If the smell of wet dog gets to you, stay away from Ledgewood Kennels this weekend.
The 2007 Kiki Classic will be held Friday through Sunday at the kennels' outdoor jumping pool in the Town of North East.
During the competition, a dog's handler will toss an object into the water and the dog will (usually) get a running start and leap in after it. The dogs are judged on distance jumped.
There are competitions throughout each day. You can find the schedule here.
The picture above — taken last year by Journal photographer Darryl Bautista — is of Holley, a 4-year-old chocolate lab, with Rande Murphy of Elma, N.Y.
Ledgewood Kennels is located at 639 Smithfield Road in the Town of North East. If you can get to Route 22 north of Amenia, you are almost there.
The competition is a lot of fun. The dogs really seem to enjoy it, and so do the owners. Unfortunately, I could never get Kate to participate in any activity where she had to get wet.
Just don't get too close to the dogs soon after they climb out of the pool.
No comments:
Post a Comment