"Yes, 400+ homeless animals found homes Saturday. PetSmart, Rescue Groups and other volunteers, private and city/county animal shelters, veternarians, and the newspaper and TV stations had an adoption fair- These dogs were adopted out of high kill shelters and filled up rescue shelters. The newspaper provided a large area shaded by trees, so it wouldn't be too hot. There was room for people to take dogs out of the pens and walk the dog around, to see if they liked each other. They had a carnival type atmosphere with volunteers from different clubs and associations that did face painting . Pet Smart provided it's trucks with the cages, dog crates and temporary pens for pups.
Yesterday, I took Missy for her heartworm test and I ran into 3 people that got dogs at the fair. One was a woman with a collie/Aussie mix, beautiful dog, one an older woman-I don't remember the dog and one dude with a 6 week-old toy or teacup pup that was carried in a flannel quilted wrap so it wouldn't get cold or hurt. Some children talked about how some neighbors picked pups that were too young to leave momma and the kids in the neighborhood were waiting for the new pup to get old enough. This wasn't the usual group of pet owners-these were proud-happy people that were anxious to do the right thing for their dogs. "