Summer Camp Begins in Hillsboro!

It’s late on the eve of the beginning of what I have officially dubbed ‘DockDogs Summer Camp’. Although it will all play out a little different than last year’s multiple event weekends, it will still be a blast. Last summer we had nearly 3 weeks of fun in the sun and on the dock with all our other dock jumping pals from around the country. This year we have nearly 4 weeks, but I actually have to come home for a 3 day break in the middle of it all (in other words, I have to show up to work in order to support all this galavanting around the dock).

First stop on the list is the Washington County Fair in Hillsboro, Oregon. We had a great time here last year, and I’m looking forward to visiting again. This was the first fair I had ever been too where someone can purchase beer without having to stay in a beer garden to drink it. We have much different rules about that sort of thing here in Washington. This year I promised myself that I would get tickets to go watch the truck pulls, too. Last year I caught a glimpse of this madness through the back gates, and vowed to grab a seat for the show next time.

This will be our first national event since April, so I’m hoping that Henna will put up some big jumps. But as always, even if she doesn’t we’ll still have blast just hanging with our friends on the dock. Speaking of friends, Henna is all set to wear her Chase Away K9 Cancer donation vest. We’ll be walking around the DockDogs venue in hopes to raise money in the name of our good friend ‘Chase’ who passed away from cancer just one year ago. When she’s not wearing the special vest this upcoming weekend, Henna will be racing the speed gun on the dock for charity. We’ll also be joining Cera Reusser and her labs, Rikki and Smokey on local news station KGW’s morning show on Friday. All the dogs will be getting some early morning air time and letting folks know about the DockDogs event at the fair and the Chase Away K9 Cancer campaign. I am not usually much of a morning person, but I’d walk through fire if it would help raise awareness for K9 cancer. It’s just one of those things that hits so close to home; and I just hate it every time I see a family have to go through the heartbreak of losing a dog to cancer. I believe that I read somewhere that nearly 50% of all dogs die from some form of cancer. 50%!!! That’s just simply unacceptable!

See you on the dock!