Participants can go to the dogs at the sixth annual GoldenFest, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. Hosted by Golden Retriever Rescue of Southwest Florida, the festival will be held at the Doggy Heaven canine park at the Shell Factory & Nature Park in North Fort Myers.
Events include pet vendors, exhibits, Santa pet portraits, dog dock diving, flyball, a “Furminator” grooming booth, a huge raffle and silent auction, refreshments and more. Raffle and auction items range from theater, dinner cruise and hotel tickets to rounds of golf, lavish gift baskets and a number of vacation and cruise packages. Among the vendors are animal hospitals, boarding facilities, trainers, groomers, rescues and pet food companies.
“This will be an amazing event,” said Alesia Galuppo, president of GRRSWF. “We had hundreds of people and dogs last year and expect this year’s event to be even bigger. We are grateful to the Shell Factory for providing such a dog-friendly venue.”
The Shell Factory is located at 2787 N. Tamiami Trail in North Fort Myers.
All breeds of well-mannered, leashed dogs are invited to attend with their owners.
For more information, visit grrswf.org, email info@grrswf.org or call (239) 369-0415.