Thinking about getting a puppy or kitten for someone special this holiday season? You have to look no further than the Big Holiday Adoption Event being held by Last Chance for Animals and The Bark Avenue Foundation. There will be numerous dogs who were rescued from puppy mills available and looking for loving homes. Here are the details:

Saturday, December 20
Pet Headquarters at the Malibu Country Mart
3886 Cross Creek Rd
Malibu, CA 90265
11:00am – 3:00 pm

This past Saturday we headed down to downtown Los Angeles for the grand opening of the new Bark Avenue dog and cat boarding facility located on S. Main St. between 5th and 6th street. One of the great things about Bark Avenue is that they also run the Bark Avenue Foundation, a non-profit organization that is very active in community outreach and helping homeless pets. At the grand opening this past weekend they had quite a few great animals which are currently available for adoption. There was also music and vendors including one of my favorite pet stores, Pussy and Pooch Petstore. Check out the pictures below for photos from the event.

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Some of the animals that are pictured may still be available for adoption, so if one of them catches your eye, be sure to give Bark Avenue a call to follow up on them. Their website is located here.

Every Thursday, Bark Avenue participates in the 7th and Fig. farmers market and brings one dog available for adoption with them. Today’s dog was Lily, a one and a half year old Chihuahua and Jack Russell Terrier mix. Completely adorable and available now. Here are her stats from the Bark Avenue website (where they have her listed as male, but trust me, there was no junk to be had):

“LILY” named after the Gulliver’s travels because she reminded me of a Lilliputian. She is approx 1.5 years old she is house broken and loves all things both animate and inanimate. She loves all other dogs especially the bigger ones and all people. She also loves cats and can’t resist chasing birds. She loves cuddling and makes sounds of contentment when she is close. Give her a rawhide or a Greenie and she is happy for hours and hours. She is crate trained and very outgoing. I think somewhere in her life she got a little bit fearful of raised voices but beyond that she is a perfect family member. She weighs about 12 pounds and is a mix of jack Russell and Chihuahua. If you would like to meet this precious little girl, then please give me a call at 213-840-0153.

Dawn

I can’t stress how cute this dog is in person. The picture on the Bark Avenue website doesn’t do her justice. There’s more pictures after the jump.

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