Well...

There's always the Gathurinz at Findlay (OHIO) in the summer!
See this Thread >>>
*Gatherings* @ Findlay, Ohio, Dog Park for 2005

MapQuest says that Findlay is about 4 Hours and 240 Miles -
ONE Way - for you.
The Memorial Weekend Bash always draws a BIG PT Crowd.

A lil closer to home (for you) would be Kia's Birfday Bash -
held in late June at Lake Orion, Michigan.
Here's the *Invite* from Last Year's WELL-Attended Partee >>>
Kia's Birfday Bash - June, 2004

And I think Cincy's Mom is putting together a Gathurin at
a Dawggie Show near Toledo, Ohio, in the Spring.


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