The Community Waterpark hosted the 15th Puppy Plunge Saturday with hundreds of dogs splashing in the pool.

CRANBERRY TWP — While air at the Community Waterpark is normally filled with the smell of chlorine and the sounds of children splashing, on Saturday those sensations were supplanted by the smell of wet dog and lots of barking.

But it wasn't unpleasant or a pack of wild animals invading the pool — instead, it was the 15th Puppy Plunge.

A bit fewer than 100 canines — and their families — attended the first session, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, while nearly another 100 were present at the 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. session, both planned by the Cranberry K9 Connection.

This is an excerpt of a story that appears in Monday's Butler Eagle.