Thriftway CityDog Cover Dog Model Search

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:34:47 +0000

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I would like to introduce you to Xavier – my new favorite dog model in the whole world. I have officially placed this image on my desktop to make me smile. I invite you to do the same.

I was lucky enough to meet Xavier at Thriftway at the CityDog Magazine Cover Dog Model Search Aug. 16th – It was a fab event.

In addition to the search for the next cover dog, with all the entrance fees going to the Doney Memorial Clinic, we collected donations of pet food for the West Seattle Food Bank.

We had a RECORD turnout of 117 dogs, up from 40 something last year – way to go West Seattle!! We were able to contribute over $1000 to the Doney clinic and of course we had a lot of fun in the sun. Check out the blurb about us on the West Seattle Blog.

To see all the dogs that came out to try for their chance at the Cover, check out the dane + dane gallery.

To learn more about CityDog visit them here or follow the CityDog blog or follow CityDog on Twitter to find out when the next Cover Dog event is, and if you can make it to the next event to enter your dog in the contest!!

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I should also mention that during their “Dog Days of Summer” – Thriftway chose Dog is Good as their retailer of choice to provide tees and hats for all their staff as well as items to sell to benefit the Seattle King County Humane Society – Woof! Thanks Thriftway!

Starbucks: Holiday Event #1

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:46:00 +0000

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of donating my day to the hilarious and hairy task of photographing the pets of Starbucks partners at corporate headquarters (otherwise known as “The Firm”) here in Seattle.

This is the second year I have volunteered to spend the day raising money at this Starbucks event, but this year I had a say in which charities we supported. We chose the Doney Memorial Clinic and Old Dog Haven, both under-appreciated, incredibly caring organizations. I am excited to announce that we raised about $650 for each, which Starbucks will then match – making our total effort worth nearly $2,600 for local dog-gooders

Yeah! A huge thank you to everyone who came out to join in the fun, which this year wasn’t even limited to dogs and cats – that’s right, we had our first ever fish and turtle join the photo party. Oh yes, I am serious.

We had our regulars like Selena, Bodine and Josephine…

…but we also had surprise visits from a Beta fish and a turtle!

As to be expected there was tea, coffee and spiced pumpkin steamed milk aplenty and lots of wagging, woofing and treat snarfing to boot! Hip hip hooray for the helpful PAWS (Partners for Animal Welfare) volunteers who make this whole production possible, as well as dane + dane studios’ own Amelia, who was ready with feathers and jinlgly earrings and keys to help with attempted attention-grabbing of our feline subjects, and of course Carol and Ellen from the Doney Memorial clinic who helped wrangle critters and keep everyone smiling.

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Thriftway CityDog Cover Dog Model Search

Starbucks: Holiday Event #1