Pet Rock
We took Strummer to the Pet Rock Festival, yesterday. I failed to take any good pictures, but Hamor Hollow Hedgehogs has a couple of photo galleries of the festival on their website. Sean Hamor took the pictures posted here.
I think Strummer thought she had died and gone to doggie heaven. Unlike the real world, where most people a dog meets when out for a stroll are not with dogs, in doggie heaven almost every person is with a dog! They even have squirrels on leashes in doggie heaven! Strummer noticed the ferret before I did, but fortunately someone gasped, "Oh my gosh," and caught my attention before Strummer had a chance to pounce. (The ferret, a fine animal, probably would have had Strummer for lunch.)
When we arrived at the festival grounds at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, the Blue Dog Group a was beginning a Canine Frisbee show. One of the amazing Border Collies that performed is a rescue. The Pet Rock Festival benefits Massachusetts-based animal welfare organizations, including shelters, cruelty watchdogs and rescue leagues. There are nearly 100 rescue groups and shelters listed on their site.
Strummer, who doesn't retrieve (she's a meta-retriever and likes to chase dogs that are playing fetch), really, really wanted to play with the fabulous Border Collies in the Canine Frisbee exhibition. She actually barked. Twelve times. Since we adopted her in April she has barked twice.
We visited the booth of the Friends of the Sharon Dog Park. Opening Day of the Sharon Dog Park is October 9, 2004. The Friends of the Sharon Dog Park are accepting donations to cover the cost of fencing, which must be installed before opening day.
Our friends at Poodle Rescue of New England had the booth right next to the Sharon Dog Park booth. We met other rescued poodles--Bonnie, a chocolate standard, and the elegant and gregarious Diva, a small white standard. Keah, an apricot standard, who is available for adoption, was relaxing in the shade with her foster mom.
We arrived too late to see the Weston Whirlwinds flyball and Gemini Dog Training & Daycare agility demonstrations, but Strummer and I enjoyed an agility course walk-through with one of the Gemini trainers.
