‘Pooch Plunge’ opens Dog Daze weekend at Village Green shopping center Friday
Dog Daze VI @ Village Green shopping center, presented by the Angie Cody Real Estate Team, will be “a three-day festival of fun, food, shopping and competition” Friday, Aug. 12, through Sunday, Aug. 14, according to a press release from Shop Farragut/Farragut Business Alliance.
They have teamed up with Town of Farragut, Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs (http://www.smokymountaindockdogs.com/) and Ricki’s Pet Depot (http://rickispetdepot.com/) to bring this nationally sanctioned regional canine aquatics competition to Farragut (http://dockdogs.com/).
Festivities will take place in the shopping center parking lot just south of Planet Fitness, beginning at 4 p.m., Aug, 12, “with local dogs taking a ‘Pooch Plunge,’ (as) area dog owners will have the opportunity to have their ‘puppy’ try a dock dive,” the press release further stated about this opportunity, free of charge, that runs until 7 p.m.
Actual competitions heat up Saturday, Aug. 13, with professional jumps beginning at 10 a.m. and running until early evening.
Sunday’s action also begins at 10 a.m., with finals competitions starting at 1:30 p.m.
Featuring more than 400 jumps with 150 competitors, “… We expect teams from as far away as Ohio and Florida to compete throughout the weekend,” Smoky Mountain DockDogs president Kaye Noble stated. “Our Farragut event has become a premier stop for many of the serious Dock Diving Dog teams. In fact, all event registrations are now sold out. Winners ... will move on toward the World Championships in October as seen on ESPN.”
While more than three dozens food trucks expecting to serve event attendees, SMDD will conduct a silent auction, which will benefit the B.A.A.R.K. Foundation, an organization “that helps the DockDogs community in their time of need,” the press release also stated. Learn more at http://www.dockdogs.com. First Utility District is a major sponsor supplying more than 27,000 gallons of fresh Tennessee River water to fill the pool for the weekend.
