Postcards from Woofstock

Thursday, May 17, 2001 - USA

HONOLULU, HI — Woofstock.  The show was packed with longhairs; they were singing and dancing and howling; they were stage-diving. As you'd expect, the crowd was wild.

It was all part of the program, and everyone had a great time—even the humans.  Last month's "Woofstock" was probably the largest canine spectacle to grace the 132 islands of the South Seas.

Benefiting the Hawaiian Humane Society and co-arranged and sponsored by Purr-fect Paws Premiere Pet Boutique, this eclectic event featured as the highlight of the evening a four-footed fashion show (as announced in last month's article "Ex-Shelter Dogs Strut Their Stuff").

Today we're pleased to share with you a few choice photographs sent to us by Purr-fect Paws.  Hose down the runway, here we go...

What's Woofstock without tie-dyes and neon green t-shirts?  Pictured above is Kawa, a White Finnish Spitz who showed up at the Humane Society, abandoned and half-hairless.  What a comeback!

Coquettish little Rambo (something about that phrase doesn't sound quite right) is a Papillon sporting a frontpack-style carrier, for those ex-shelter dogs who are now too chic to walk on the sidewalk.

(Photo: FL MORRIS / HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN)

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