(Los Angeles, Calif…March 16, 2010) Nuts for Mutts – The Walk & Festival is set for Sunday, April 18, 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center in Calabasas. Benefiting animal rescue New Leash on Life, the Calabasas Rotary and the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, Nuts for Mutts – The Walk & Festival has added several new post-walk attractions for 2010.

This fun-filled family fundraiser, now in its sixth year, as always will feature a 5K walk-a-thon, for the first time through the crystal clear rolling hills of Calabasas. Route highlights will include “pawzstations” with plenty of water, food and fun for pets of all kinds and their human companions. To register and start signing up your walk sponsors, visit www.nutsformutts.org or call 818-880-2993.

But you don’t have to take part in the walk – or own a dog, for that matter – to attend and enjoy this rollicking event.

The Nuts for Mutts Festival will feature live music, celebrity appearances, great food, a Beer Garden presented by the Calabasas Chamber of Commerce, the Kid’s Fun Zone, pet adoption, a silent auction and over 40 vendors. Celebrities & judges will include Joel David Moore (Avatar), Mark Thompson (Fox 11 News), Tia Maria Torres (Animal Planet’s Pit Bulls and Parolees) Peter Mensah (Spartacus: Blood and Sand & Avatar) and more (subject to availability.)

Two new special competitions require advance registration via the Nuts for Mutts website, www.nutsformutts.org.

Are you the top canine fashion designer? Then by all means, sign up for Project Dogway! Nuts for Mutts attendees will applaud carefully coiffed canines strutting their stuff in custom creations whipped up by their gifted humans. Awards will be offered for top designers in categories such as Evening, Sport, Everyday Casual, Resort and Couture.

Does your pet have what it takes to be a Hollywood star? Sign up for Hollywood Pet Tricks and let industry professionals be the judge as you show off your pet’s special talent.

Nuts for Mutts – The Walk & Festival 2010 media sponsors are KTTV FOX 11, KCOP My13, KABC-AM 790 and 95.5 KLOS-FM. Admission to the Nuts for Mutts Festival is free. The Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center is located at 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas.

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About New Leash on Life: New Leash on Life, www.newleash.org, founded in 1997, has been responsible for the spaying and neutering of thousands of pets and the rescuing and placement of over 3,000 dogs. In addition, they provide free educational seminars at local shelters and schools, set shelter rescue priorities on “hard to place” animals requiring medical or special care, founded the Lend A Paw Program which rescues dogs from shelters, rehabilitates them and transforms them into Assistance and Therapy dogs, founded the P.E.T.’s program (Pet Educational Trainers) and co-founded Partners for Life, which saved hundreds at the East Valley Animal Shelter.

About Calabasas Rotary: The Calabasas Rotary Club www.calabasasrotary.org is dedicated to providing humanitarian services, encouraging high ethical standards in all vocations, and helping to build goodwill and peace by contributing time and resources to others in the local community and throughout the world. Funds raised at The Walk help support the Foundation to administer a variety of programs including the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner which feeds over 600 seniors, Quarterly Food Drive for the West Valley Food Pantry, Neighbors In Need program in partnership with the City of Calabasas, Water Purification Project, Casa de Paz Orphanage in Baja, Mexico and many other life altering projects.

About The Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center: The Agoura Hills / Calabasas Community Center www.ahccc.org is dedicated to providing recreational, social and educational services and opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to enhance the quality of life of the individual and the community. Funds raised at The Walk help support the programs and operations of the Center, including our after school teen program, The Underground. The Underground provides after school activities, homework time and social interaction to middle school students in the area in a positive and fun atmosphere. This program and others are instrumental in the growth and nourishment of the entire community. Through Parks and Recreation….the benefits are endless!

Media Contact: Mary Anderson-Harris (818) 731-3971 aharrism@pacbell.net

8^th Annual Nuts for Mutts Dog Show & Pet Fair Set for

Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Pierce College

Mutts Exhibit Dogged Determination as They Compete in the Most Unique Dog Show in the World!

(Los Angeles, Calif…March 9, 2009)  The 8^th Annual Nuts for Mutts Dog Show and Pet Fair returns to Shepard Stadium at Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills, on Sunday, May 17, featuring something for every member of the family.  Highlights include a mixed breed dog show, pet adoptions, a fair with vendors selling everything from healthy dog treats to fashionable pet carriers, great food, live music, a silent auction, kid’s corner and more, all benefiting nonprofit animal rescue organization, New Leash on Life.

Since its inception in 2001, Nuts for Mutts has grown by leaps and bounds to an annual attendance of thousands of dog lovers.  This year, hundreds of canines are expected to strut their stuff before a panel of celebrity judges in such categories as “Fastest Mutt,’ “Most Ear-resistible Ears” and “Best Kisser” leading up to the coveted “Best in Show.”  Actress-comedienne Debra Wilson Skelton (MADtv) returns to emcee the event, with an array of celebrity judges to be announced soon.

Founded in 1997, New Leash On Life has been responsible for spaying and neutering thousands of pets, rescuing and placing over 3,000 dogs, providing free educational seminars at local shelters and schools, setting shelter rescue priorities on “hard to place” animals requiring medical or special care, founding the P.E.T.’s program (Pet Educational Trainers), training and placement of Assistance and Therapy Dogs (Lend A Paw Program) and co-founding Partners for Life which saved hundreds at the East Valley Animal Shelter. 

Nuts for Mutts sponsors include Petco, Petco Foundation, Animal Wellness, Hansen’s Naturals, Dog’s Life Magazine and Wellness Dog Food.  Show hours are 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.  Tickets are available in advance at www.nutsformutts.org or at the door for $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors 55 and over and free for children age 12 and under.  Dogs are $5.  To register your dog in the competition, visit the Nuts for Mutts website.  Plenty of free parking is available.  For more information, visit www.nutsformutts.org or call (661) 255-0097.

Sunday, May 17, 2009 at Pierce College

Mutts Exhibit Dogged Determination as They Compete in the Most Unique Dog Show in the World!

(Los Angeles, Calif…March 9, 2009)  The 8^th Annual Nuts for Mutts Dog Show and Pet Fair returns to Shepard Stadium at Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills, on Sunday, May 17, featuring something for every member of the family.  Highlights include a mixed breed dog show, pet adoptions, a fair with vendors selling everything from healthy dog treats to fashionable pet carriers, great food, live music, a silent auction, kid’s corner and more, all benefiting nonprofit animal rescue organization, New Leash on Life.

Since its inception in 2001, Nuts for Mutts has grown by leaps and bounds to an annual attendance of thousands of dog lovers.  This year, hundreds of canines are expected to strut their stuff before a panel of celebrity judges in such categories as “Fastest Mutt,” “Most Ear-resistible Ears” and “Best Kisser” leading up to the coveted “Best in Show.”  Actress-comedienne Debra Wilson Skelton (MADtv) returns to emcee the event, with an array of celebrity judges to be announced soon.

Show hours are 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.  Tickets are available in advance at www.nutsformutts.org or at the door for $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors 55 and over and free for children age 12 and under.  Dogs are $5.  To register your dog in the competition, visit the Nuts for Mutts website.  Plenty of free parking is available.  For more information, visit www.nutsformutts.org or call (661) 255-0097.

Luckily for Oak Creek pet Kandu, Nuts for Mutts isn’t trying to be elite. On June 1, the two-legged Routt County mixed breed took home “Best in Show” at a contest that boasts categories such as “Mystery Mutt,” “Most Vocal” and “Fastest Eater.”

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