Dog Days of Summer Celebration

Debbie Krueger of Tails of Hope in Highland Park (right) shows off her dogs that are available for adoption, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Friends and families came out with their dogs to meet and greet during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Sandy Giuliani (left) and Richard Johnson (right), both of Libertyville, with their dogs, Dusty (blue collar), Ford (middle), and Moe (red collar) take a little break during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Moe the dog looking around at all the doggy action, while his owner Richard Johnson of Libertyville (right) takes a break, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Debbie Krueger of Tails of Hope in Highland Park (left) shows off her dogs that are available for adoption, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Jeff Salisbury of Rockford (left) watches as his dog, Ori, flies off the platform to retrieve a rod, in the fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Roberta Mecklenburg of Elk Grove Village shows her dog, Jake, what he needs to retrieve just before starting the fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Roberta Mecklenburg of Elk Grove Village (left) watches as her dog, Jake, flies off the platform to retrieve a rod, in the fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Ori the dog owned by Jeff Salisbury of Rockford, competing in the fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Brock the dog, owned by Joey Spurlock of Sevierville Tennessee, explodes off the platform as he tries to retrieve a rod the fastest during a contest at the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Kylan Juhl, 11, of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, shows her dog, Payton, what to retrieve, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Payton the dog, owned by Kylan Juhl, 11, of Brooklyn Center Minnesota, relieves a rod in a fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Taylor Rivera, 16, of Brownsburg, Indiana (left), watches as her dog, Blue, flies off the platform to retrieve a rod, in the fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Lily Garcia, 12 of Libertyville, with her dog Hutch, watch as dogs compete in a fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Kent Higginbotham of Ballwin Missouri (left), releases his dog, Rufus, as he competes in a fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Rufus the dog, owned by Kent Higginbotham of Ballwin Missouri, launches himself off a platform as he competes in a fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Ori the dog owned by Jeff Salisbury of Rockford, launches himself off a platform as he competes in the fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Pamela Freeman of Sevierville Tennessee releases her dog, Roscoe, as it competes in a fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Sherri Oslick of Naperville, points out to her dog, Ella, where the rod is to retrieve while competing in the fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

eBay the dog, owned by Kylan Juhl of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, launches herself off a platform as she competes in a fastest retrieve contest during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Nancy Garland of Elmhurst, shows her dog, Quinn, the object in which it needs to retrieve the fastest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Quinn the dog, owned by Nancy Garland of Elmhurst, launches off a platform to retrieve an object faster than any other dog, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Matthew Bohn of Beavercreek, Ohio, cheers his dog, Kratos, on as it launches himself off a platform to retrieve an object, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Kratos the dog, owned by Matthew Bohn of Beavercreek, Ohio, swims back to his owner after retrieving the rod in the fastest retrieve contest during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Dave Adams (left) and his son Michael, 2, of Libertyville, smile and laugh as they watch dogs launch themselves off a platform trying to retrieve things the fastest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Kratos the dog, owned by Matthew Bohn of Beavercreek, Ohio, launches himself off a platform as he competes in the fastest retrieve contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Jim Meicke of Greenfield, Wisconsin, points out to his dog, Ripley, where to retrieve and the objective of the contest, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Ripley the dog, owned by Jim Meicke of Greenfield, Wisconsin, launches off a platform to retrieve an object faster than any other dog, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Joey Spurlock of Sevierville, Tennessee, practices for the big air competition, during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Organizer Bill Kaiser, thanks everyone for coming to the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Friends and families gather around the 27,000 gallon pool as dogs compete in the biggest air competition during the Dog Days of Summer Celebration on Sunday, July 10, 2016 in downtown Libertyville.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)