Pitch and Pooch on April 28 and Perros de Mayo

Please make plans to attend the South Austin Pitch and Pooch on Saturday, April 28 from Noon to 8pm at Butler Park. It’s going to be a blast! Sign your dog up for the Jimmy Buffett-themed costume contest or tee off on the beautiful 9-hole downtown golf course with your family and friends. Enjoy live music by the spectacular Hot Club of Cowtown with Elana James in the afternoon. Then bid for some great items in the silent auction and dine on the best burgers and fries in town catered by P. Terry’s!

You can make a difference if you just show up!

Here’s an opportunity! Help the Dream Come True Foundation take resilient young people with all the odds against them to a life of dreams and possibilities.


The Canine Extravaganza costume contest starts at 4pm and the fee is $25 per dog. Participants will receive a gift bag courtesy of Tomlinson’s. Come dressed in your best tropical attire and have some fun with your canine pals!

If you can grasp a club, you can be in our “World’s Smallest Golf Tournament” at this beautiful 9-hole downtown golf course. It’s fun and fellowship with people you know. Register now to get your family, friends, and your pups involved in this exciting event!

Saturday, April 28th from Noon to 8PM

• Noon and 3pm: Family Golf
• 2pm: Kid’s Chip and Putt Golf Clinic
• 4 to 6pm: Dog Costume Parade
• 4pm: Live Music by Hot Club of Cowtown
• 5 to 7PM: Silent Auction
• 6PM: Dinner catered by P. Terry’s 

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 Here's what you need to know:
Perros de Mayo
May 6th
12pm to 8pm
@304 West 4th (we are back in old stomping ground, the former Ginger Man/Ghost Room)

• Live Music (The Saddle, Nathan Hamilton, The Boxcar Preachers, and more)
• Food and drink
• Silent Auction and Raffle
twitter - @bluedogrescue

hashtag - #perrosdemayo

...and the release of Real Ale's Devil's Backbone Belgian Style Tripel as a year round beer!

It takes a village to pull this thing off so if you'd like to help out we will happily accept it.
If you would like to donate items or services for the silent auction or raffle please find email address here http://www.bluedogrescue.com/contact.htm
If you would like to volunteer the day of the event please sign up here: Volunteer Hub http://bluedogrescue.volunteerhub.com/Events/Browse.aspx

Thanks to all of you for your tireless support of Blue Dog Rescue.
See you at a Blue Dog event soon!

Fun weekend events: Pints for Pups @IndyBrewing and @AusDogAlliance Launch Party @Travaasa_Austin

Join us at Independence Brewing for our 3rd Annual Pints For Pups fundraiser!  This event works a lot like our monthly First Saturday tour and tasting except a large portion of the proceeds will benefit local dog shelters and advocacy groups.  Last year we raised $4,445 dollars for local dog groups and we need your help to raise even more this year!
As always we will have live music, local food vendors and of course your favorite locally hand crafted Independence beer for our guests 21+.  $10 lands you a commemorative glass which we will fill 3 times and the piece of mind that you are helping our four-legged friends across our great city!

Benefiting Charities

Austin Pets Alive
Love-a-Bull
Forgotten Friends
Texas Service and Hearing Dogs
Austin Animal Center (aka Hard Luck Hounds)
Austin Boxer Rescue

Food Vendors

Mom and Pops popsicle cart
Chi’lantro Korean tacos

Silent Auction Donors

Midtown Grooming
Pluckers
George Williams (artist)
Great OutDogs
Brown Distributing

Bands

NicoSounds
Creek and Sway

WINE FOR WOOFS LAUNCH PARTY

SUNDAY EVENING HAPPY HOUR AT TRAVAASA AUSTIN TO CELEBRATE

AUSTIN DOG ALLIANCE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT

Austin, Texas—(April 20, 2012) Travaasa Austin, award-winning experiential hill country spa and resort, to host event for Austin Dog Alliance, nonprofit canine assisted therapy organization, as they make the formal announcement regarding their "Forever Home" building plans this Sunday, April 22 from 4pm to 6pm at Travaasa Austin’s beautiful Mesquite Patio.

This special event will feature wine tasting from Galan Private Reserve and farm to table appetizers provided by Ben E. Keith, fun outdoor games including roping, horseshoes, slacklining, door prizes and a silent auction. Event is free and open to the public.

Austin Dog Alliance provides group social skill development programs for children with autism spectrum disorder that incorporate the use of canine assisted therapy.

The nonprofit works with individuals and organizations throughout Texas with the mission of improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and families by incorporating the powerful connection between dogs and humans.

Austin Dog Alliance is the only group in Texas providing group social skill development programs for children with autism spectrum disorder that incorporate the use of canine assisted therapy.

Austin Dog Alliance also provides handler-dog teams to local hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, as well as schools and libraries through its Bow Wow Reading Dog program.

Please RSVP via email to kristine.huffman@travaasa.com, call 512-258-7243 or RSVP via evite.

Travassa Austin is located at 13500 Farm to Market Road 2769Austin, TX 78726.

ABOUT AUSTIN DOG ALLIANCE

Austin Dog Alliance has a mission to improve the health and well-being of individuals and families through programs incorporating the powerful connection between dogs and humans. Located in Austin, Texas, Austin Dog Alliance, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is the only organization in Texas providing group social skill development programs for children with autism spectrum disorder that incorporate the use of canine assisted therapy. Austin Dog Alliance also provides handler-dog teams to local hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, as well as schools and libraries through its Bow Wow Reading Dog program. For more information go to  austindogalliance.org.

ABOUT TRAVAASA AUSTIN

Located in Hill Country only 25 minutes from one of Texas’s most iconic cities, Traavasa Austin is nestled against 210 acres of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, overlooking beautiful Lake Travis. TRAVAASA® Austin boasts 70 guestrooms tucked into a low-key campus-style layout, allowing resort guests to soak in the natural habitat in an unobtrusive setting. The property offers extensive programming based on five pillars: adventure, culinary, culture, fitness and wellness; and includes horse stables, a challenge course designed in partnership with Outward Bound, a fitness center and yoga studio, an infinity-edge pool, a beautifully appointed dining area with outdoor patio and exhibition kitchen, a tranquil 11-room spa and gracious accommodations.  TRAVAASA® Austin opened April 14, 2011.For more information go to www.travaasa.com/austin.

Kick Off Easter Weekend this Saturday at the 13th Annual Easter Pet Parade

KICK OFF EASTER WEEKEND BY DRESSING YOUR PET IN DRAG:

13^TH ANNUAL EASTER PET PARADE COSTUME CONTEST & BENEFIT

WHAT: Join Jo’s Coffee & Hotel San Jose on South Congress this Saturday, April 7 at noon for the 13^th Annual Easter Pet Parade Benefit. This parade’s theme “Pets In Drag” pays tribute to the late Austin icon and South Congress regular Leslie Cochran (1951-2012). The judging will begin promptly after the parade and top awards for the best-dressed pets include a night at the Hotel San Jose, Jo’s gift cards, trophies and more. The event also features booths by local animal rescue and pet-related organizations as well as a bouncy castle and the Easter bunny for the kids. Concessions available.

WHO: Hotel San Jose & Jo’s Coffee present this annual event.

WHEN: Saturday, April 7, 2012, parade starts at noon (day-of registration 10am to 12pm)

WHERE: The parade will kick-off at the corner of Congress and Annie Street and conclude at Jo’s Coffee on 1300 South Congress.

HOW: Pets can be pre-registered at Jo’s Coffee on South Congress until end of day April 6th. Registration is $10 in advance and $20 the day of the parade between 10 am and the parade start at noon.

ABOUT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE!
Austin Pets Alive! is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and providing the resources, education and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals. Thanks in large part to the hard work of APA!, Austin has become the largest no-kill city in the country. www.austinpetsalive.org