Dog Camp, A
Dogumentary: People Rescuing Dogs, Dogs Rescuing People, directed by Paul
Kim (Goodfriend
Media, 2016, 53 minutes, $20 donation, Blu-ray or On-demand at DogCampMovie.com)
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| Dog Camp, The Movie |
Imagine being surrounded by nearly 400 golden retrievers
swimming, running, jumping, diving, turning upside down asking for a belly rub.
Who could resist this golden heaven?
Goldstock is a
summer camp in northeastern Pennsylvania that you can attend every Labor Day
weekend, even without a Golden: there are plenty to go around!
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| My roommates one summer |
You can now live and relive summer camp with the Goldens all
year long with Dog Camp The Movie. Fifty-four
minutes of “golden love” – and summer fun that never ends!
Imagine summer camp from a dog’s point of view, including
dogs wearing a Go-Pro so you can see what they see, through a dog’s eyes but
fast, because dogs are fast when having fun.
Dog Beach and Golden Gloves
Baseball Games with Dogs
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| Swimmer Pup |
“I like the smell of a wet dog,” said one camp kid.
Now, more and more kids are coming to Goldstock - camp as it
should be.
But many of these kids are very special and the dogs know
it. Marty has been driving her adopted boys from Ohio to Pennsylvania for “Golden
Camp” many years now: we have watched them grow up – and now the kids play Golden
Gloves Baseball with the dogs, and wear matching T-shirts! Marty’s boys help
promote the Sweetest Dog Contest, help sell raffle tickets and, in the movie,
interview special adult campers - do an excellent job.
The Spirit of
Goldstock
Discards, disposable dogs no more. Instead, Canine Olympics,
dock diving, RVs, the memorable candle ceremony paying tribute to those we have
lost, golf carts to navigate the hill down to the lake, chillin’ with your
golden on the porch of your cabin. . . .
Dogs, some rescued themselves, raise money to save other
dogs and have a blast doing so.
Listen carefully to the lessons the dogs teach. “We rescue
each other.” (Gail Lustig)
Fun and rescue – what a combination. Smile at
Nugget-the-dog’s stuffed dog
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| A dog with his dog |
Meet campers, now friends, from Canada and England and
Arizona and California and Florida and Montana, and Pennsylvania, of course.
No Movie Could Tell
it All
There’s just too much to Goldstock to fit in one dogumentary: silent
and live auctions, Yappy Hour, grooming for rescue, the retired teacher with
five Goldens and a little camper, Riley the golden who worked on 911 at the
World Trade Center and who attended Goldstock the following year, senior dog and rescued dog parades, ‘sleeping with dogs’ in a comfy cabin, rescue booths selling T-shirts and brownies, Tom Mosser
and Golden Lucas conducting a painting class* – seminars on nutrition,
freestyle (dancing with dogs), canine massage, dog agility – you can do as much
or as little as you like.
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| Riley, 911 Hero |
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| Tom Mosser and Golden Lucas, Supervising an Art Class |
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| Art Class |
But first, to whet your appetite even more, you have to
watch the dogumentary (all proceeds to go to the rescue groups attending
Goldstock in 2015 – and to Marty and her boys).
Watch the trailer
here.
See you next summer at camp!
* Artists at work
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| Voila! The Final Product! |
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| Lucas looking at Lucas |
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| The Beginning |
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