FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Clay’s Park Resort will again be host to the Bark in the Park Festival, an event about man’s best friend…DOGS!!! The featured attraction will be the high flying action of DockDogs®, the independent governing and sanctioning body for dock jumping and dock diving canine performance sports. The exciting and crowd drawing action will be taking place at Clay’s Park Resort in North Lawrence, OH, so make sure to take advantage of this weekend event by experiencing the fastest growing sport for canines in North America.

Throughout the weekend DockDogs® will present the Big Air® Wave competition accompanied by an Extreme Vertical® and Speed Retrieve® competition for both competitors and spectators to enjoy. The Big Air® competition features dogs running down a 40’ dock and diving into a pool of water after an object, in which they are electronically judged for the length of their jump. The Extreme Vertical® competition is a “High Jump” for the dogs as they each lunge to snag a “bumper” suspended in the air. With each grab, the height increases in 2-inch increments until only one dog is crowned king. Rounding out the action is the newest form of competition known as Speed Retrieve® – where the dogs are put on the clock to see how fast they can run down the dock, jump into the water, swim to the end of the pool and retrieve an object which is held by a modified extender arm. The competitions are open to any and everyone.

Clay’s Bark in the Park Festival will be comprised of three days of new Adventure Water Park, contests, pet vendors, food, camping and family fun…well-behaved dogs on a leash are welcome, too! Additional attractions will include: a “Strut Your Mutt” dress up your dog contest, a “Best Pet Photo” contest, a “Pooch Parade”, working dog demonstrations and church service with pet blessing. So if you or anyone you know has a dog that likes the water, gets along with other dogs and enjoys a good time this event is for you! Further information and event schedule are available by logging onto www.clayspark.com.

Daily admission to the event is $6/day; $16/all three days (children ages 2 and under are free). Discounts of $1 off admission will be given for donations of bagged or canned dog and cat food. All food given for admission will be donated to benefit the Stark County Humane Society.

DockDogs® is the independent governing and sanctioning body for regional, national and international dock jumping performance sports. DockDogs® establishes the rules and standards of the sport, tracks results and records and supports and promotes the growth of its athletes, events, spectators, and sponsors. For additional information or to register your dog for the competition visit www.dockdogs.com

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Telephone
(330)453-5529
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 7077, Canton, Ohio 44705
Shelter Address
5100 Peach Street, Louisville, Ohio 44641
E-Mail Address
info@starkhumane.org