After Lexi's recent trip to the water walker we've been investigating other options since the vet's office is a bit of a drive from here. In the US, the pet business is HUGE with doggy day care centers everywhere and all kinds of services made especially for pets. I assumed that we wouldn't have the same kind of options in Denmark and I'm happy to report, that at least in one area - I was wrong!
In our searching we discovered that there are many, many places in DK to take your dogs swimming, and no, I'm not talking about the local lake - I'm talking about indoor swimming pools just for dogs! The most exciting thing is that one of them is about 15 min from our house. We originally wanted to head there last Monday evening but when we called for an appointment we found that, apparently, we are the last to know as they were booked solid for the entire week! The first opening they had was today, Saturday, so at 12:30 this afternoon we took Lexi and Zoe to the swimming pool.
They loved it and we loved it, though we were both drenched from head to toe by the time we were done there. Lexi was a bit apprehensive about getting in the pool at the beginning, so we put a life jacket on her so we could help guide her, but once she figured it out, she was all in!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
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Is this the one in Sunds?
ReplyDeleteLooks like good old wet fun - and such good exercise for the dogs!
ReplyDeleteHow great is that?!! They have a few of these swimming tanks in big cities here in Norway but not out here in the country. Must be wonderful for the dogs. Are there others who can swim when you swim or just one family at a time? How do they keep the pool clean, they can't use chlorine with dogs can they? Looks like they had a blast...I've been considering one of those giant kong toys for my gang...but everything here gets destroyed QUICKLY...
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of that before! Very cool!
ReplyDeleteOk, this is the coolest thing ever! Albert needs to try it out!!!
ReplyDeleteMay - yes, it's in Sunds. It's actually closer to Ildskov (sp?) than Sunds, which makes it very convenient for us.
ReplyDeleteAmy - You book a time slot but I think, at least at this one, if we wanted to book with other dogs all at once, she wouldn't care! Though some are a mild chlorine, this one happens to be a salt water pool and there's a rinsing area for the dogs when they're done swimming. We love everything Kong and have tons of their products because our dogs are destruction machines - the Wubba's actually hold up really well.
I think I would have fun in that pool.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!
ReplyDeleteWould one be allowed to get in, with the dogs I wonder?
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