Speaker 1: On a happier note, we're just a few days away
Speaker 1: from the Wiggle Waggle Walk for Pasadena Humane. So let's
Speaker 1: say good morning to Pasadena Humans. Kevin McManus. Kevin, we're
Speaker 1: just just a couple of days away before we all
Speaker 1: go to the dogs.
Speaker 2: I know, I'm really excited, So tell her tell.
Speaker 1: Us about the walk for anybody who may not be
Speaker 1: familiar if they haven't heard me talking about.
Speaker 3: It a lot on Waco, call.
Speaker 2: Well, Wiggle Waggle Walking Run is our biggest fundraiser at
Speaker 2: the year, excuse me. And we have basically a big
Speaker 2: dog walk at the Rose Bowl and then you know
Speaker 2: kind of like a fun you know, vendor event and
Speaker 2: booths and doggy costume contests all that kind of stuff
Speaker 2: at Brookside Park. So it's Sunday, April sixth, from nine
Speaker 2: to eleven. And yeah, you don't need a dog to
Speaker 2: you know, participate, but it's a little bit more fun
Speaker 2: if you do.
Speaker 3: Yep.
Speaker 1: And last year you said kind of all all walks
Speaker 1: of dogs are welcome. We had a lot of dogs
Speaker 1: last year that came in strollers like they just couldn't
Speaker 1: make the walks, so they got pushed around the route.
Speaker 3: So all dogs are welcome.
Speaker 2: Right of course. Yeah. Yeah, Obviously, if your dog is
Speaker 2: uncomfortable with other dogs, maybe this isn't the best event
Speaker 2: for him or her, But other than that, yeah, every
Speaker 2: every dog is welcome. You know, there's two options for walking.
Speaker 2: There's the five mile or sorry, the five k, the
Speaker 2: three mile loop around the entire Rose Bowl, and then
Speaker 2: there's a one mile loop, which a lot of the
Speaker 2: smaller dogs or older dogs or those in strollers choose
Speaker 2: to take. But a lot of fun things for pet owners,
Speaker 2: a lot of great vendors. This year. Subaru has this
Speaker 2: cool activation they're doing and they're they're sponsoring all the
Speaker 2: adoptions that happened at our Wiggle Waggle Wagon this year,
Speaker 2: which is really cool.
Speaker 3: So you're gonna have dogs out on site again this year.
Speaker 2: That's right, You have adoptable dogs. Yeah, so, and there
Speaker 2: some of them will be walking with our volunteers and
Speaker 2: obviously decked out so you know who's who. But yeah,
Speaker 2: you're looking for a dog. And that was a great
Speaker 2: time too.
Speaker 3: Yep.
Speaker 1: And as we've talked about before, last year, I got
Speaker 1: to walk this beautiful Doberman pincher and had some volunteers
Speaker 1: with me to make sure that everything went well.
Speaker 3: But she was just awesome.
Speaker 1: And I had somebody on the walk who didn't have
Speaker 1: a dog, and they were asking me about her and
Speaker 1: they ended up adopting her.
Speaker 3: I mean, so you just even if you.
Speaker 1: Show up without a dog, you might go home with one.
Speaker 1: That's one of the great things of Wiggle Waggle Walk.
Speaker 3: And I would have.
Speaker 2: Tap my eye on one for you. Amy, I've got
Speaker 2: my eye on a dog right now. He's gonna be perfect.
Speaker 2: If he's still arrived. He isn't adopted by that he's
Speaker 2: your dog.
Speaker 3: Oh okay, yay, I can't wait.
Speaker 1: I miss having a dog and I love to get
Speaker 1: to have one just for a couple of hours. And
Speaker 1: then the costume contest is always so much fun, Like
Speaker 1: a lot of dogs dress up for this and you
Speaker 1: have a whole.
Speaker 2: Contest going so many it's crazy and people go all out.
Speaker 2: You know, it's one of my favorite parts. Just like
Speaker 2: I'm overwhelmed with people's creativity and how they can, you know,
Speaker 2: dress out, how can they get their dogs to put
Speaker 2: on a costume, which is also a feat. But then, yeah,
Speaker 2: the creativity that goes into some of these these costumes
Speaker 2: that's really stunning.
Speaker 1: Okay, So Kevin, let's talk about because we know that
Speaker 1: you said it's the biggest fundraiser. We know that you're
Speaker 1: asking people to take their hard earned money and donate
Speaker 1: it to Pasadena Humane. So let's talk about what the
Speaker 1: money that we donate and what the money we raise
Speaker 1: is going to do.
Speaker 2: Well. It helps us with all of our programs that
Speaker 2: we do throughout the year. So that's our animal ICU,
Speaker 2: which was kind of, you know, really highlighted during the fire,
Speaker 2: caring for animals that were injured and burned in the fire.
Speaker 2: Our foster care program, argument education programs, are Wildlife like
Speaker 2: all of the things that we do for the animals
Speaker 2: in our community that gets funding directly from events like this.
Speaker 2: So that's why we you know, we know people have
Speaker 2: been overwhelmingly supporting us for the last few months because
Speaker 2: of the fire, but we're asking for just a little
Speaker 2: bit more because this this will help us do what
Speaker 2: we do all year long.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and if you want to see some of what
Speaker 1: they do, we posted it on Instagram after we came
Speaker 1: and visited you after the fires, and it's at amy K.
Speaker 3: King.
Speaker 1: But Kevin took us into one of the operating rooms,
Speaker 1: and we got to see one of the little cats
Speaker 1: who was being treated and some of them that are
Speaker 1: that were on the road to repair after they were
Speaker 1: burned in that awful fire. And then are you still
Speaker 1: boarding some of the animals or is everybody back in
Speaker 1: their homes.
Speaker 2: We still have about one hundred and forty animals that
Speaker 2: we're caring for, and you know, that's definitely like a
Speaker 2: long term need as well, just kind of so that
Speaker 2: unfortunately that is expensive. We're not charging any of the
Speaker 2: pet owners anything, you know, we know that they're going
Speaker 2: through a lot and have lost homes. But yeah, so
Speaker 2: we're caring for their pets until they can, you know,
Speaker 2: make the next step in their you know, journey to recovery,
Speaker 2: which you know, it actually impacts the shelter a lot
Speaker 2: because you know a lot of good chunk of those
Speaker 2: are still at the shelter itself. We have a lunch
Speaker 2: in foster homes too. But you know, it makes us,
Speaker 2: you know, just kind of every dog that comes in,
Speaker 2: we're already like we need to have a plan on
Speaker 2: how to get that dog adopted. So it's a lot
Speaker 2: of pressure right now for us because of that. But
Speaker 2: you know we're making the best of it when you know,
Speaker 2: obviously we're going to be there for the community for
Speaker 2: as long as it takes. Yep.
Speaker 1: And I know that we're talking about dogs for this
Speaker 1: weekend because of the Wiggle Waggle Walk, but it's almost
Speaker 1: kitten season, so keep that in mind.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, for sure. We've already gotten letters of
Speaker 2: kittens in and we have a kitten shower coming up
Speaker 2: in a couple of weeks which will be a fun event.
Speaker 2: So people are interested in fostering kittens, that's a really
Speaker 2: good opportunity and a good way for us to kind
Speaker 2: of share the share the load of caring for the
Speaker 2: thousands of kittens that we'll get in.
Speaker 1: Okay, And if they are interested in fostering or something,
Speaker 1: can they just go to Pasadena Humane.
Speaker 2: Exactly yeah, or if they're at the walk, I know
Speaker 2: the foster team will be there with an informational table.
Speaker 3: Awesome.
Speaker 1: Kevin McManus with Pasadena Humane can't wait to see you
Speaker 1: on Sunday. It's the Wiggle Waggle Walk for Pasadena Humane
Speaker 1: and if you would like to join our team, we
Speaker 1: would love to have you come walk for it with us.
Speaker 1: And of course We would love to take your donation,
Speaker 1: and you can do both of those things at KFI
Speaker 1: AM six forty dot com, slash Wiggle. Thanks Kevin, We'll
Speaker 1: see you Sunday.
Speaker 2: Okay, thanks Amy, all right, take care,