Looking for something to do? Check out YDR Pets’ events listing.
SEPTEMBER 17 – OCTOBER 7
- NutralifePet’s “Go Dog Go!” Video Contest began Sept. 17 and continues through Oct. 7. Pet parents are asked to submit their best, funniest and most exciting videos of their dogs in action for a chance to win a $2,000 Amazon Gift Card, a case of NutralifePet Ultra Joint & Liver Support, and other prizes. Pet parents can enter the competition by creating and submitting a video of their dog performing his or her “best action move” –- running, leaping, diving, dancing, dashing -– or whatever makes their dog get up and go in an amazing way. Three winners will be chosen from eligible entries submitted via Facebook or Instagram. Videos with the highest combination of the most likes and favorites, as well as those that are voted on by the NutralifePet judging panel, will be selected as the first-, second-, and third-place winners. Second prize is a $399 GoPro Camera, plus one case of Ultra Joint & Liver Support; and third prize is a $200 Petco Gift Card, plus one case of Ultra Joint & Liver Support. To enter the contest, visit www.nutralifepet.com/GoDogGo-contest and register their name and email. Once registered, a Go Dog Go! video may be submitted via the NutralifePet Facebook page with #GoDogGoVideo or on one’s personal Instagram account using the hashtag #GoDogGoVideo and tagging @NutralifePet. Facebook video entries can be up to one minute in length, and Instagram video entries can be up to 15 seconds in length. Contest rules permit submission of more than one entry on either or both platforms; however, each entry must be unique. While no purchase is necessary to enter, NutralifePet will also provide a 20 percent discount (coupon code) to all pet parents who register with NutralifePet and enter the video contest. For full rules more information, visit www.nutralifepet.com/GoDogGo-contest. Winners will be announced on or about Oct. 21.
SEPTEMBER 30
- Live from the Cat Cave, a Google Hangout with Jackson Galaxy will be 7 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday, Sept. 30. Topic of discussion will be litterbox issues, and Jackson will be giving away some fun new stuff, including cat toys and an autographed T-shirt. Click here to submit questions for the hangout. For more information, visit Jackson Galaxy on Google+
OCTOBER 2
- World Day for Farmed Animals is Thursday, Oct. 2. For details, visit dayforanimals.org.
- Audubon Chief Scientist Gary Langham and Audubon President and CEO David Yarnold will host “Birds and Global Warming: a Telephone Town Hall” from 7:30 to 8:30 Eastern time on Thursday, Oct. 2. Topics to be covered include:
- Which birds are most likely to be affected by global warming in the coming years
- Sources of hope, like “climate strongholds” identified in an Audubon study
- Ways you can help, in your own backyard or on a larger scale.
When you register for this free event, just provide a phone number (mobiles are fine) at which you would like to be connected. You’ll also have a chance to email a question to be read by the moderator during the town hall.
On Oct. 2nd at 7:30 p.m., an operator will call you to patch you in to the call. The format is like a radio call-in show. You will have the option to ask a question, but you are more than welcome just to listen in. Advance registration is required to participate. Register online by 3 p.m. Oct. 2 to participate.
OCTOBER 4
- Personalized Greyhounds Inc. adopters and greyhounds will greet families from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Tractor Supply, 901 Loucks Road in York, PA. Adopters will be available to answer questions about living with retired racers and how to adopt greyhounds as pets. Greyhounds will be on hand for wags and kisses. For additional information, please visit www.pgreys.org, look for them on Facebook, or call 717-243-5121.
OCTOBER 5
- An open house at Poplar Spring Farm Animal Sanctuary, 15200 Mt Nebo Road, Poolesville, Maryland 20837, will be 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Enjoy a live band, catered food and drink, a silent auction, clowns and face painting, speakers, and the opportunity to stroll around and visit the rescued animals. No admission fee, but donations (of any amount) are very much appreciated. RSVP requested. No dogs, please. For details or to RSVP, visit www.animalsanctuary.org.
OCTOBER 11
- “My Cat From Hell” returns to Animal Planet at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, Oct. 11. Join Jackson Galaxy as he tackles cat behavior cases including a cat who doesn’t fall for the slow blink and a cat guardian who wears a face mask because of his cat’s spraying.
Could you and your cat benefit from a visit by Jackson Galaxy? Click here to apply to be on the show.
OCTOBER 12
- The Grateful Dog Walk and Run (5K and 10K) will be Sunday, Oct. 12, at Harrisburg’s City Island. For details or to register, visit www.firstgiving.com/CPAA/grateful-dog-walk-2014-5K-10K.
- The Dogs’ Den & ARF (Animal Rescue Foodbank) will hold a low-cost vaccine clinic for cats and dogs from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, at Appalachian Harley Davidson, 6995 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050. Dr. Ann Parker MVB will provide kennel cough, distemper and rabies vaccinations for cats and dogs; for a three-year rabies vaccination, owners must provide proof of previous rabies vaccination. Vaccines will cost $10 each. Microchips will also be available for $25 each; price includes registration. This is a first-come, first-served clinic. Breeders may not participate. Cash and checks accepted as payment. Cats must be in secure carriers and dogs must be leashed. For more information, call The Dogs’ Den at 717-648-0773 or email Doggieden@aol.com. For information on The Dogs’ Den, visit www.dd.petfinder.com
OCTOBER 17
- Paranormal Comics Sonya King and Karen Rontowski will perform Friday, Oct. 17, at the Radisson Penn Harris, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill, PA. Doors open at 7 p.m. for a raffle and silent auction, and the show begins at 8 p.m. Cash bar. Tickets are $20 each (plus a $1.50 processing fee) and may be purchased online or by emailing zella@cpaa.info. Tickets will be mailed to you prior to the show, so please provide your mailing address when prompted during the payment process.
OCTOBER 18
- A microchip and rabies vaccine clinic will be 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, October 18, at York County SPCA, 3159 Susquehanna Trail North, Manchester Township (York County, PA). The rabies vaccination is $15 and the microchip cost is $25. In order to receive a rabies vaccination that is valid for 3 years, proof of a previous vaccination must be provided. Dogs must be on leashes and cats must be in carriers.
- “My Boyfriends’ Dogs” will premier at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, Oct. 18, on the Hallmark Channel. When a runaway bride with three dogs stumbles into a diner one rainy night, the owners listen to her tell her story. Always unlucky in love, she’s adopted her ex-boyfriends’ dogs as each romance failed, all while looking for the unconditional love she can only seem to find in her sweet canine companions. A twist of fate that stormy night leads her to realize that true puppy love happens only after one stops searching for it.“My Boyfriends’ Dogs” is based on the fiction novel of the same name, written by Dandi Daley Mackall, and stars Erika Christensen (“Parenthood”), Joyce DeWitt (“Three’s Company”), Teryl Rothery (“Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove”), Emily Holmes (“Snakes on a Plane”), Jeremy Guilbaut (“The L.A. Complex”), Tyron Leitso (“Being Erica”) and Jesse Hutch (“Arrow”).
OCTOBER 19
- Furry Friends Network will offer a low-cost trap-neuter-return (TNR) clinic on Sunday, Oct. 19. Furry Friends Network will pay for all expenses over $25 per cat (remaining cost of spay/neuter surgery, anesthesia, vaccines, wound treatment, antibiotic injections as needed). FFN will provide pre- and post-surgery support and advice; traps and/or carriers to catch and transport feral cats; other feral cat colony supplies such as food, dishes, outdoor shelters as/if available. Advance registration is required. For more information or to sign up for the TNR clinic, visit http://www.firstgiving.com/FFN/ffn-trap-neuter-return-tnr-clinics-2014.
OCTOBER 21
- Personalized Greyhounds Inc. adopters and greyhounds will be greeting shoppers on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Boscov’s at the York Galleria, York, PA. Adopters will be selling Friends Helping Friends shopping passes to raise funds for greyhound adoption, and will be available to answer questions about living with retired racers and how to adopt greyhounds as pets. Greyhounds will be on hand for wags and kisses. The shopping passes entitle the purchaser to a 25 percent discount on Boscov’s merchandise on Oct. 21. For additional information about Personalized Greyhounds, visit www.pgreys.org, look for them on Facebook, or call 717-243-5121.
