My Michael Vick Dog Chew Toy -- that would be the "official" one (see previous entry) -- went to Thursday's night's fundraiser at the Sly Fox Pub and was raffled off in an evening that saw more than $1,000 raised to establish a dog park in Locust Point.

It, as well as its stuffed friend pictured to the right, went to a Locust Point resident who said he expected his Labrador Retriever to demolish the chew toy in no time.

The fundraiser was the third held by the Friends of Locust Point Dog Park, which has now raised more than $5,000 of the $60,000 needed to establish a fenced-in area where dogs can run unleashed in Latrobe Park.

Mutts will keep you up to date on the project, but to find out more about the initiative -- the city of Baltimore has only one other dog park, in Canton -- click here.

Dog lovers packed the Sly Fox Thursday, which offered reduced price drinks and meals to help the effort out.

While the photo to the right was taken by me, additional credit goes to Meg Kelley for loaning me her camera when my batteries died, then emailing me the photo.