Community Events: Bark in the Park

I was lucky enough to be able to photograph for Greenhill their wonderful event, Bark in the Park. For those of you who don't know, Bark in the Park is a Eugene, Oregon 5k (or 2k) run that Greenhill Humane Society holds every year as a fundraiser for their AMAZING humane society. I can't even begin to express how much I love Greenhill and what they're doing every day for animals everywhere. Their euthanization policy is top notch and I applaud their efforts towards controlling the feral cat population.

The Bark in the Park race can be done with or without your dog (there are seperate races for each) and it was LOADS of fun watching all the silly dogs and their equally silly owners stampede across that starting line. Up until this point I had no idea how animal (especially dog) crazy I am. At least now I'm fully aware. I'm pretty sure my heart smiled from ventricle to ventricle the minute I arrived and saw the hundreds of dogs I was about to enjoy meeting and petting. I had no idea that I'd have such an awesome time and I can't wait to go next year! Even if you don't have a dog, you should come out. I don't and I had the best time ever. :)

(I want to apologize in advance for any amount of excessive pug photos ... I'm completely infatuated with the breed)