Have a pet worth parading?
Calling Baltimore's cutest pets!
The Flowermart needs you (and your owners) to participate in Saturday's Pet Parade and Mascot Contest. Dogs, cats, rabbits -- any pets, really -- will march around Mount Vernon's Washington Monument. Costumes aren't necessary -- only spirit.
Says Regi Elion, who's organizing the animal events, "In my mind, a dog should be in his birthday suit." Elion's own pooch, Spencer, which she calls a "designer dog from the street," will be marching proud and costumeless.
The winning pet will receive a gift certificate to Howl in Hampden. For second place, there's a basket of doggie goodies from Trader Joe's. Last year, Dweezil, a 4-year-old Newfoundland, owned by Linda Harris of Eldersburg took first place and a very sweet miniature bunny named Scout came in second.
To participate in the parade, pet owners should grab an application at the Flowermart information booth on Friday or well before the parade's 11:30 a.m. start on Saturday.
Pictured: Gwen Law holds up Champion Churchwarden Sue, the Flowermart's mascot, at the 2005 event. Algerina Perna / Baltimore Sun
Comments
Make sure when you bring the pet to the parade that you remember to bring a crate. I was transporting a cute 6 month old lab-border collie mix puppy that I had just adopted and the dog got off of it's leash in the back seat-climbed into the passenger side and then attacked me numerous times while I was driving. What a mess. I was able to control the car. The bites were on the arms-luckily, not on my face. This was a nice dog that had been living with children. Apparently when we passed by some cows it got scared aggressive. Lesson learned: Dogs can act in an unpredictable manner and when transporting a dog -even if you know the animal, keep it in a crate.
Posted by: Louise | April 29, 2009 9:25 PM