Best Friends Animal Society is having a huge, and I mean HUGE adoption event in Los Angeles on May 23rd from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.  There will be plenty of adoptable animals there so if you are looking for an addition to your family please join us.  There will also be an “Ask the Trainer” booth, where you can ask the trainers questions about your own dog, or even about a dog you may be considering adopting there at the event.  Kim, my co-host from Doggie Dish, and I will be manning the booth all day along with some other trainer friends.  So stop by and ask us some questions, or just chat with us about dogs for a while!

The address is 9100 Lincoln Blvd, Westchester, 90045

Event:  Paws and Learn Fundraiser

Date:  Saturday, October 10th

Time:  9am – 12pm (registration starts at 8:30)

Place:  Mount Hollywood Trail, Griffith Park (Charlie Turner Trailhead)

Cost:  $20 donation includes refreshments and photo

Please join us for a fun hike up the Mount Hollywood Trail in Griffith Park.  The entire trail (also known as the Charlie Turner Trail) has amazing views of Los Angeles all the way to the beach, including Downtown, the Observatory, and the famous Hollywood sign. There are picnic tables at the top where we can rest while snacking on refreshments that we’ll provide.  The elevation climb is moderately challenging (500 feet), broken up by a few relatively flat stretches of trail, and will likely take the average person 30 – 45 minutes to get to the top.  Total distance is 3 miles, and total hiking time will likely be 1.5 hours.  Of course, dogs on leash are most welcome!

Included in the ticket price is a candid photograph taken by professional photographer Pam Marks of Paw Prince Studios.  Pam will have her camera set up along the trail and each ticket holder is entitled to one picture taken featuring the scenic overlook in the background.  Photos can be taken either alone, with your dog, or with your hiking friends, and will be available to download off of Pam’s website the following week.

Tickets can be purchased the day of the hike for $20 per person, and includes the photograph and snacks.  Paws and Learn is still volunteer-run, so 100% of your donation will go towards educational materials and handouts. The new school year has started, and we have lots of students to educate!!  

Paws and Learn is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals through education.  For more information on our organization, please visit www.pawsandlearn.org. 

Directions:

2800 East Observatory Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

- 5 South to Los Feliz Blvd (heading west)

- Right on Hillhurst Ave. (which becomes Vermont Canyon Rd.)

- Follow all signs to the Observatory (you’ll pass the Greek Theatre)

- after the tunnel, go left up the hill to the Observatory parking lot

The trailhead is across from the Observatory parking lot, and you’ll see a Paws and Learn table set up.

The Golden Retriever Club of  Greater Los Angeles has a new campaign to help raise funds for all the Golden Retrievers left homeless in this poor economy.  Now more than ever before, donations are needed for this and every other rescue out there.  Many people are losing their homes so the dogs end up in the shelters.  If they are lucky a rescue will pick them up and foster them until they are adopted.  However, the rescue organizations are also receiving fewer donations because so few people have extra money to give.

If you have even the tiniest extra bit at the end of the month please consider donating to a worthy rescue organization.  Even $5 helps, because $5 from many people can add up to a great deal.

In addition, if you are considering getting a dog please, please, please consider getting one from the shelter or a rescue.  The animals in need did not ask to be in the postion they are in.

This was Joey, our dog from GRCGLA

Joey was a great dog who we miss very, very much.

“Saturday, September 19 has been set aside as Puppy Mill Awareness Day, and events are planned in England, Ireland and across the United States to draw attention to the plight of animals who are victims of puppy mill abuses.”