For dogs who love to swim! The Roger Carter Center is once again inviting pooches and their humans to its pool for the doggy swim event of the year! This popular event is held only once a year, on the weekend after Labor Day, just before the pools close for the season.
Humans are welcome to jump in the pool with their dogs. There will be a door prize basket raffle and all pooches will receive a doggy gift bag, courtesy of Howard County Recreation and Parks.
The cost is $10 per dog, and there are 2 sessions to choose from:
Session 1: 10am-11:30am
Session 2: 1pm-2:30pm
Rain date is Sunday, September 11, same times.
You must register in advance in order to attend. Here's how:
Call: 410-313-7275
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Click: Go to Howard County Online Service. You will need to make an account, then click on the "View Activities" button. Search term: 3003.501 for first session or 3003.502 for second session to quickly find by activity name.
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Walk in: Howard County Recreation and Parks, 7120 Oakland Mills Rd, Columbia
Please review the rules:
- No person under 12 admitted.
- No charge for people/ handlers, but must be 18 & up.
- No more than one dog per handler.
- Fee: $10 (includes for one dog accompanied by a maximum of two handlers.
- Dog must be licensed. (Call 410-313-2455 for licensing info.)
- Limit 75 dogs per session.
- Pets must remain on leash until they arrive inside pool gates.
- Human participants may be asked to pass a brief swimming test to swim in the deep end of the pool.
- Come dressed to swim if you plan to enter the pool with your dog.
- Kiddie pool available for small dogs.
- Changing rooms available.
- Lifeguards will be on duty.
- Pool safety and health rules will be enforced.
- Please curb your canine before entering the pool; "accidents" may result in pool closure.
- Pool will be cleared and cleaned between sessions.
- All off-leash dogpark rules apply.
Roger Carter Recreation Center
3676 Fels Lane
Ellicott City, MD
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