While there weren’t many dogs in the small dog park, it was still good for Scraps and Rags to see two of their old friends Sebastian and GracieWhite. Scraps and Rags weren’t too interested in any of the dogs or doing much at all. They were preoccupied in the fact their mother wasn’t there with us. After Scraps totally gooped-up his neck in muck we headed home. Not a long day at the park but a precursor for good things to come in the upcoming season.  Get the dogs out and have some fun.

50% of Profits From Sale of Photos Will Be Donated To Support the Dog Park – To view a slide show of the photos taken or to purchase downloads ($0.99/download), prints or other items go to my SmugMug link below. Fifty percent (50%) of all profit made from the sale of any items off of SmugMug will be donated back to the dog park, so get great photos of your dog and support our dog park.
http://fidogenic.smugmug.com/Dog-Park/Morris-County-Dog-Park/2011-05-07-Central-Dog-Park-on/16943292_hX6GHd