Oakland A's Dog Day w/Keefer & Halo!

[Cassidy's Mom]

Last night was the annual Dog Day event at the Oakland Coliseum, where you can take your dog to a baseball game. This was our 4th year, and it was a great time as usual. The dogs were a little excited walking across the parking lot, but by the time we got checked in and entered the Pup Rally area they were fine. We missed the contests, but were in time to line up for the parade around the field before taking our seats. My sister brought her camera and I brought my Flip video, so we got some good stuff. And the A's won, too!

Here's Keefer & Halo at our seats:

‪Oakland A's Dog Day at the Coliseum 7/15/11‬‏ - YouTube

‪Oakland A's Dog Day at the Coliseum 7/15/11‬‏ - YouTube

Floofy butts checking in at the Pup Rally



Lots of dogs!



Little dogs...





...and big dogs





Is it parade time yet?









This dog was so cute, he kept flopping over his owners shoulder to look at us



Some other dogs in our section









Halo loves her daddy



Evil flash eyes, oh well









A good time was had by all, and no beer was slurped or spilled, or food nabbed by the dogs.

[Jessiewessie99]

I was watching that game last night(Angels fan here!) The dogs looked like they enjoyed themselves!

Did the players want to pet the dogs or say anything?Or were they not out yet?

[Lucy Dog]

I've been wanting to do this for a while now, but at Citi Field where the mets play.

I bought tickets last year, but the game got rained out. When I went to buy tickets for this years game, it was already sold out, so I haven't had much luck.

Great pics though... that's got to be pretty cool to walk the dogs around the stadium like that.

[Jessiewessie99]

I wonder if the Angels will have something like this again. They did it before I believe last year. The Dodgers do it almost every year with my shelter.

[Cassidy's Mom]

Jessie, there were a couple guys in the dugout, you can see them here:



And there were some Angels players on the field who were watching the dogs walk by, as well as fans lined up along the edge too. People always seem more interested in meeting the cute little dogs, and we were constantly being told to "keep it going" so they could get us all off the field in time to start the game, but I saw a few people point at our dogs and heard a few comments about them. We were just entering the stadium from the tunnel as the first dog was coming back out, and there were a bunch more dogs behind us, so dogs completely circled the field for a while.

They didn't check the dogs' packs at ALL, we could have brought ANYTHING in (a whole 6 pack of beer, as Tom specifically mentioned, lol!).

[Jessiewessie99]

Originally Posted by Cassidy's Mom

Jessie, there were a couple guys in the dugout, you can see them here:



And there were some Angels players on the field who were watching the dogs walk by, as well as fans lined up along the edge too. People always seem more interested in meeting the cute little dogs, and we were constantly being told to "keep it going" so they could get us all off the field in time to start the game, but I saw a few people point at our dogs and heard a few comments about them. We were just entering the stadium from the tunnel as the first dog was coming back out, and there were a bunch more dogs behind us, so dogs completely circled the field for a while.

They didn't check the dogs' packs at ALL, we could have brought ANYTHING in (a whole 6 pack of beer, as Tom specifically mentioned, lol!).

Thats cool! I met some of the Angel players last Sunday and took pics with them at Photo Day.

Molly probably would have wanted to go play ball if she saw them practicing.lol.

When I bring my bags to the game is a small cooler with double compartments, but use one because the top one is this weird net thing, but they never check it. Some stadiums aren't that strict.

[Cassidy's Mom]

Originally Posted by Jessiewessie99

When I bring my bags to the game is a small cooler with double compartments, but use one because the top one is this weird net thing, but they never check it. Some stadiums aren't that strict.

The bizarre thing is that it's the same stadium we go to watch the Raiders, and the rules for football games are much stricter than for baseball games, and the security check is MUCH more thorough, we get an actual pat down in addition to a full check of bags.

Makes no sense at all - it's the SAME PLACE!

[codmaster]

Outstanding! The video was great! Looks like one of them was certainly trying for a movie star spot!

Thanks for sharing!

[Cassidy's Mom]

Originally Posted by codmaster

Looks like one of them was certainly trying for a movie star spot!

Halo is a diva, she tends to hog the spotlight......well, let's be honest - she tends to hog EVERYTHING! Keefer is very patient with her.

[Jessiewessie99]

Originally Posted by Cassidy's Mom

The bizarre thing is that it's the same stadium we go to watch the Raiders, and the rules for football games are much stricter than for baseball games, and the security check is MUCH more thorough, we get an actual pat down in addition to a full check of bags.

Makes no sense at all - it's the SAME PLACE!

Heard that about Raider games. I think it's because the other types of Raider fans, the rowdy ones who get drunk and ruin it for everyone. My dad went a few games, the ones against the Cowboys, at that stadium and it's not as fun as it used to be.