The city’s dogs will be busting out their best manu and making a splash when this year’s Pooch Pool Parties come to Waltham and Templeton summer swimming pools on the first weekend in April.

The events precede the pools’ winter shutdown and have proved a huge success, with more than 400 dogs taking the plunge in 2021. Extra sessions this year mean room for even more.

Waltham Pool goes to the dogs first, on Saturday 1 April, with two morning sessions and two afternoon sessions, split by size. Small dogs (up to 46cm tall) are invited from 9am – 10.30am, followed by medium dogs (46 – 64cm) from 11am – 12.30pm and large dogs (over 64cm) from 1pm – 2.30pm. The day ends with an open session with no size limit between 3pm and 4.30pm.

Templeton Pool hosts an open session for all dog sizes from 10am to noon on Sunday 2 April.

Entry is $3.50 per dog at Waltham Pool. At Templeton Pool it's a gold coin per dog. The entry fees will be donated to the SPCA.

In a world full of rules about what dogs can and can’t do, this time it’s real simple – one dog per owner; dogs to be vaccinated and well-behaved; no humans in the pool.

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