The Dog Bowl at the Frankenmuth River Place Shops will take place on May 28th and 29th, 2016 and include a number of exciting events like dock diving and disc competitions, a costume contest and obstacle courses!
Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, there’s now a mobile app that translates what your dog says into English. The following monologue (or “dogologue,” if you will) was provided by Gracie, my Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen:
I’ve been trying to tell you for a couple of years now that I want to try out for the Olympics! I’m young. I have enormous energy, as you keep telling me. There isn’t a squirrel in the neighborhood that isn’t terrified of me! (They run away from me, don’t they?)
Well, I heard about an amazing event called the Dog Bowl at the end of May! It is held at the River Place Shops in Frankenmuth, and it’s supposed to be the world’s largest dog Olympics! We really have to go! It happens on Memorial Day weekend. Oh, can we? Please? [Gracie was jumping up and down at this point.]
While you were out running, I went on YouTube and found the channel for the Bavarian Inn Lodge, one of Michigan’s top rated family hotels. There was a video of the Dog Bowl at the Frankenmuth River Place Shops, and in it were all these dogs having fun running, doing tricks, and chasing flying discs up in the air! There were big dogs, little—dare I say yappie—dogs, and dogs that look like frankfurters, and they were all having so much fun! There were dogs jumping into a pool after a toy; I think it was called a DockDog Competition. There were also dogs jumping obstacles and dogs in costumes, some of them even matching their humans! LOL, imagine that!
Although I’m a very special breed, that doesn’t matter! You just have to be a dog! And I’m a dog, even though I’m special.
I almost forgot to tell you; there were balloons there at the same time—big hot air balloons! I would want to go in one so I can look down on everyone! They were racing balloons, and they race in packs, just like dogs do. The humans high up in the balloons must have a lot of wind in their faces, just like when I stick my head out the car window. At night, the balloons parked right by the Frankenmuth River Place Shops and just glowed in the night sky. How cool is that?
Oh, I’m so excited! Please take me to Dog Bowl, please! Please! Please! I can’t think of anything I’d rather—uh oh, there’s a squirrel!
This is Gracie’s person again. You can find out more about what Gracie was barking about by going to www.dogfunfest.com. You’ll find details about the event, photos from past years, and a link to the little movies Gracie mentioned on YouTube. You can go for the day and bring your dog along, but I’d recommend staying the whole weekend. In 2016, the event will be held May 28th and 29th. Look into one of the best family hotels, the Bavarian Inn Lodge, and book a room (sorry, pets not allowed overnight). I’d tell you how to get the dog-to-human translation app, but Gracie took my phone in her mouth when she went after that squirrel.
For more information on this event, visit the website at http://dogfunfest.com, contact us at 1-800-600-0105, or visit the River Place Shops at 925 South Main Street D-2, Frankenmuth, MI, 48734.
