Photos by Anita Peltonen

Sofia Sinanovic of the Bronx often brings Brady to Cold Spring to romp. The 1-year-old Goldendoodle has just gotten hydrated by hose--after knocking over her waterbowl. Sinanovic and her partner found Brady in a pet store in Yonkers and "couldn't leave without him." 

Robert Beyer and black lab pup Cinder, taking a break on their night walk from Nelsonville.

Kaylasha Fryer waits with Puggie while her mom orders their summer DVDs inside Beacon's Howland Library.

Allison Sassano at home near Fishkill Ridge with young Labradoodle Lacey-whose playmates include the Sassano kids and kittens Leo and Danica.

Amelia Gallay of Railroad Ave., Cold Spring, with her 14-year-old hound mix, Toffee. Toffee was rescued from a New York shelter as a puppy.

Cold Spring canine newcomers Althea, left, and Elvis, right, hang with their humans, Charmaine Choi and Patrick Biesemans at Dockside Park.

Cold Spring: Bug and his human, Ethan Timm, outside Main Street's Figure Ground Studio, where architect Timm is a founding partner.

Denise Murphy walks 16-year-old Rody in evening sun on the Foundry path in Cold Spring.

Jim and Blue of Beacon hurry home from an evening walk on Denning's Point.

Down from Hyde Park for an evening walk in Cold Spring is Marty Rutberg with Kiba, a Bouvier des Flandres, and Gracie the poodle. Wife Toby, left, and Marty's sisters came along for the outing.