DockDogs® Returns to Discovery Green 

  Friday, June 26 – Sunday, June 28, 2009

Dog and adventure lovers – mark your calendar for one of the most exciting events of the summer! DockDogs® will return to Discovery Green, Houston’s popular downtown park on Friday, June 26.

Diverse competitions will take place throughout the weekend, featuring human handlers of all ages and their canine companions. The original DockDogs® event showcases retrievers running from a 20-foot dock and leaping into the 40-foot pool of water. Each jump is measured and the crowds go wild as some of the dogs maintain jumps of 22-24 feet. Additional challenges including Extreme Verticle, Speed Retrieve and Big Air have increased the popularity of the DockDogs events held across the United States and in Europe.

What:              DockDogs®  at Discovery Green

When:             Friday, June 26, 2009

Onsite Registration/ Open Dock Practice - 8:00 am

Speed Retrieve Competition # 1 - 9:00 am

Big Air WAVE Competition # 1 - 11:00 am

Big Air WAVE Competition # 2 - 1:00 pm

Big Air WAVE Competition # 3 - 3:00 pm

Big Air WAVE Competition # 4 - 5:00 pm

Saturday June 27, 2009

Onsite Registration/ Open Dock Practice - 8:00 am

Speed Retrieve Competition # 2 - 9:00 am

Big Air WAVE Competition # 5 - 11:00 am

Big Air WAVE Competition # 6 - 1:00 pm

Big Air WAVE Competition # 7 - 3:00 pm

Extreme Vertical Competition - 5:00 pm

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Onsite Registration Open Dock Practice - 8:00 am

Speed Retrieve Competition # 3 - 9:00 am

Big Air WAVE Competition # 8 - 11:00 am

Big Air Amateur Finals - 2:00 pm

Big Air Semi-Pro Finals - 2:30 pm

Big Air Pro Finals - 3:00 pm

Speed Retrieve Finals -3:30 pm

Where:            Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney in Downtown Houston.

Admission:    Free and Open to the public

Contact:         Please visit www.discoverygreen.com for updates on the schedule of activities or
call 713-400-7336. 

Media

Contact:         Claudia Morlan or Martha Claussen, Elmore Public Relations, (713) 524-0661 or  claudia@elmorepr.com or martha@elmorepr.com  

Discovery Green Conservancy

The Discovery Green Conservancy operates the park. It is a private, non-profit organization formed in 2004 at the behest of the City of Houston’s Mayor Bill White. The Conservancy was charged with designing and building an urban park on property across from the George R. Brown Convention Center. The $122 million park project is a unique public-private partnership between the non-profit Discovery Green Conservancy and the City of Houston.

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