Jack's Barkaritaville Trip

Hi my name is Jack and I live with a houseful of girls – Lexie, Ruby and Kelly in Hanover, PA. I was adopted by my forever family in August of 2011 from SRC. At the end of September my family traveled back to Ohio to spend the day at Barkarittaville 2012 at Gill Lynn Park in the Cincinnati area (Dayton, KY). Boy was it a fun day – with some excitement thrown in as well.

We arrived early to help set up – so that meant we had to stay overnight in a hotel – Kelly wasn’t real thrilled with the elevator – but she managed by laying completely down on the floor with all 4 legs spread out – it was really kinda funny.

We got to the park and it was a little chilly – Mom had found this neat little pen to put us in – she said to keep us safe and out of trouble (more about that later). We had practiced using it once before and it worked pretty well. Kelly is pretty reactive when she is outside her normal environment so she was barking up a storm and bouncing around the pen. Not to be out done I decided that I needed to keep up with her and we had our own mini bark fest going on. That is when we got banished from under the pavilion, to under an Easy- UP and Dad got to sit with us. Kelly also figured out how to nudge the zipper open on the pen and left us out, but fortunately we stayed right there – Ruby being momma’s Velcro girl went right for her and Kelly and I just walked around the pavilion until we were corralled.
 


Banned to the Easy UP

Banned to the Easy UP We met many new friends and mom was able to finally put faces to names that she sees every day in her emails. I got to snuggle again with my Auntie Shirley. Auntie Shirley and Uncle Kirk were my saving angels and nursed me back to health from February 2011 until July 2011 when I beat the nasty heartworm and was cleared for adoption. I also got to take a walk with Uncle Ray and he was amazed how many times I needed to stop and leave messages for other pups.



Auntie Shirley and me

We had adopters come from Nashville, TN, Lexington, Louisville, Indianapolis, and Cleveland. It was neat to see the pups in person whose pictures were on the adoption collage of the 2013 SRC calendar and throughout the calendar pages. It was funny mom recognized the pups and knew their names but couldn’t remember their parents’ names.

We had several SRC members, Ann and Tom Bess-King and Kathy Lewellyn as well as my parents Wendy and Jim travel quite the distance to come. We had lots of schnauzers all sizes, colors, and heights and a few schnauzer wanta bees there as well. There was a group of children that were amazed at all the pups and wanted to help walk us as well. My mom and dad talked to them first and explained that we were all very special pups and needed to be handled with care and respect to keep us safe.

This being our first Barkarittaville; we were told that the attendance was down from past years. People did come eventually; some later in the day. The food was great, and the cupcakes were fantastic (at least that is what I am told), there were also doggie biscuits for us. There were so many things for sale for pups and pup lovers. We came home with new toys and stuff to wear. There were comfy crate mats made by Tom Bess-King – seamster extraordinaire.

Bess-King Clan

We had raffle baskets that were donated by outside donors and SRC members. The baskets ranged from baskets filled with all sorts of doggie stuff, to neat pictures of Schnauzers donated by artists, a schnauzer umbrella, to miscellaneous baskets with really neat things in them, to gift certificates for the ARK and Dr Z and several other places. We had over thirty raffle baskets there.

Later in the afternoon the wind picked up and we had some excitement – in particular we had several strong gusts that knocked over some x-pens and for a few minutes had the Bess-King clan on the loose. Then another gust came thru and blew over the Easy up and our pen. Fortunately we were out on a walk and no one was hurt. But it was scary since no one knew for sure that we weren’t in the pen.

Barkarittaville 2012 was fun and I hope that the tradition continues on – however SRC is in need of volunteers to take over the project. Amy Meyer and her family have diligently led Barkarittaville for the past three years and SRC is so thankful for their help. Please consider volunteering to organize Barkarittaville 2013.

Also before I sign off – let me remind you that the 2013 SRC calendars are available now for immediate delivery. My mom and dad worked real hard on this project and we have a few more calendars left – please consider buying one today – If you haven’t gotten your calendar yet; you don’t know what you are missing. If everyone who hasn’t gotten a calendar yet, would order one then we will be sold out and that would be great. This calendar has the Jack seal of approval and you can see my sisters- Ruby on May and Kelly on August. See below on how to order and thank you from the bottom of my four paws for your order.

ORDER YOUR 2013 SRC CALENDAR TODAY!!!!

This is a great calendar highlighting our schnauzers, featuring 28 pages; jam packed with SRC pups – schnauzers and schnauzer mixes. The calendar has pictures of this amazing breed with wonderful backgrounds showing off their true colors! Calendar purchases benefit the SRC Medical fund.

The price is $15 and $2 S&H. They make great gifts; so order several for your schnauzer loving friends and relatives.

You can order your calendar two ways! – Via PayPal - http://schnauzerrescuecincinnati.org/calendar.html or Snail Mail.

To order by Snail Mail - Mail checks and order information to Amy Meyer, 10940 Elm Circle Aurora, IN 47001

Oh one more thing I forgot to mention – our next big event is the Pet Affair – so save the date Pet Affair 2013 at Gill Lynn Park in the Cincinnati area (Dayton, KY) will be Saturday - April 27, 2013 with the rain date on Sunday- April 28, 2013. Please, Please save the date!! Please plan on helping with this event.

Thanks so much!!!!
Jack