Dog costume contest scores big
Event helps four pups get adopted
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Emma Enlow, 12, of Jacksboro gets a happy kiss from Mabel, the pup she had just adopted from the Anderson County Animal Shelter at the Oak Ridge PetSmart during last Saturday’s dog costume contest and adoption event. - G. Chambers Williams III
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Savannah Worthington of Rocky Top holds her dog Koko, the first-place winner of the Dog Halloween Costume Contest at PetSmart in Oak Ridge on Saturday. Looking on are Eddie Shannon, center, and Leean Tupper, assistant to Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, who sponsored the event on behalf of the Anderson County Animal Shelter. - G. Chambers Williams III
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Animal Shelter volunteer Barbara Burton spends some quality time with her friends Max, left, and Mabel on the floor at the Oak Ridge PetSmart on Saturday (Oct. 30) during the dog costume contest/adoption event. Both of these dogs found forever homes at the event. - G. Chambers Williams III
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Zoe the schnauzer, the pet of Demi Moore, left, of Clinton, won second place for her “Chucky” costume in last Saturday’s dog costume contest at PetSmart in Oak Ridge. Holding Zoe is Demi’s mom, Tracy Freels. - G. Chambers Williams III
Last Saturday’s dog Halloween costume contest at PetSmart in Oak Ridge, sponsored by Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, didn’t draw a huge turnout on the rainy day, but it did score well on its intended purpose.
Frank said Monday that the event was designed to help the Anderson County Animal Shelter find homes for some of the dogs it had available for adoption.
And by the time the contest was over, all four dogs the shelter had brought to PetSmart for adoption had found their “furrever” homes.
While there weren’t many people who brought their own dogs in costumes for the contest, there were plenty of people who showed up for the event, with enough of them ready to take home their own new pets.
As for the contest, Koko, the dog of Savannah Worthington of Rocky Top, won first place and a basket full of dog toys and goodies. Savannah is a sophomore at Anderson County High School.
The second-place award and prizes went Zoe, the pooch of Demi Moore, 13, of Clinton, a seventh-grader at Clinton Middle School.
As for the lucky adoptees, they included Max and Mabel, part fox terrier pups who were litter mates, according to Barbara Burton of Slum Dog Rescue, who was volunteering for the animal shelter at the event.
Emma Enlow, 12, of Jacksboro adopted Mabel, who seemed deliriously happy in the arms of her new doggy mom. Emma is a seventh-grader in Campbell County.
“We were glad we had such a good turnout of people who were ready to adopt these dogs, because that’s why we did this,” said Leean Tupper, assistant to Mayor Frank. Tupper was there to coordinate the costume contest.