Pupapalooza Information about our most recent Cocker Spaniel party which was held the weekend of May 3, 2008

A few times each year, we have a little party we call Pupapalooza.  It's a weekend long event that celebrates Cocker Spaniels and their owners.  We usually time these Pupapalooza parties to coincide with our litters of puppies, so that all of our out-of-town friends can come meet our puppies just before the pups go to their new homes...  but in May of 2008 we decided to have one just for the heck of it, with no litters in sight!  It did give us a great opportunity to see some of the puppies from our three litters from the previous year, and it's always fun to see some of our online friends (and their dogs) in person!

Kim Kiernan suggested we take a group shot at the bonfire, which was a brilliant idea!
This was actually only a fraction of the number of people who were with us in the afternoon.
Quite a few people left prior to the bonfire so they could get home on Saturday night.
You can see light trails in the photo from sparks from the fire!

Another picture of the bonfire... before the sun had set and before a few of the people had showed up.

One more shot at the bonfire... later, after the sun had set. The fire was really going at this point!
Thanks to Dan Pettersson for bringing the wood!

Since Carol takes so many pictures at these things, I thought I should try to get a good picture of Carol.
That's her Cocker-wannabe, Dodger, in her arms.

Here's Julia giving some tender loving care to one of the more famous Zim pups:  Captain Jack Spaniel.

This is one of our newer forum members, Pamela, who came up from Orange County with her dog, Shadow.
She got stuck in Friday night LA traffic and spent something like 6 hours trying to get from there to here.
I hope at the end of the weekend she felt that it was worth it!

I teased Jason & Karina Weatherly about how I can't believe that they keep coming to the Pupapaloozas over and over again.
They've been to more of them than some of the local people that own Zim puppies.
These are their dogs, Katie and Teddy.

I always enjoy seeing Mark & Becky Hall's dog, Karlie, at Pupapalooza.
She's totally gorgeous, and an agility dog, too!

I thought these "Doggles" were pretty cool.
Tricia (from Huntington Beach) had her dog, Crosby, wear them to keep the sand out of his eyes.
Buy a pair through this link and they send about $1 my way to help us pay for our web server costs.

As always, Pupapalooza was a fun way to spend the weekend... seeing some of my online friends in person, meeting a few new ones, and admiring a lot of great Cockers. Thank you to everyone who made the drive, and to Lynne Pettersson for being the official hostess for this one!

You may be wondering when our next Pupapalooza will be.  There are actually Pupapaloozas in many other parts of the country and even in the United Kingdom!  If you'd like to read about some of the other Pupapaloozas, take a look at this section of our forum.  The next one here in California will be in mid-September at Vieira's Resort in Isleton...  which is near Sacramento.  As far as the next one here in San Luis Obispo county...  that probably won't be until May or June of 2009.

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