Hi Everyone!

More exciting news this month.

Mark your calendars, Sunday July 19th, we are holding our annual K9 Support dogwash.  If you made it last year, you'll remember that we washed 85 dogs and raised over $1200.  With the money, we bought supplies for K9 units, dogs and their handlers, stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.  While we'll still be supporting our working dogs overseas, this year in the spirit of "Buy Alexandria," we'll be using a majority of the proceeds to support the Alexandria Police K-9 Unit. 
 
A few years ago in Prince William County, a working K9 was accidently shot by a fellow police officer who did not realize that it was a police K9.  To help prevent this from happening in Alexandria, our fund raiser will go towards the purchase of tracking harnesses for all of the Alexandria Police K-9's.  These harnesses clearly identify the canines as police K9's and are complete with police badges.  The harness also have an infra-red light that can be tracked by a helicopter.  The harnesses will let everyone know they are police K9's and will hopefully ensure that a tragic accident will not happen in Alexandria.
 
We hope to see you on July 19th.
 
We are all looking forward to the Waterfront 5k on June 20.  T-shirts will be in this week for those who have signed up to run with the Dogtopia Athletic Club.  We are all excited for a fun event.
 
And finally..
 
I'm going to have a baby sister in November, no not the four legged kind, a two legged baby sister.  My mom is pregnant with a girl due November 9.  More food for me to hit the floor around the high chair!!

 

VP of Dog Resources