‘We Share Our Love of Dogs’: Hundreds Attend ‘Dog Days New Canaan’ at the Nature Center
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Town resident Arianne Kolb started coming to the Pet Pantry’s annual Dog Days New Canaan when she got Odie, her Shih Tzu, three years ago.
She calls it one of New Canaan’s “best community events.”
“It’s so wonderful to see everyone come together,” Kolb said Saturday from an area near the popular lure course at Dog Days, held at the New Canaan Nature Center under clear, sunny skies. “We share our love of dogs and you meet the most wonderful people, wonderful dogs and everybody is so generous. I just love that my dog, who is extremely picky, gets all these freebies and samples.”
Hundreds of dog lovers leash-walked their four-legged family members during the five-hour event, picking up samples from vendors and free ice cream at the “Dog Pawlor” and participating in activities including the lure course, bobbing for tennis balls and cooling off in the new “Splash Park.” Dog Days is a fundraiser for Adopt-A-Dog, which currently is listing 23 adoptable dogs. Brothers Adam and Ari Jacobson of Pet Pantry were both in attendance for Dog Days, which has been running in New Canaan for at least a dozen years and has been comfortably held at the Nature Center for the past few.