The Boston Vegetarian Food Festival took place last Saturday in Boston where we were joined by a number of great dogs as well as some members of the Greyhound Protection Act.

Meet Maggie, pictured below is a rescue Greyhound. Her owner was at the event to collect signatures to help ban dog racing.

Also at the event was PitBull Rescue and Boston Baked Bonz, a company producing vegan treats for dogs.

A Dachshund “Halloooweiner” event will take place next Saturday, October 27th, at noon.

There are currently 70 dachshund owners signed up to attend the event and it will be cover by a reporter and photographer from the Boston Globe!

Althought costumes are very fun, they are not mandatory - you are welcome to join the party even if your doxie refuses to dress up.

For more information and to join the event, you need to become a member of the Boston Dachshund meetup.

UnderdogResQ is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing good dogs that may otherwise be euthanized in animal shelters due to lack of resources and breed discrimination. Volunteers and foster homes are needed in New England and the New York Tri-State areas.

UnderdogResQ is an equal-opportunity dog rescue organization based in Northeast and is currently seeking volunteers to help with:

* Fostering dogs

* Transporting animals from shelters to foster homes and forever homes

* Organizing and staffing adoption events

* Administrative help of all types

If you’re looking to help a very good cause and to save some wonderful animals then please fill the application here.

The Committee to Protect Dogs is a state ballot question group dedicated to passing stronger dog protection laws in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. They are a grassroots organization comprised of nearly two thousand volunteers statewide.

With just over one month left to collect signatures to place the Greyhound Protection Act on the ballot, they need your help! The ballot measure, promoted by the Committee to Protect Dogs, will phase out dog racing by 2010.

As of yesterday, volunteers have submitted 32,000 signatures which means there are 88,000 more signatures needed to qualify for the ballot. There are only five weeks remaining to collect the signatures needed to place the Greyhound Protection Act on the ballot!

To volunteer, please contact the Committee to Protect Dogs’ office at 617-666-3526.

Mark your calendars for this fantastically fun event benefiting a wonderful cause!
Divas Unleashed, a dog Halloween parade organized by Doggie Day, will take place in Boston on Sunday, October 28th at 12.

This year’s venue promises to be even more spectacular than last year with a 97 member marching band leading the parade as well as TV and radio coverage plus talent scouts for Late Night with David Letterman Stupid Pet Tricks!

Check it out: http://www.doggieday.com/halloween/
and read the details here: http://www.doggieday.com/divapress.pdf

Participants are encouraged to pre-register on-line or purchase tickets at the MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center in Boston, DoggieDay Play Center, or the South End Open Market. The donation for registration is $25 per pet. Only registered pets and their owners will be eligible for contests and prizes.

The Salem High School marching band is leading the parade again and Randy Price is emceeing the Finalist Fashion Show at the end of the parade route. This year the parade is starting from 400 Tremont St, where Doggie Day is located, left onto Charles St to the Boston Common and up to the band stand for the celebration.

Plus, the parade is for a great cause: this year it benefits Canine Companions for Independence, a non-profit that pairs people with disabilities with trained assistance dogs.

We hope to see you there!

If you have a Siberian Husky, you will be happy to know that there is the perfect meetup for you in Boston!

Tania Nieves, the owner of two beautiful snow dogs, Talia and Tunda, is the organizer of the Snow Dogs meetup that usually meets every Saturday and Sunday at Peters Park, in the South End of Boston.

We joined Tania and the other nice members of the meetup last Saturday. Here are some pics from the event!

As you can see below, the English Mastif Norman, a very, very big dog, joined to the meetup, too.

If you want to join to the group or want more information about it, click here.

Joe Wex Dog Recreation Space (Peters Park) - the first official dog park in Boston - is almost ready! The dedication and opening with Mayor Menino is scheduled for 3:30 – 4:30 on Sunday November 4th.
Pictured below, Coco is exploring the small dogs park. In fact, there will be a bigger park for big dogs and a separate section for small dogs.

The park is totally privately funded. Friends of Peters Park, the group of dog owners sponsoring the park, collected $363,000 in order to build the new recreational area. This is a great achievement, as they collected $13,000 more than their original goal.

Dog owners can now use a fenced-in area beside the new park.
But mark these dates.
Starting on October 15th, a portion of the new park can be used as a temporary space to allow for final work to be completed on the rest of Peters Park.
On October 29th, the new park will be closed so that final work can be completed prior to the Grand Unleashing on November 4th. During this time, dogs will not have a temporary park to use.