We should do an Element dog meet somewhere....like rent a booth at a doggie event / exhibition......

What part of T.O. are you located?


If we get the details sorted out for this years meet i plan on bringing dogzilla.


http://elementownersclub.com/forums/showthread.php?p=623989#post623989

Damn Canadians have all the good ideas

i live in the suburba of scarburia...... dogzilla.. i have 2......

u know we should do it like Buffalo, NY.... plenty of brownfields to run around and can meet our US E owners there!!!!!!!!

Naw, yall need to do it down here in Texas where is it hot and humid!! hahahaha, that would be a fun idea if only it were closer south hahaha:D

we could have it at Bummer's house and then go eat all the ice cream we want at the Blue Bell creamery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too bad we all live so far apart! :sad:

Dawg gon it :lol::lol: to far away

why dont we meet somewhere central on earth....... lets say..... St Louis MO?

I like the idea, maybe a EOC Dog Show.

Naw, yall need to do it down here in Texas where is it hot and humid!! hahahaha, that would be a fun idea if only it were closer south hahaha:D

Bummer, I'm all for Texas! Especially San Antonio, but Atlas (180lbs Old English Mastiff) would drop dead on me from the humidity alone. :twisted:

Okay, I'm gonna have to watch this thread closely! I so want to bring at least one of my guys with me to an EOC Dog E-vent! :D

Every meet that I show up at...is a "dog show". :rolleyes:

Every meet that I show up at...is a "dog show". :rolleyes:

For once I'd have to agree that "you resemble that remark".:cool:

Interesting idea for a meet. My pack of beagles could enjoy this.:)

hmmmm..... where is the nxt dog show?

For goodness sakes don't invite Gisele. :rolleyes:

u scared Gisele is a dog-ophile

Bummer, I'm all for Texas! Especially San Antonio, but Atlas (180lbs Old English Mastiff) would drop dead on me from the humidity alone. :twisted:

I'll puppy sit Atlas...you go ahead to the dog show. :D

-g

This is actually a good idea--if Honda would catch a clue about properly marketing the Element.

I was at a dog show up in Seattle a few years back. A dreary February day outside, so lots of folks happy to come see the dogs inside. Right in the middle of this place MAZDA had set up 3 or 4 of their vehicles on display. All the dog folks were checking them out to see how many crates would fit.

I thought it was great marketing. These Mazda folks had virtually a captive audience and they were the ONLY ONES THERE.

Now if Honda did that, folks could see what a REAL dog-haulin' machine looks like.

hmmmm..... where is the nxt dog show?

National Meet for the Saint Bernard Club of America (Saint Bernards of course) in September 8-13th in Asheville NC.

Info is here (http://www.2008sbcanational.com/). Granted it's not a 'dog show' exactly, but hey, I'll be there... :rolleyes:

Another good reason to move to Canada. :)

i watched rumor has it yesterday..... do u know mrs.robinson? :P

I heard of this campground but have never been there
http://www.4pawskingdom.com/

4 paws kingdom
335 Lazy Creek Dr.
Rutherfordton, NC 28139

We could try this in the fall after it cools off enough for the big guys.
I want to turn Atlas, Boomer ,and Sam loose and just stand back and let the wrestling begin.
I feel the earth move under my feet the sky come tumbling down...

I heard of this campground but have never been there
http://www.4pawskingdom.com/

4 paws kingdom
335 Lazy Creek Dr.
Rutherfordton, NC 28139



My daughter took her labs down there for a week (or was it a weekend?) She was really happy with it. I'll get more info from her and report back.

You do know this is just up the road from me, right?

I heard of this campground but have never been there
http://www.4pawskingdom.com/

4 paws kingdom
335 Lazy Creek Dr.
Rutherfordton, NC 28139

We could try this in the fall after it cools off enough for the big guys.
I want to turn Atlas, Boomer ,and Sam loose and just stand back and let the wrestling begin.
I feel the earth move under my feet the sky come tumbling down...

OK...now you have my attention! Sounds good....but will people accept a Ridgy with 4 howling beagles......:rolleyes::D

OK...now you have my attention! Sounds good....but will people accept a Ridgy with 4 howling beagles......:rolleyes::D

Oh, I am sure they will!!! I love beagles (and Saints, and Pit bulls and Rotties and Pinchers and mutts....)!

let me know when, i might bring them down!

I heard of this campground but have never been there
http://www.4pawskingdom.com/

4 paws kingdom
335 Lazy Creek Dr.
Rutherfordton, NC 28139

We could try this in the fall after it cools off enough for the big guys.
I want to turn Atlas, Boomer ,and Sam loose and just stand back and let the wrestling begin.
I feel the earth move under my feet the sky come tumbling down...

Great location for me...only 178 miles...:cool:

So, you guys really do need to check the website out, this place rocks. I'm going to try and actually get over that way and do some onsite recon.

We should do this, the activities they have going on are awesome. What about maybe November? it will be cool then (those of us with big dogs really can't go when it's really hot out). The camp is open this year till the end of November.



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3. No guests under the age of 18 are allowed to stay on and/or visit our tent sites.
4. Four Paws Kingdom caters to adults and their canine companions.

We also welcome young adults, 14 years or older (when accompanied by a parent or legal guardian) as well as infants and toddlers up to 2 years of age.



Sadly, this restriction may affect your decision:
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Insurance regulations prohibit us from accommodating a limited number of breeds. We apologize for this measure. We know that these breeds are often part of your family and can be the kindest and friendliest dogs around, but the insurance industry makes the rules and we have to follow these rules to obtain liability insurance and stay in business (after all, we are a one-of-a-kind niche business).

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Rottweilers, Bull Terrier and Miniature Bull Terrier, American Pitbull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier (Amstaff) and Pitbull Mixes.

thank god i have chow x lab mixes

I think this could be fun..OK any time we get togther it will be fun. Either late October or November shoud be OK for the Big guys Pick a date I will come.
If it Holloween we could do a costumn contest :-)

OK it's time to get this thread going again. Considering the 2009 EOC International Meet is going with a little different format this idea would work great.

We need to determine a location - I'm guessing say Virginia or points further North considering it's the last weekend in June. The weather down this way would be in the mid 90's or higher - way too hot for the large breed dogs to be out all day - much less a weekend.

Anyway, if we start now, we can make this happen for the ones that want to join the other 'crazy dog people' for the first ever "International Honda Element Owner's Club Meet - The Dog Lovers Edition" :)

So who knows a great place to camp, with large, medium, and small dogs?

Other things we need to do

come up with dog friendly activities -


a dog show?
talent contest?
owner / dog look-alike contest?
what other idea do you have?

how about th BiG Al look a like contest :???:

Doggie BBQ / camping.....(optional tent or in rooms)
How about a doggie clown?

And we can probably make up some adventures like this website:

http://www.dogpaddlingadventures.com/

bump..... whats the status on this, should we rediscuss this come january if interested?

bump..... whats the status on this, should we rediscuss this come january if interested?

It doesn't look like there's a lot of interest really. :-( maybe we should bring it back up after Christmas and New Years, at least give it one more chance before letting the idea just die a slow death.... :neutral:

The best I can figure there's only about three or four of us that are really that interested in the idea anyway.

dont be depressed about it....small events have their fun too! even if we get a few people + dogs get-together it would be great. even better, its easier to manage!

That's true, last I talked to dog drool, she was thinking of a more Northern location (say Northern Virginia Mountains at least) or points further North. If we do this for the 'national' meet time frame - late June would be way too hot for the big dogs down south.

Well, too hot if we wanted to do anything other than lay in a creek all day... :wink:

We'll see where it goes...

exactly, we can chill somewhere!

wanna start discussion and planning.... any ideas and hopefully consensus down the line?

sounds like several people will be bringing dogs to the Mid-Atlantic meet.... perhaps other people wanting dog meet (myself included) be interested in that meet?