Hoppin' Down the Bunny Trail

Hey Everyone!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a few days, Cary had surgery for an umbilical hernia on Thursday.  It was an outpatient procedure, so he's home and he's doing well, but we've been rather preoccupied the last couple days and I haven't had much chance to sit and type anything.  Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers.  But, I digress...  The real point of today's blog:

Today was the fourth annual Murphy Dog Park Bunny Hop.  The event raised money for the dog park as well as for the Humane Society for Animals of Benton County.  The weather was perfect and we had a wonderful turnout for the event.  I just wanted to post a few photos of the event here!

 The Field is Ready...

But first, The Biggest Wag Contest...

 

Bella (left) and Sienna (right) were both participants in the contest 

 

So were Sophia (left) and Bozley (right)

And these cuties

The winner of The Biggest Wag Contest... Jeff Smith!

Then, The Bonnet Contest

Willow wears her bonnet with a rakish tilt!

 

Bambi (left) was the winner of the small dog category.  Kilo (right) took the honors in the large dog category.

Ashton & Izzy won the owner/dog look-a-like category

Finally, the main event...

And they're off!

Mine!

You want me to do what?

Found some!

Mmm... There are treats in these

 

These sweethearts are available for adoption at the Humane Society for Animals in Rogers

Egg Stuffing Yappie Hour

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Last night during Yappie Hour we stuffed eggs for Saturday's Bunny Hop at Murphy Dog Park.  Our great group of volunteers were so quick that we managed to stuff all the eggs in about forty minutes.  Each year we get quicker and quicker.  Two years ago it took us over two hours to stuff all the eggs!  (It probably helped that Dian Sosaya was kind enough to store the eggs at her house this past year, which meant they weren't warped from being in the heat at the shed in the Dog Park.)  But I'm just gonna go with we can all add professional egg stuffers to our resumes :D  You can check out the past two years of egg stuffing by clicking on the links: Egg Stuffing 2009 & Egg Stuffing 2008

There are LOTS (I didn't get a count) of eggs, stuffed with treats and prizes, so please join us this Saturday from 11am-1pm at Murphy Dog Park in Rogers for all the fun.  You won't want to miss out on the bonnet contest or the biggest wag contest!  There will be vendor booths, NWA Animal Rescue will be on hand for low cost micro-chipping, and NWARestaurants.com will be selling restaurant gift certificates for half price.  There's so much you don't want to miss out on.  You can register here for$5 per dog or at the gate on the day of the event.  Come out and support the Humane Society of Benton County and Murphy Dog Park.  You'll be glad you did!

Don't let the bags fool you, these were not mere grocery bags, but the supersized version.  Plus there was a trash bag full of eggs as well.  So there are plenty of eggs to go around!

It's time to register for Santa Paws!

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I know it's only October, but it's time to start thinking about pictures with Santa Paws. This is our annual fund raiser for the Humane Society for Animals and Murphy Dog Park. Photos are taken by Pets Rock Photography. The sitting fee is $5 per dog, with 100% of those fees going to the Humane Society and Dog Park. (There is a separate fee to purchase photos, Pets Rock offers several different packages at different price levels, they are really reasonable for the beautiful photos Jackie and Chad take. You can even get photo cards!)

This year photos will be taken Saturday, November 7th from 10am-6pm, Saturday, November 14th from 10am-6pm, Sunday, November 15th from 12pm-5pm and Saturday, November 21st from 10am-6pm. Spaces always fill quickly, so be sure to call us at (479) 631-2WAG to reserve your space now. There will be goody bags for the first fifty registrants as well, so if you needed more incentive, there it is.

We look forward to taking your registration and seeing your dogs when they come to sit on Santa's lap!

Pictures from The 2009 Bunny Hop

The eggs are ready...


The crowd is waiting...


And they're off!

Hey Everyone!

Saturday's Bunny Hop was a fantastic success. The weather was beautiful, if a little windy, the turnout was wonderful and the egg hunting was marvelous fun! We had lots of contestants in our Biggest Wag contest as well. Thanks to Toni, Mary Lou, Julie and all the other Murphy Dog Park volunteers who did such a wonderful job organizing a terrific event. It was great to see so many people out at the park and we look forward to all the other events coming up in the next few months.

Our famous Biggest Wag Contest

The contestants wait in line

Just a few of the fantastic contestants

And the winner is...

Millie was the judges choice!


Millie poses with the basket she won for her big wag!

Photos from The Soul of the Dog

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Jen Cole was nice enough to send her pictures from Monday night's artist reception at the Soul of the Dog Photography Show. If you haven't had a chance to see the show yet, it will still be at the Rogers Library today and tomorrow during library hours. It's a beautiful show, Toni Carter did a fabulous job organizing it and all the artists did a tremendous job capturing the personalities of our four legged friends.