{"id":429013,"date":"2026-08-10T18:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/429013\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:50:15","slug":"a-public-pool-day-for-dogs-get-ready-to-splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/429013\/","title":{"rendered":"A public pool day for dogs? Get ready to splash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topline:<\/p>\n

The dog days of summer are coming to an end with a dog day at your local county pool this Saturday, Aug. 15.<\/p>\n

The details: Five pools \u2014 from Cerritos to Sylmar \u2014 are participating in this year\u2019s \u201cPooches in the Pool\u201d day. The event turns select county pools into dog splash zones, with swim times separated by small and large dog sizes.<\/p>\n

The rules: If you\u2019re wondering how the county prevents canine aquatic anarchy, there is a list of rules to follow, including one adult handler per two dogs, off-leash on the pool deck only, no humans in the pool and a current animal license for entry. You’ll need to bring a completed form with you<\/a> to the swim.<\/p>\n

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For a full list of rules and requirements \u2014 and to see if your local pool is on the list \u2014 visit the county\u2019s website<\/a>. Small dog swim is 5 to 6 p.m.; large dog swim is 6 to 7 p.m. <\/p>\n

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Details about the upcoming locations.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy L.A. County Parks and Recreation<\/p>\n

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Uh, cleanup? And if you\u2019re worried about what floating horrors might await you on your next day at the public pool: this Saturday is the last day of the pool season before county pools are drained and cleaned for the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline: The dog days of summer are coming to an end with a dog day at your local…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[170727,170725,48,52,51,47,170726,50,49,22562],"class_list":["post-429013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-dog-activity","tag-dog-pool-day","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county-pool","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-pool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}