Atlanta's Splish Splash Doggie Bash

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Atlanta's Splish Splash Doggie Bash

Atlanta's Splish Splash Doggie Bash

Smokey, a chesapeake bay retriever, enjoys a swim with a ball after a throw by his owner Brian Jenks, of Atlanta, during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010. The Piedmont Park Conservancy ends the swimming season hosting this day for the dogs. The folks at Piedmont Park say last Saturday's event was "so nice, we had to do it twice!"

Abbie Barnes, 11 (left), and her sister Ashleigh, 9, both of Atlanta, follow their yellow lab Sam as he tries to find a place to exit the pool during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

A dog plays keep-away from another dog as they play during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

Chloe Tigner, 6, of Douglasville, tries to hold her dog Bella, a siberian husky, as Chloe's mother Carmen Tigner, right, takes a photograph of the two during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

Mason, a chocolate lab dives into the pool as she retrieves a ball thrown by her owner Kimberly Bowie, of Marietta (not pictured) during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

Lee Lesesne, of Atlanta, uses a doggie life-vest to pick his english bulldog, Rocco, out of the water during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010. Lesesne said he puts a life-vest on his dog because he doesn't swim great.

Kim Crawford, of Atlanta, takes a more aggressive way as she carries her lab/boxer mix DeNiro into the water for his first time swimming during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

Justin, left, and Jenn Drummond, of Atlanta, encourages their five-month-old chocolate lab mix Bayley into the water for her first swim during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

Dogs of all kind take over the pool during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

Brian Jenks, of Atlanta, commands his dogs Kadyn, a german shorthaired pointer, center, and Smokey, a chesapeake bay retriever, to wait during fetch at the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

Dogs and children enjoy the chance to explore around the pool during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010.

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Smokey, a chesapeake bay retriever, enjoys a swim with a ball after a throw by his owner Brian Jenks, of Atlanta, during the Splish Splash Doggie Bash Part 2 at the Piedmont Park Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 25, 2010. The Piedmont Park Conservancy ends the swimming season hosting this day for the dogs. The folks at Piedmont Park say last Saturday's event was "so nice, we had to do it twice!"

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