2nd
Annual... Dave’s
Diggity Dog Festival
Garst Museum Lawn - Saturday, October
1st from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Rain or Shine!
“Have
you heard the good news? Word
has it that there’s a festival in town
and it’s for THE DOGS!” We’re
bringing
the community together to celebrate our 4 legged friends in a FREE,
fun,
family-filled environment! So get out of the doghouse folks &
bring a lawn
chair and your canine for a barking good time!
We
start our morning off with coffee
& breakfast, doggie calisthenics by Russell Rex & a
mile dog walk
through Greenville City Park followed by dog contests.
Dog Contest Judges are Mayor Bowers, Dave
Knapp of Dave Knapp Ford, Judge Julie Monnin, Clay Johnson (Director of
Garst
Museum) & Shannon Vannatta of Smoke Stack BBQ.
See schedule below for contest
categories.
There
will be a $12.00 entry fee
onsite for all doggies that would like to participate in the dog walk,
dog
games, dog contests & wiener dog races (includes FREE doggie
bags for first
100 dogs)! Wiener dog races will be divided by age.
All winners receive gift bags &
ribbons! You
& your canine can win
exciting raffle drawings throughout the day from Greenville’s local
businesses!
All
day flyball & disc demos by
Russell Rex with Extreme Insanity Dog Sports & all day
Greenville Area Dog
Club demos. Special
appearances by
Mercer County & Tipp City K-9 Units.
Come
hungry! We’re
offering yummy food from Smoke Stack
BBQ, Potato Tornados & More, All in a Cart Hot Dogs &
the Darke County
Humane Society Food Trailer. There
will
be plenty of activities for the kids.
We’ll have doggie caricature artists, face
painting, moon bounces &
a fingerprinting station by the Greenville Police Department.
A
few of our doggie vendors are Keller
Animal Feeds & Needs, Jeannie’s Pooch Parlor, Darke County
Humane Society
with Adoptable Pets, Friends of the Animal Shelter, Darke County Red
Cross CPR,
Support Military Working Dogs, Cancer Association of Darke County, Izzy
Photos
& Design, Pet Therapy, Tiers of Joy – Diaper Cakes &
More.
2011
Diggity Dog Schedule
8:30
am – Doggie Registration Opens
(Breakfast Offered)
9:30
am – Doggie/Owner Calisthenics
10:00
am – Mayor Bowers Opening Speech
10:00
am – Doggie Walk through City
Park led by “Rage” (Greenville Township Fire Department’s Mascot)
10:00
am – Vendors & Children’s
Activities Open (face painter & caricature artist)
10:00
am – Food vendors
10:00
am – Darke County Humane Society
with adoptable pets & Animal Shelter
10:00
am – Greenville Area Dog Club
Demos
10:30
am – Extreme Insanity Dog Sports
Demos with Russell Rex
11:15
am – Doggie Contests &
Awards (Best Dressed, Cutest, Owner/Doggie Look-a-Like, Best Eyes, Best
Marking, Best Legs, Best Tail & Best of Show)
12:30
pm – K9 Unit Demos by Mercer
County & Tipp City
1:30
pm – Disc Competitions
2:00
pm – Wiener Dog Races &
Awards
3:00
pm – Dog Games (Prizes to the
winners)
3:30
pm – Raffle Drawings for Big
Prizes
3:45
pm – Blessing of the Animals
A
portion of the festival proceeds
will help our friends at the Darke County Humane Society &
Animal
Shelter! Discovery’s
Animal Planet will
be featuring our hometown festival on their website.
For more festival information or to download
doggie forms, please visit our website at www.diggitydogfest.com or
contact
Angela Flory at 937-467-4547. All dogs must be on non-retractable
leashes.
Greenville’s
Carefree Connection Bus
Tours and Dave Knapp Ford are proud sponsors!
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