Win #3

HARVEST SQUARE ARTS FESTIVAL IN MARIETTA

     According to the Marietta website, "Harvest Square is an annual arts and crafts festival held each October. In addition to a wide variety of arts and crafts items, the festival includes Halloween Happenings for children and pets. Carnival games and lots of prizes which thrill the little ones.
     The show setting is at Glover Park in the historic Marietta Square. The Square is the home of many antique and specialty stores, excellent restaurants and interesting things to do." 

This year I took top prize in the Dog Halloween Costume Contest, with my "Dancing with the Dogs" costume.  I am really enjoying my mobile dance floor. I would like to give special thanks to the nice gentleman who built it, Bill Smith.  If anyone needs a beautiful piece of furniture, he is the man to contact.  You can reach him at 770-641-9829 or email him at smithbillf@gmail.com.  DJ Dano Blankowski was the host and he especially liked my mirror ball.

The best part of the day was getting to meet really nice people like Stephanie and Molly who are awesome volunteers with the Humane Society of Cobb County.

Chattapoochee Pet Fest - Win #2

Pets Overrun Rogers Bridge Park

BY:  Faye Edmunson (As seen in the DuluthPatch)

"Rogers Bridge Park in Duluth was overrun with pets and their people Sunday (Oct. 7) for the Chattapoochee Pet Fest. Chattapoochee Dog Park was busy as dogs exercised their owners in fenced area for large and small canines. The adjacent field was overflowing with 46 booths offering pet food samples, promoting pet services and displaying pet clothing and accessories for sale. People food was also available.
Chattapoochee Dog Park’s Mayor “Shiner” welcomed visitors, and real Duluth Mayor Nancy Harris joined in the fun activities at the day-long festival presented by the Duluth Historical Society. The society operates the Duluth History Museum in the Strickland House, founding site of the Gwinnett Humane Society.
"Shiner" also spent some time dispensing doggie kisses to festival visitors at his "Kissing Booth."
Sponsors were the Duluth Parks and Recreation Department, Duluth Animal Hospital, and Gwinnett Medical Center. Several rescue groups brought dogs and cats for adoption. Volunteers with the Southeastern Railway Museum displayed an engine that had been used to pull cars carrying visitors at the Birmingham, AL, Zoo. Children and pets posed for photos on the engine. The nearby museum has started running a Park Train ride.  Owners paraded their creatively costumed dogs in front of judges to compete for prize bags. Some of the owners wore complementary costumes.

The winner in the small dog category (under 30 pounds) was "Chloe," owned by Karen Lee-Christian. Attired in a glittery blue ball gown, pawlets and a tiara, Chloe posed on miniature “Dancing with the Dogs” stage decorated with a mirror ball overhead, trophy, along with cutouts of the announcers and the celebrity judges displaying scores of “10.”

Diana Taylor transformed “Ari” into a realistic looking camel to take the prize in the over 30-pounds category.  Dr. Gina Alexander conducted a pet blessing. Each pet participating in the ceremony received a ribbon for owners to tie to their collars.  Other activities included pet training demonstrations and a silent auction."

"Best of Show"

2012 Kiwanis Pet Parade at the Sandy Springs Festival

"Dancing with the Dogs"

Saturday. September 22nd was the date of the Sandy Springs Festival and the 25th Anniversary of the Kiwanis Club sponsered Pet Parade.  It was also my first opportunity to wear my new Halloween costume that Mom designed for me.  In case you can't tell, I am a Ballroom Dancer complete with my own dance floor, with the theme "Dancing with the Dogs".

The dance floor was built by an amazing woodworker named Bill Smith and it featured a mirror ball, the 3 judges from "Dancing with the Stars" (each one giving me a "10" score), Brook Burke and Tom Burcheron, and of course my very own mirror ball trophy.  My dress was cobalt blue with rinestones and a long skirt.  I also wore gloves and a tiara.  I did my version of the "Fox Trot"  while the theme music from "Dancing with the Stars" played in a continuous loop.
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We even won "Best of Show"  and I got a blue ribbon, a trophy with a dog on top and one free bath a month for a whole year (OK, so I'm not so excited about that.)