TCHS Companion Walk -- lot of pics/2 videos

Today was the 16th Annual Tri-County Humane Society Companion Walk, the local humane society's biggest fund raiser event of the year. It's a 5-mile walk-a-thon and you can just donate and walk your dog or get pledge forms and collect donations of people to pledge you to walk. TCHS is where I adopted Tasha from.

I went by myself this year since David had some other stuff he needed to do today, and I just took Tasha since it's easier to handle one dog and because Tommy can be skittish when we walk through the downtown area. I guess since I didn't really have anyone to talk to, I played photographer mostly, so I have quite a few pics and a couple videos to share.

Mom played pack mule, here's the pack.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...02004/pack.jpg

This was a cute little doxie that kept wanting to drink out of Tasha's water bowl. I brought water from home, guess she thought it tasted better!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../dachshund.jpg

Pretty dobie
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...4/doberman.jpg

Greyhound
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...greyhound2.jpg

Another
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...greyhounds.jpg

Thought this picture was cute
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...greyhound3.jpg

Husky
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...2004/husky.jpg

Old English Sheepdog
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ngsheepdog.jpg

Lab pup and a golden mix were playing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...upsplaying.jpg

Pretty rottie, he looked away right when I snapped the pic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...004/rottie.jpg

Shar-pei mix
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...sharpeimix.jpg

Pretty white husky
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...whitehusky.jpg

More coming.

Tasha greeting a young husky. There were a lot of huskies there this year.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tashahusky.jpg

My pretty girl
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...004/tasha1.jpg

Smiling
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...004/tasha2.jpg

Irish wolfhound
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...wolfhound3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...wolfhound1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...wolfhound2.jpg


This is Phoenix, he's the mascot of the TCHS. He lost most of one ear in an ugly ordeal with some kids and a bonfire, but now he is the cherished and adored mascot of the humane society and is gentle and loving to all people.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...4/phoenix1.jpg

He is a BIG boy too
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...4/phoenix2.jpg

Getting ready to start the walk. I wish now I had gotten a better picture to show how many people were there. I was towards the front of the line so you can't really see how many people were there, but it was their biggest year yet for participation and the people stretched back at least a couple blocks.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...2004/walk3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...004/horses.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...2004/walk2.jpg

Just a few more.

The sign
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...02004/sign.jpg

Tasha walking happily
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...004/tasha3.jpg

Tash getting ready to walk me into a sign :p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...004/tasha4.jpg

That's all, but I have a couple video clips to show next. The first one is just after I pulled in and Tasha is beside herself with excitement :p

This is a clip right when the walk began, it was total mayhem with all the excited dogs. Tasha is totally quiet though, none of the noise you hear is her. She is very happy though, she just loves this kind of thing.

It did quiet down after a few minutes :p

That's all, hope you enjoyed!

Wow, looks like a lot of fun!

Loved all the pictures, especially the ones with happy Tasha. All the dogs are sooo cute! I love those Greyhounds. :)

Thanks Julie, the greyhounds were one of my favorites too :). Still have hopes to adopt/save a retired greyhound someday.

Wow I loved seeing this ......T/y

This greyhound is gorgeous! I want to adopt one someday.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...greyhounds.jpg

I love all the pics and video's, Thanks for posting them:D

Wow lots of nice looking dogs and such a great cause!:)

Great pics & videos, Jess!
That Husky is GORGEOUS!! And I love the Shar Pei mix.
And of course Tasha is adorable.

Tasha was posing for everyone of the pictures except for trying to walk you in the sign lol! i'm glad they had alot of people there to support the cause. How did they raise money? Was it if you walked a mile or so the shelter got money or how did that work?

Great pictures, Tasha is beautiful as always!

I wish you had gotten that rotties face(although his butt is cute too :p)

That looks like a lot of fun! Tasha looks so happy. Duke gets excited like she does except he does it outside before we get in the car. Love the second video. That dog near Tasha sure liked to bark :) There were a lot of people there. That's good. Can't believe you even had some of the posse there. That's cool.

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Originally posted by petslover
Tasha was posing for everyone of the pictures except for trying to walk you in the sign lol! i'm glad they had alot of people there to support the cause. How did they raise money? Was it if you walked a mile or so the shelter got money or how did that work?

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Tasha is a little ham for the camera for sure :D.

It was pretty informal really, they mail out pledge forms and you can go around and gather pledges from people or just pledge yourself and then on the day of the walk turn in the form along with any money you raised with people who pledged for you. There are prizes for people who raise the most (prizes donated by various businesses). Then we all just go on the walk, it starts at one park and the halfway point is at another park. There is a little bus that drives around back and forth and picks up people who can't make it the whole 5 miles.

Robyn, I actually pet that rottie and tried talked to his owner a bit but the guy didn't seem to interested in chatting. I was getting some strange looks snapping pics of various dogs too :p. I don't understand really someone not wanting to chat about their dog.

Once when Tasha stopped to greet the dobie, the owner automatically gave a response that she obviously has to give constantly: "Oh he's a sweetheart, he won't hurt anyone, he loves everybody." So I stopped and gave him some scritchies too. :)

Thanks all!

Great photos, dog walks are such fun. :D

I too loved the photos of the Greyhounds, they are stunning dogs. And Tasha looks as precious as ever.

Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic pics,, thanks for sharing them all,, beautiful pups,,, hope the walk was a resounding success!!!!!

What a sad story about the GSD Phoenix..... poor guy! Glad to see his life had turned out wonderful!

I love the bulldog in the background of this picture...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...4/phoenix1.jpg

Georgeous dogs!!
I love the pooper holder on your pack.

What great pics. Love seeing all the different doggies and that cutie Tasha looks like she has a smile on her face. What a great day.

I like that pack that you have.

Robin :)