PETOSKEY — Downtown Petoskey is going to the dogs.
For a full week, downtown streets and stores will be filled with all sorts of canine-themed fun as part of the Dog Days of Summer celebration.
According to downtown Petoskey, there will be different dog-oriented activities each day. The week’s schedule includes:
“Dog Days of Summer is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate something that brings so much happiness to so many people, our love for dogs,” said Jennifer Shorter of Grandpa Shorter’s Gifts in a statement. “We’re excited to bring together adoptable dogs, authors, working dogs, families and our community for a week filled with meaningful moments, fun activities and special memories.”
Summer Send Off adoption
To make it even easier to help shelter animals find a loving new home, the Little Traverse Bay Humane Society is hosting its Summer Send Off adoption event, happening now through Aug. 31. During this event, adoption fees are waived for adoptable animals who have been at the shelter for more than one month.
“We rely on our community to open their homes to adoptable pets so that we can open a kennel for the next animal who needs us,” said Jessica Mendezona, senior director of advancement at the Little Traverse Bay Humane Society, in a press release. “When you adopt, you’re not only changing the life of the animal you bring home — you’re creating space for us to help another. The need doesn’t stop when our kennels are full, and every adoption gives us the opportunity to say ‘yes’ to another animal in need.”
All animals adopted from the humane society are spayed or neutered, up to date on their vaccinations, microchipped, and current on appropriate preventatives.
For more adoption info, visit ltbhs.org/adoptions.
— Contact Jillian Fellows at jfellows@petoskeynews.com.
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Celebrate the Dog Days of Summer in downtown Petoskey Aug. 17-23
Reporting by Jillian Fellows, The Petoskey News-Review / The Petoskey News-Review
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