Get Ready For "Woofstock" 2007

    Pack up the babies and grab the old Ladies and head on down to Woofstock 2007 tomorrow, August 4, on the grounds of The Lincoln Home by the Damariscotta River in Newcastle.

   This is the major event of the year in Maine for dog lovers. Starting at 10 AM there will be seminars and demonstrations, pet services such as nail clipping, toothbrushing and micro chipping, make your own doggie sundaes ( I confess to have no knowledge of this particular facet, it's new this year) and games for pooches and their people.

   Over 40 pet related vendors are expected with plenty of freebies and product demonstrations, there will be face painting for the young and young at heart, a silent auction, raffles, food (hot dogs of course) and the world famous Family Fun Dog Show.

   Registration for the dog show is from 10 to 12 and is open to all. There is a small registration fee which allows each dog to participate in the Parade of Pooches as well as 4 other highly competitive events such as Best Costume, Best Trick, and the popular Dog With The Waggiest Tail! The Show will begin promptly at 1.  Before that will be an exciting Police Dog demonstration at 12:30 where the Lincoln County Sheriffs Department's new dog will make his stage debut!

   All proceeds from the silent auction and raffle go to support local animal rescues and shelters.  Some of those will be in attendance and include The Lincoln County Animal Shelter, Safe Harbor Chesapeake Bay Retriever Rescue, The Humane Society of Knox County, Maine Greyhound Placement, Maine Australian Shepherd Rescue and Placement Helpline, and the Camden Rockport Animal Rescue League.  They will have information about their respective organizations as well as adoption applications and available pets.

    Woofstock is a combination of two well known events, The Damariscotta Newcastle Rotary Clubs "Family Fun Dog Show" and The Animal House's "Pet Education Fair".  This year both events have been combined for one great day. All leashed well behaved pets are welcome and I'm told that Bob Laird may even be prevailed upon to demonstrate his famous "Doggy Doo Pick Up Maneuver".

   Don't miss this event which is sure to be talked about for the rest of the summer!  See you there.

Jim Cosgrove

Comments

[Jim Cosgrove]

Wofstock 2007 was a great success with over 65 dogs and their families in attendance. Thanks to all that helped to make this event so much fun and especially to The Animal House (located on upper Main Street in Damariscotta). Look for an article in this weeks Lincoln County News with the names of all the winners but in my book they were all winners!
See you next year!

[Sadie]

Jim,
Thanks for the invite to the 2008 Woofstock and I'd love to make the trip. However, I'm a little leery of that much time in the car ... I start getting restless going to Grandma's house and she's only an hour away. But, we'll definately keep it in mind -- I know that Toby has been wanting to visit Maine forever.

Thanks for the comment!
Sadie