Sat 12/6, 9am – 5pm
For the 4th year in a row, the real Santa Paws is coming back to town! His return to The Barkley Pet Hotel and Day Spa on Sat 12/6 will be a holiday memory-making affair you’ll cherish for years to come. All healthy and friendly pets are welcome for their 2014 holiday photo to be taken on Santa’s lap. Barkley stylists will be ready to give Pawdicures and mini “fluff-ups” prior to the snap of the lens.
This year’s recipient of your $10 donation per pet will benefit the W.A.G.S. 4 Kids (Working Animals Giving Service for Kids) non-profit organization. Their efforts are dedicated to providing mobility service and autism service animals that meet the specific needs of children with disabilities in Northeast Ohio. W.A.G.S. 4 Kids achieves this by utilizing their Award-Winning ODRC Accredited Cell Dog Training Program, and is driven by the belief that early intervention and will work with a family early in a child’s life if there is a need and an interest.
Director of Development and Special Events Sera Nelson beams, “We have placed over 55 dogs to homes with children where their primary diagnosis is anywhere from cerebal palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, as well as duchenne muscular dystrophy and lymph girdle muscular dystrophy, autism, quadriplegic and parapleg