On Saturday, June 6th, major construction of the dog park began with the installation of the water line. Thanks to the immense generosity of Grant Perry of Perry Excavation, we wrangled hundreds of feet of ornery PVC pipe into a trench for the dog park's water line. It was a messy and exhausting job, but thankfully the temperature was in the 60s, not the 90s!

On Saturday, June 27th, we started constructing the fence. Work began at 7:00 a.m. and ended promptly at 4:00 p.m. Well, not exactly at 4 because our volunteers were so eager to get the fence up the first day it was hard to get them to put down their shovels. Amazingly, we'd finished over three quarters of the fencing by the end of the day!

Dave assembles the canopy frame while Todd and Grant dig holes	Grant hard at work	Kevin stuck in the mud while Todd looks on	A doggy Lyla taking a break from spreading mulch
Hard-working Mike Wilson distributes mulch	The 23 trees before planting	Volunteers hard at work! Morning crew.	Jason and Chris of Perry Excavating.
10:00 A.M. work progress.	Welcome!	Kevin proves a person can be both hard working and fashionable.	4:00 P.M.--Day 1
Volunteer Paul Witt takes a well-deserved breather	Fresh-faced Nate, ready for action!	Grant, The Excavator, and Marlene, The Ambassador	Matt demonstrates the soil conditions with a bent pickaxe
The gates getting installed	Strong men with bricks unearthed from the ground	The small dog fence line takes shape	Our expert mesh staplers
Alex and his boys at the top of the mulch mountain	The entrance to the dog park	The dog park is ready for visitors!	Where the two ends meet up.
Denny Dochnahl started us off with his brush hog.	Ted and his boss, Einstein.	Kevin and Alex--Playing in the Rain.	Alex got a little muddy. Ok, a lot muddy.
Kevin with a temporarily dry pair of gloves.	Grant stays dry in his mobile office.	Hard working Bryce and Alex.	Toulouse & Pinot take a break with their dad, Alex