Mutt-minster Dog Show raises $1,210 in SW Mo.
May 13, 2013, 2:46 PM
CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) – An 8-year-old southwest Missouri girl who was disappointed that her mutt couldn’t compete in the Westminster Dog Show came up with an alternative.
The Joplin Globe (
http://bit.ly/ZUENVR) reports that the Mutt-minster Dog Show made its debut over the weekend at a Carthage park.
It raised $1,210 for the Carthage Humane Society. That far surpassed Olivia Pierce’s $300 fundraising goal. Her mother, Keegan Pierce, says donations came from a mix of corporate sponsors and competition entries.
The show featured nearly 30 dogs and their owners competing for the best-in-show title. The winner was a boxer-schnauzer mix. Olivia says she just wanted to have other people see dogs the same way that she does, to know that “they are all special in some way.”
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Information from: The Joplin (Mo.) Globe,
http://www.joplinglobe.com
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