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DogsAspen is your local, up-to-date resource for dog-friendly events and activities, for businesses who offer the best dog and cat stuff, and for valley pets still looking for the perfect home. Dogsaspen.com offers lots of information about our animal shelter, our boarding kennel, our programs, our success stories and our non-profit Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter. We are always adding new items so stay tuned!

Doggie Day Care at the Aspen Boarding Kennel

A group of dogs enjoying social time with their buddies in the rocks above the Doggie Day Care yard on a brisk day in January. From left to right: Golden Retriever Silo Bunchman, Belgian Shepherd mix Molly Connell, Border Collie Rye King, Dalmatian Dana Towbin, Cockapoo Rye Berkus, Husky mix Libby Upchurch and Basset Hound Neta Candano. Watch your pets in action anytime with our Doggie Day Care Cam. Access on the right side of our web pages. Please go to Aspen Boarding Kennel for more information. Photo by Bland Nesbit

Winterskol Canine Costume Contest on January 16th

Above: FAAS board member Melinda Goldrich and animal lover Stacy Gluck show off their Best-of-Show winning entry from the celebrity look-alike category. They entered their 4 adorable Pomeranians as actress look-alikes from the recent and highly controversial VH1 reality show entitled "Secrets of Aspen." One of the judges, Richard Gieske, a.k.a. Scooper Man, is handing them their trophy. The event drew lots of participants and a large enthusiastic crowd.
Photo by Stowman L. Stines II

   

On the left: Aspen Animal Shelter rescue and "graduate" Cessie Norman, an adorable Chihuahua owned by Judy Norman, sported one of the many great costumes at the event. On the right: The mysterious and silent Fido the Fashion Dog mascot was responding fearfully to the idea of his own neutering--in response to a discussion of FAAS' very successful widespread spay/neuter program by retired Denver's Channel 7 news reporter Bill Clarke and FAAS board member Bland Nesbit. Photos by Stowman L. Stines II

The 2010 Aspen Animal Shelter Pet Calendars Reduced to $25!

Aspen Animal Shelter 2010 Calendar  

Click here to purchase your calendars online at the
Aspen Wags to Riches web site: aspenwagstoriches.com

The calendars are also available at the shelter and just reduced from $40 to $25. All profits go to our non-profit Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter programs.

The calendars are available at a number of places in the Aspen area: the Aspen Animal Hospital, Alpine Bank, Aspen Times, Carl's Pharmacy, CB Paws, Explore Booksellers, Rocky Mountain Pet Shop and in Basalt at Express Yourself.
Broadway Bark"ed" in Aspen on July 25-26 with Bernadette Peters!

Aspen Animal Shelter 2010 Calendar  

Aspen, CO, July 31, 2009 – Tony Award-winning actress and Broadway Star Bernadette Peters brought her dazzling presence to Aspen on the weekend of July 25 -26, 2009, for Broadway Barks in Aspen, a series of events benefiting Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter (“FAAS”) and Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition (“BARC”). Bernadette appeared at a VIP luncheon at the Aspen Animal Shelter on Saturday, July 25th where she mingled with the nearly 100 guests, read her children’s book “Broadway Barks” to the children in attendance... READ MORE

"Cesar Whispered in Aspen" in July 2008

Aspen Animal Shelter 2010 Calendar  

Aspen, CO, July 16, 2008 – Cesar Millan, the famed Dog Whisperer, played to a packed house at the Aspen District Theater on July 10, 2008 and captivated the audience with his "pack leader” philosophy. The nonprofit Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter (FAAS), in conjunction with Aspen Wags to Riches* and Norbie Zuckerman and his dog Charlie as presenting sponsors, brought Cesar Millan to town for a series of events to raise money for its Roaring Fork Valley and Western Slope Spay/Neuter campaign... READ MORE & VIEW EVENT PHOTOS