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Dog Swim Day: Been feeling guilty about leaving your best friend at home to attend to human activities? Here's a refreshingly wonderful way to make it up to your furry pal. Bring your dog for a day of leash-free swim and play in the pool on Saturday at Fossil Park Pool in St Petersburg. Choose from two swim sessions: from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 1 to 2:30 p.m. Register at either start time with proof of dog(s) current vaccination. Donations of dry Lams or Science Diet dog food, clean towels, nylabones, bleach, dish soap, blankets, trash bags and newspapers will be accepted on behalf of the S.P.C.A. Admission: $5 per dog, per session (humans free). Sponsored by the city of St. Petersburg Recreation Department. No humans permitted in pool. Fossil Park Pool will be closed for the season and maintenance following Dog Swim Day. Sat., Aug. 28. Fossil Park, 6739 Martin Luther King Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg. 727-893-7732.
This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2010.