The Dog City Festival, a fundraiser for Wellspring Edmonton, is scheduled to take place this summer. In conjunction with Champion PetFoods, Avenue sat down with these professional pooches (and their celebrity owners) for a furry photoshoot and to find out what makes them such good dogs.
Lenard
Moses
- Title: CCO (Chief Cuddling Officer)
- Owners: Kari Skelton (blogger) and Ryan Jespersen (podcaster)
- Breed: Boxer
- Age: Seven
- Favourite Toy: Any toy another dog is playing with
- Favourite Human Food: Cheese and pepperoni pizza
- Gets in trouble when: Never … except that one time he ate the couch
Harley
- Title: Motivational Barker
- Owners: Brett Fraser (President, Edmonton Stingers Basketball Club)
- Breed: Mini Aussie Shepherd
- Age: Three
- Favourite Toy: Her blue dragon
- Favourite Human Food: Meat and cheese, but only discreetly when no one’s looking
- Gets in trouble when: She barks at the neighbours
Rico
- Title: Crossing guard
- Owner: Kelly Kimo (President, Production World)
- Breed: Havanese
- Age: Six
- Favourite Toy: Rubber chicken
- Favourite Human Food: Cheese
- Gets in trouble when: He doesn’t come when you tell him to come
We’ve featured a quartet of them here, but look for more of these canine board members:
- Ziggy a four-year-old Yorkie-Poo
- Marley, a 10-year-old Schnauzer
- Spartan, a 10-year-old Labrador Retriever
- Cali, a six-year-old Maltese Yorkie
- Sully, a 10-month Multi-Generational Australian Labradoodle
- Chloe, a three-year-old Black Lab
- Buster, a two-year-old Labradoodle
- Franklin, a one-year-old Northern Inuit
This article appears in the April 2020 issue of Avenue Edmonton
