2009 West End Dog Show Flickr Slideshow

Hey everyone!

Here is a cool photo slideshow from the 2nd annual West End Dog Show! A big thank you goes out to Angie Wojciechowska from Off Leash Dog Photography for taking all of these wonderful photos!!!

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/westenddogshow

2009 West End Dog Show – CNN.com

The 2009 West End Dog Show is now on the front page of CNN.com under “More News – iReport”!! Here is a direct link to the video shot by their reporter Percy Von Lipinski:

http://bit.ly/c2Rhu

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Thank You!!!

The entire West End Dog Show team would like to thank everyone who came out to the show and supported their local pet community as well as the BC Guide Dog Services! This year’s event was fantastic and the attendance for this event surged with 50% more spectators than last year. Everyone had a blast getting to know their local dog owners, vetrinarians, and small dog business owners. We would also like to thank the many volunteers & sponsors that made this event possible. We would also like to give special thanks to Purina who was the title sponsor for the 2009 West End Dog Show!!

Congratulations also go out to the winners of the “Best bark”, “Best trick”, “Look-a-like” and of course the “Six-legged race” competition.

Stay tuned as we will be uploading several pics from this event in the next few days.

Thanks again and we’ll see you all again next year!

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Volunteer Call Outs!

As you all know the dog show is just a week away and in order to make it a great show we need as many volunteers as possible!. If you have any time this week to handout posters or cards or more importantly on the day of the event! from 10am to 5pm to help out with set up and clean up and another wide array of positions please let us know @ westenddogshow@gmail.com

Its a fun, easy going event with a good cause for anyone with a passion to serve their community and be with dogs!

Cash Raised in 2008

That’s correct, in our very first year the West End Dog Show raised over six and a half thousand dollars for charity! The BC Guide Dog Services were the lucky recipients of this donation thanks to the outstanding support of our fantastic sponsors and the local dog lovers who donated at the event.

We will be growing this event in 2009 and will be raising the donation bar even higher. Will you help us raise more money next year??? By volunteering for the next West End Dog Show you can make sure we reach this goal!

Take the West End Dog Show Poll

24Hours article on the West End Dog Show

Click here to check out the 24hours article on the West End Dog Show that took place this past Saturday!

The photo you see above is from the BC Guide Dog obstacle course that was set up during this event. People could wear a special blindfold and get lead through a maze with the aid of a service dog.

After having no vision for almost 2 minutes, guests were left disoriented and had a new appreciation for the valueable work these seeing-eye dogs do!

West End Dog Show Movie

Enjoy this slideshow we made from the event. There were over 1,000 people at this event and more dogs than you could shake a stick at!

The weather was just perfect and the dogs were loving the fun times in the sun with their parents ;  )

Shaw TV is looking for interesting dog owners

Hello West End Dog Show fans!

A reporter from the Shaw TV show The Express wants to interview interesting dog owners during the West End Dog Show.

Here is his official request:

“Hello, I am a Reporter with ShawTV planning to attend this Saturday’s dog show. I’m hoping to connect with an interesting individual(s) and their canine counterpart(s) to possibly interview. Basically, I’m looking for a person, or dog, with an interesting background or reason for participating in this event. Please feel free to contact me if you’re interested.”

Peter Kim
Work: 604-629-3190
Cell: 604-786-6032
E-mail: peter.kim@sjrb.ca

Local Video Ad #1

Here is a little grassroots commercial we made for the West End Dog Show.

In this video we speak with a local dog owner at the Nelson Dog Park just one week before the launch of the event!