Best Friends Animal Society L.A. Spring Pet Adoption Festival

Best Friends Animal Society is having their L.A. Spring Pet Adoption Festival this Sunday, May 23rd.

All of the animals come from local rescue groups and shelters. There will be dogs and cats of all ages, sizes, shapes and colors. Pure bred pets and mixes of all types will be available for adoption to approved homes. There will be some truly beautiful animals just waiting for their forever homes. If you're thinking about a new pet, this could be the opportunity for you.

The event will have a festival type of atmosphere with childrens activities, demonstrations and vendors of everything pet related. Food will also be available. It looks as if they weather is going to be great as well.

I'll be there, as Best Friends has invited a group of positive reinforcement trainers to come out and share their expertise.

WHEN: Sunday, May 23rd 11:00 am. to 4:00 pm.
WHERE: 7000 W. Manchester Ave. Los Angeles, CA

Come on out and meet your new best friend.
I hope to see you there!

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER PET ADOPTION FESTIVAL

NEWS from Friends of Hermon Dog Park & Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council

*DOG DAYS OF SUMMER* PET ADOPTION FESTIVAL, SATURDAY, JULY 18 MEANS FUN, FOOD, AND FURRY FRIENDS AT HERMON DOG PARK

Friends of Hermon Dog Park, Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council, Sponsor Eastside Festival for Fourth Year.

Hermon (Los Angeles) – July 2009 —

If it's mid-summer . . . that long, lazy, "dog days" period of the year, then it’s time again for the "Dog Days of Summer" pet adoption festival at Hermon Dog Park, where "friends don’t let furry friends go home alone."

On Saturday, July 18, 2009, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., in the Northeast Los Angeles community of Hermon, Sycamore-shaded Hermon Park will be the site of this year’s "Dog Days of Summer" FREE pet-centric event. "Dog Days" features fun for the whole family, with booths showcasing pet services and suppliers, demonstrations and activities, and adoptable pets from all over the city and county.

The fourth annual occurrence of the eastside's most unique pet adoption event — first celebrated as the "Yappy Bark Day" anniversary of the 2005 opening of the dog park in Hermon – this year's "Dog Days" event will again feature new and returning animal rescue organizations, including the City of Los Angeles Animal Services, Los Angeles County Animal Care, and the Pasadena Humane Society. Each rescue organization will bring its most eager, adoptable animal companions — dogs, cats, rabbits, and other "surprise" adoptables — all of them ready to steal hearts.

In addition to the organizer — Friends of Hermon Dog Park — top-level sponsors this year again include the area’s city-certified Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council (which represents the Hermon community and four other nearby Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods to City government), in cooperation with District 14 Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.

Animal service providers will once again include sitters, groomers, and trainers, and back for thrilling, heartwarming return engagements, dog agility demos ("Look, there she goes. . . WHOOSH!") and the ever-popular "Puppy Parties" that help train energetic and eager young pups to the free and friendly world of off-leash dog parks ("OH, they’re SOOOO cute when they’re little!"). In addition, L.A. AnimalServices will offer on-site microchipping to help owners locate lost pets. For "Dog Days of Summer," the price of this service has been reduced to a special low cost of only $25.

Brought to you by Friends of Hermon Dog Park, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit support organization for the first and only off-leash facility in Northeast Los Angeles, the 2009 "Dog Days of Summer" will again be held around the dog park area with some overflow events taking place in the main portion of Hermon Park. Enter at the south end of Hermon Park, 0ff Via Marisol (5568 Via Marisol, L.A. 90042) between Monterey Road and the Arroyo Seco Parkway/110 Freeway.

The Friends of Hermon Dog Park was created to support the dog park and promote its use. The volunteer group was established in 2006 by members of the original Hermon Dog Park Formation Committee organized in 2003, along with local animal and community activists from around the Arroyo Seco area. FHDP now boasts membership in the hundreds from throughout the Los Angeles area.


Additional information for this event will be available at http://www.hermondogpark.com/ and on participant Websites.