Thursday, May 8, 2014

Richmond Pet Expo: Part 1: DC Weim Rescue Brings Dogs, Who is Oliver?

Ann and her boy Kaspar visit
On Saturday, May 4, I gave a talk and had a booth at my first pet expo! I've arranged to go to 3 major pet expos this year to promote my book "Pets and the Afterlife" with D.C. Area Weimaraner Rescue in the same booth.

Our booth at the expo!
HOW DID I COUPLE WITH THE RESCUE? -
There was a lot of doggy traffic early in the day
 Because I was going to go to expos to market my book, I also wanted one of the rescues we work with the benefit by exposure, sell stuff, and hopefully get interested adopters or foster parents.



Pointer-mixes?







JOINED BY FELLOW WEIM RESCUERS AND WEIMARANERS!


Karin Bakken and Ann Staford of DC Area Weimaraner rescue joined me at the booth through the day, and each brought a Weim. Ann brought her adopted male weim named Kaspar (who was remarkably social a couple of weeks after surgery), and Karin brought a Weim named "Oliver." 

Rob and Karin, both exhausted at the end of the expo
WHO IS OLIVER? - Oliver is a 6 year old Weimaraner that was adopted, but brought back to the rescue. I think it was because they "didn't have time to train him."  I don't know why people think that a dog is going to automatically know how to behave in a house and know what to do without training. You can't do that to a person! - Anyway, being a fan of the superhero "Green Arrow" whose secret identity is Oliver Queen, I told her Oliver is a perfect name! Oddly, his family name was "Quinn." 


Met this nice couple with a mini-dachshund like Tyler!

 To see what dogs are available for adoption at the DC Weimaraner Rescue visit: http://www.dcweimclub.org/rescue/index.php

NEXT: THE TALK, JON and ; ERIN VISIT, AN AMAZING STORY!