I love dogs. I miss my last pair, Goober and Princess, who were a pair of beagle-basset mixes.
I love our cats, but I do miss having dogs. Despite the stuff dogs produce and having to clean it up every couple of days.
Anyway.
Tri State Basset Rescue ran their annual Bark at the Parx racetrack Saturday.
Yes, you read that correctly. Basset Hound races.
Because nothing is more comically aerodynamic than a dog three feet long, eighteen inches high, and fifty pounds of floppy ears and drool...wombling along a hundred feet of dirt track.
Contestants wearing their racing colours.
And their off!
Multiple heats were run during the afternoon. They had separate races for "senior" dogs, over 8 years old, and mixed breed bassets.
"Rocket" and his human dad after his race.
Despite the drizzly weather, it was great fun for the two legged and the four legged.
And there was ice cream afterwards...
A lot of tired legs by the end of the day... looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteNothing sleeps better than a tired dog...well, usually. :-)
DeleteArf, arf,arf, aroof.......that's my other dog imitation.....
ReplyDeleteHaving had canines and felines, definitely prefer the latter....
Neil
Outstanding!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mark!
DeleteExcellent doggy stuff.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
I am hoping Nova approves.
DeleteExcellent stuff - the secret is presumably to not step on their own ears!
ReplyDeleteI would assume so. Although given the comedy of it all, especially when the ones not racing started to bray, I was too busy laughing.
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