Pet Pick
LaLa is an 11-pound, 5 month old female Rat Terrier mix, but looks a bit like a Chihuahua. She’s a charmer and a clown who will bring a smile to your face when you watch her antics. LaLa will probably weigh less than 15 pounds when full grown, and will have short, shiny fur. LaLa has mastered the art of using a doggie door and is going outside to do her business and also to play in the yard with her buddies at the Atlanta Pet Rescue adoption center.
Atlanta Pet Rescue is open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.. For more information about Atlanta Pet Rescue or how to adopt LaLa or any of APR’s 80-plus dogs, cats, puppies and kittens looking for homes, visit www.atlantapetrescue.org.
Pet Briefs
Last month’s Pet Cotillion raised more than $13,000 for Pets Are Loving Support (PALS), the nonprofit that provides ongoing care for pets belonging to persons living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses. Twenty-one animals (19 dogs and two cats) entered as contestants, there were nearly 200 people in attendance to watch them strut their stuff.
Barking Hound Village Foundation Rescue recently joined other animal welfare organizations in the area that list their homeless pets on Petfinder.com, the oldest and largest database of adoptable animals on the Internet. The site currently has over 294,500 homeless pets listed, and it is updated continuously. More than 13,100 animal welfare organizations in the U.S., Canada, and other countries post their pets on the site. A potential adopter enters search criteria for the kind of pet he or she wants, and a list is returned that ranks the pets in proximity to the Zip code entered. Adoptions are handled by the animal placement group where the pet is housed, and each group has its own policies.
The first annual BarkWorld Expo will be held Aug. 20 – 22 at Atlantic Station and will feature a weekend full of activities. including a charity pet fashion show and opportunity for social networkers to interact in person and online. There will be a special focus on Twitter, which has more than 69,000 profiles maintained by pet owners. There will be workshops and seminars to educate entrepreneurs, organized businesses and nonprofits on how to successfully brand, market and manage their businesses on Twitter, Facebook and other social media applications. The highlight of the exhibit hall includes PetTech, a technology pavilion showcasing pet-related iPhone apps and other tech products and toys. For more information, visit www.barkworldexpo.com or follow on Twitter www.twitter.com/barkworldexpo.
