Wow, seems likes a lot of work. Love the picture of your goldens. We have a golden as well, his name is Zeus, which is totally fitting as he weighs almost 90 lbs and has paws the size of a black bear.
I plan on bringing the pool up from the basement this evening and taking a look at it, I am hoping it has survived its time in storage. Then we will decide which area in our yard is the flattest and begin putting it together. My husband bought a new sand filter a year or two, and we have yet to take it out of the box. Not sure what kind it is, but it is larger than the 635T that originally came with our pool.