The group, Friends of Festival Country K9s, is spearheading multiple upcoming events to benefit the community. They are coordinating pet adoptions with all the local animal shelters, offering discounted micro-chipping for pets, discounted dog agility classes, and dog obedience classes for puppies and adult dogs.

Upcoming Fundraisers include two events at Petsense, 582 South Main Street, Cedar City. Petsense will be hosting a pet adoption event that will have adoptable pets from our local animal shelters and rescues from 10am to 2pm and the group will be hosting a fundraiser for discounted pet micro-chips.

The WOOF Center for Active Pets in St. George, Utah is hosting snake awareness training on Saturday, April 1, 2017 beginning at 9 am (Utah time) 8am (AZ time)

The location for this training will be held at the Littlefield Firehouse, Beaver Dam Arizona, 630 N. Highway 91 (approximately 30 miles west of St. George)

It is $120 for a 3 to 4 hour outdoor session.  If there is a second dog from the same household, the second dog is $100.

The class will be instructed by Jay Smith who has 15 years experience in the field.

The next session of dog obedience training with Gail Workman will begin with a 2 hour seminar on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 at Gail Workman's Dog Training Made Easy, 2494 South, 18100 West, Cedar City, Utah

For questions, please contact Gail directly at

435-592-5487

The first class is a seminar WITHOUT dogs.

Week 2 class days and times available:

***subsequent weeks are 1 hour long classes

Beginning class 
Wednesday April 26 11: am     

Wednesday April 26
Puppy class 4 months - 7 months old 6:00 pm to 7:00

Petsense, in their effort to support the building of Iron County's first dog park, has offered space to the group, Friends of Festival Country K9s, to display and sell items to raise funds for the new fenced dog park to be built.

There will be T-Shirts & dog leashes for sale and a location for donations.  Brochures will be available to find out more about this grass roots project.

Friends of Festival Country K9s is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that originated in Cedar City in 2012.

 

Friends of Festival Country K9swill be hosting theirResponsible Dog Ownership Dayon Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Park Discovery and Cedar Middle School in Cedar City between 11AM and 3 PM.

The day will consist ofCanine Good Citizen Testingwith AKC Evaluator Gail Workman and demonstrations with the Police K9s as well as agility, flyballl, and rally.  There will be local vendors, games with prizes, a purebred parade, coloring contest and more.

Doctor. Mike Gamble withMt. View Animal Clinic

D&B's Pet Sitting and Boarding in Cedar City Utah is hosting Pre-Agility and Agility Classes for the community.  They are on Thursday evenings beginning at 6:30. 

The cost is a $10.00 donation toFriends of Festival Country K9swhich is a group that supports all the local animal shelters and offers discounted classes and fun activities for the whole family with their dogs.

We welcome vaccinated, leashed and friendly dogs to participate in this family friendly and fun sport.

We have a new AKC Competition Sized 100' X 100' area in our back fully fenced yard.

Friends of Festival Country K9s is hosting their 3rd Annual Responsible Dog Ownership Day at Cedar Middle School and Park Discovery, 2215 W. Royal Hunte Drive in Cedar City.  It will be hosted on the lawns across from the Aquatic Center.

This family friendly event welcomes people to bring their well-behaved, leashed dogs to try out some of the agility equipment purchased with donations and RAP funds.

Cleaning a dogs ears may not be as easy as you think.  Some dogs are rather adverse to it so it is a good idea to always offer a treat when you are done so the next ear cleaning session goes a little easier.

 

Start by restraining your dog.  If you have a small dog you can wrap her up in a large thick towel with her head exposed or have someone help hold her.

 

Use a cotton ball, paper towel or gauze sponge moistened with water and gently rub the large pieces of wax and debris off of the ear lobe.

My husband, Bruce Gil, and I have been working to bring the community an off leash dog park to Cedar City along with a group of other people and have met with much resistance.

One of the things that brought resistance is the lack of funds to build a dog park which brought us to starting a non profit 501.c.3 so people who donate to our group can get a tax deductible receipt.

We were approved by the IRS in record time and have made huge steps forward in the community by hosting regular pet adoptions for shelter pets, offering low cost and free dog training seminars and classes, hosting fun events that can help people get motivated to be involved with their pets and so much more.

If you are thinking of adopting a new dog, there are many things to consider.  

Are you really ready for one? 

 This free downloadable book is a great resource to help you decide.

If you have a new dog, a local group by the name of Friends of Festival Country K9s can help you with resources to train and offer fun and exciting activities with your dog.  This is their site:

There will be time for questions and answers.   This seminar is WITHOUT dogs and open to the public. Please sign up here to register as space is limited.   Classes begin the following week.  This seminar is a pre-requisite for those intending to take Gail’s class so you know what to expect and be prepared for.

Have you ever been in the uncomfortable position of having to break up a dog fight?

It can become a very dangerous situation very quickly and must be acted upon quickly.  If you have fears that your dog might be aggressive towards other dogs, don't risk your dog, yourself or other dogs by allowing them to come in contact.

If your dog shows signs of aggression, we recommend that you seek the professional help of an animal behavioral expert or dog trainer.  Locally to Cedar City and the Southern Utah Area, D&B's highly recommends Gail Workman.