West Jersey Animal Shelter used to have their own float in that
parade. I'm not sure if they did this year or not but I suspect
there are some people at that shelter who would have participated
with you.

The message is much clearer & less confusing to bystanders when you
have a float and/or banner that says you represent an animal
shelter. For you guys to be marching with a dogowners group and Rich
to keep yelling "this dog over here needs a home" the entire length
of the parade is NOT an efficient way to do it.

It would be better for you guys to hook up with West Jersey
and have all the dogs up for adoption together with a banner that
reflects your purpose.

If you could give me an advantage to walking with a dogowner
group then I might agree with you but I can't think of anything.

WRZ


--- In Knightsparkdogwalkers@yahoogroups.com, "michellezebrowsk"
<mzebro@h...> wrote:
>
> I wanted to thank Rich for having the compassion to think of the
> shelter animals this Thanksgiving and for including us (Camden
County
> Animal Shelter) in the parade. If not already common knowledge, the
> United States still euthanizes 5-7 million companion animals every
> year due to lack of homes. Every event that we as volunteers do
for the shelter has a goal of increasing awareness, increasing
adoptions, and raising much needed funds. We have many great dogs
and cats at the shelter and sometimes people do not realize this. As
you mentioned Rich, we do pick dogs that we know and who have been
> consistently well behaved at the shelter. Besides my baby Sandra
who decided to walk ME down the parade, every dog was very well
behaved.

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