Nancy Babiarz of Chicago (from left) watches as her dog Leo meets Duffy, belonging to Walter Blachert of Lincolnwood. The dogs were in line to be washed at the summer dog wash benefitting the C.A.R.E. animal rescue. | Shauna Bittle~for Sun-Times Media

Maddi Africano, 16, uses a cloth to clean the folds in Trooper's face in Evanston, IL on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. | Shauna Bittle~for Sun-Times Media

Jackie Bitensky's dog Danny shakes off the excess water as he gets a bath at the Evanston Animal Shelter in Evanston, IL on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. | Shauna Bittle~for Sun-Times Medi

Matt Anderson of Evanston, 13, helps wash his own dog Honey as a volunteer with the Justin Wynn Leadership Academy in Evanston, IL on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. | Shauna Bittle~for Sun-Times Media

A team of volunteers massages soap into the fur of mastiff Lola Maloney from Rogers Park in Evanston, IL on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. | Shauna Bittle~for Sun-Times Media

Volunteers Kristin Gallagher of Glenview and Marianne Schwall and Brian Schwall of Long Grove wash the items stored in the shelter's shed in Evanston, IL on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. | Shauna Bittle~for Sun-Times Media

Raisa Tolchinsky (from left), Margaret Omori and Maddi Africano of the Justin Wynn Leadership Academy help shelter volunteers Erin Marcus and Andy Lazar wash Trooper the pug in Evanston, IL on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. "It's like washing an anvil!" said