Vendors include the Lovejoy Foundation, PURRfect Partners and Centinela Feed and Pet Supply.
Celebrity pet expert Harrison Forbes will be on hand with signed copies of his book Dog Talk and there will be giveaways from Kurgo and Pedigree for the first 150 people who show up. The first 200 people will get a gift bag worth $25.
Contests include best pet trick and best pet costume.
Oh yeah. And there's also a free barbecue thrown in also.
The area last year was transferred from private Trump ownership to the city of Rancho Palos
Verdes and now city officials are trying to decide the best use for it.The City Council will be weighing the options in the next few months, including the question of whether to make the area a legal off-leash dog spot.
You're invited to send you comments (include your name, city of residence) to:
parks@rpv.com
You can also call 310-544-5260. The website is www.palosverdes.com/rpv
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Keep an eye out for Olive if you're in the vicinity of 159th & Hawthorne Blvd. in Lawndale.
The tan Chihuahua mix escaped through an open gate at around 5 a.m. today. She needs DAILY seizure meds and still has an IV port taped to her.
She is microchipped and is wearing bells around her neck.
Call Alice at 310-962-4815.
Door prizes, refreshments and a tour of the facility will be offered to the public.
SNP LA provides spay neuter services that are affordable and accessible to all pet owners in the Los Angeles area in an effort to create an environment in which animal shelters no longer rely on euthanizing animals as a way of controlling pet population.The open house -- along with others at the group's Pico Rivera and Van Nuys facilities -- is
offered in conjunction with the 18th annual Spay Day which is Feb. 28. Found Animals is assisting in the event.The San Pedro clinic is located on the grounds of the Harbor Area Animal Care Center, 957 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro.
For more information, check out the SNP LA website. Or call 1-888-WE-SPAY-LA.
Not only will they be healthier, but we'll save some money. The link above has some good tips on how to maintain good dental health in your dogs and cats.Brushing your pets' teeth is still recommended as the best way to keep problems at bay, but I'm guessing not a lot of pet owners do that. I'll admit I've had good intentions in the past, but have not managed to work it into a regular health schedule for my 2 dogs and 1 cat.
But I may give it another try.
All three received good checkups at the vet recently -- only one, Cowboy, needed a teeth cleaning and they were able to do that anesthesia-free.
So I suppose now would be a good time to start a new brushing regimen.
Any of our readers bush their pets' teeth? Was it hard to get them used to it? Any special tricks to make it easier?
***Meanwhile, our friends over at i Love Dogs are holding a dog "teeth photo contest" this month.
Fumble, a young Chihuahua/terrier mix from the spcaLA in Long Beach, has just scored in the big time.
The puppy is set to make his television debut as part of the starting lineup on Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl VIII show - aired during Sunday's Super Bowl game.
TOP DOG. Fumble, who came from the spcaLA, will be playing in Sunday's 7th annual Puppy Bowl.
Ana Bustilloz, who is the director of communications and marketing for spcaLA, decided last year that Long Beach needed to find a cute, furry football player to star in the annual Puppy Bowl.
So all together now: GO FUMBLE!"I asked our wonderful staff to recommend some puppies," Bustilloz said. "Cuteness was a major factor, but the puppy would also need to handle a long plane ride to New York City... We saw Fumble, and he is just so cute. He was a good size and a beautiful puppy."
"We're all sheepdogs looking for wolves, and my job is to keep my flock safe," Lieutenant (John) Pappas said.
"Dogs at Work" highlights four canine careers: guiding, comforting, tracking and searching.
Artist John M. Thompson of Syracuse, N.Y., created original paintings for each stamp in acrylics, based on photographs that he composed.
The guide dog depicted is a Labrador retriever; the tracking dog is a yellow Labrador retriever; the therapy dog is a Welsh springer spaniel; and the search-and-rescue dog is a German shepherd.
Missing, of course, is the sheep herding dog. No respect.
U.S. Post Office art director Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, VA, designed the stamps.
I received a call today from Theresa Sardisco -- who founded Pedro Pet Pals a few years back -- saying that LA city's Harbor Area shelter is in dire need of blanket donations.
The nights, she said, have been especially cold and the shelter is running low on blankets.
You can drop blankets off at the shelter between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday or from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. The shelter is closed on Mondays. The shelter is at 957 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro.
Theresa said a blanket drive is being planned for February with newly elected 15th District Councilman Joe Buscaino.
But donors don't have to wait for that, she said. Extra blankets are needed now. Used blankets are fine, but they should be clean.
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
