Come See Poppa at OSU Pet Day

Click post title to go to Pet Day schedule, in pdf. The second page is a map of events and booths. Poppa's booth is number 48, in the far left of the left most field, right next to vendor parking. That field is typically vacant of vendor booths, except for a small scattering. They appear to have gotten more applicants this year......

Poppa will have a booth at the OSU vet college Pet Day, Saturday, May 2. Poppa's booth location is about as far from the action as a booth could possibly be located, the outback, so to speak, but hopefully the booth will get some traffic. Poppa's president is coming to man the booth. I will help.

Afterall, Poppa Inc. helped fix about 750 Linn and Benton county cats last year alone. I'd like to know what those other nonprofits and groups there have done, by comparison. I guess I'm rather partial.

Poppa deserves an up front location, hero status in my opinion, not hidden in the farthest reaches of the venue. It is slightly depressing to see Poppa Inc. was given such a far off location.

But, oh well. Maybe Poppa will be able to attract people to that far field and make some new friends anyhow.

I see Chintimini Kennel Club will be there. It was a Chintimini Kennel Club officer who wrote a letter to the Corvallis paper against the puppy mill bill, describing the pet overpopulation problem as a hoax. Too bad Poppa Inc.'s booth wasn't right next to their booth. Boy what a contrast in values that would have made.

That field is all commercial booths, except for Poppa and the Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, and a Eugene Ferret Shelter. The three nonprofits, along with various commercial/product booths, occupy the far left line. Also in that field, but with better position closer to the buildings and action is SafeHaven who is up in the far right corner by the sidewalk, a very good location. Next to them, Senior Dog Rescue, who got a great location--front and center.

If it rains, that left field, will be vacant of people. I should check the weather forecast. Poppa did pay for a canopy and table, so at least the booth is rain shielded. In Oregon, in May, you sure can't count on sun.

Who is Pet Adoption Network? I know they used to be in the Albany area but they always claimed they only did dogs. Then I thought they did cats, too, because they were helping adopt out cats in Eugene, but I just got told all the main PAN people moved or quit, and that they are back to doing only a few dogs. Does anyone know?