Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Competition & Baltimore Dog Festival October 27, 2012

Unleash your creativity and celebrate Halloween with your pet for a worthy cause! The Can Company is bringing back its popular “Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Competition/Baltimore Dog Festival”, one of the City’s most popular pet events, on Saturday, October 27, to benefit the Baltimore Humane Society. Certain to become a Halloween tradition for pet lovers, the event will feature more than 100 dogs, imaginatively dressed in seasonal costumes. Dog owners and their four-legged friends can compete for prizes in the following categories: Most Original, Most Baltimorean, Matching Dog/Human, and Best Last Minute.

Dog owners must register their costumed pets for the competition on the day of the event. The registration fee is $20. Registration fees and all other proceeds from the Costume Competition/Baltimore Dog Festival will assist The Baltimore Humane Society, one of the few no-kill facilities in Maryland, in providing temporary homes and care for unwanted and homeless animals in the region. Additional Information is available at http://crossstpartners.com/Howl_0_Ween.html.

Participants include: The Baltimore Humane Society, dozens of costumed dogs and their owners, celebrity judges, DJ/on-air personality Jon Boesche', media sponsor WLIF 101.9 LITE FM, Eastern Animal Hospital, Dogma – Life with Your Pet, Wagging Tail Portraits, and Robert Smith Photography, among others.

Saturday, October 27, 2012, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
- Dog Festival and Kid’s Zone: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
- Registration for Competition, 1:30 p.m.
- Costume Competition, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
About the Baltimore Humane Society
The Baltimore Humane Society, founded in 1927 by Mrs. Elsie Seeger Barton, is an independent, non-profit, no-kill animal shelter, which offers low-cost veterinary care to the public, and a pet cemetery with grief support services.  We receive no funding from the local or federal governments, or any national animal welfare organizations.   For more information about BHS, and how you can contribute, volunteer, adopt, or foster, please visit www.bmorehumane.org or call 410-833-8848.

Official Website: http://www.thecancompany.com/events.htm