'Doug' Wins Top Spot on Calendar in Alexandria Fundraiser

PHOTO of Doug courtesy of AWLA

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The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria’s 2016 Calendar Photo Contest, an annual event that raises a lot of money and is a lot of fun for pet owners and their pets, recently crowned a winner. In all, entrants and voters raised $66,596.

Doug, a happy-go-lucky looking Pomeranian, will star on the cover of the AWLA’s 2016 calendar, after winning the most votes this year. Here’s more about Doug, from his entry:

“Hi! My name is Doug. I’m a six year old Pomeranian mix who enjoys long walks through the neighborhood, begging for treats, and curling up in the lap of special someones. Oh wait.....wrong ad!
What I meant to tell you was that my name is Doug and last winter kind people with Page County Animal Shelter picked me and a few friends up off the side of the road. Then the awesome folks at AWLA brought me to their shelter and gave me much needed love and medical attention. Two days before Christmas I met my furever parents. One look in my brown eyes and they couldn’t say no! I’ve been living the good life ever since.
My big sis, Kona, is a pro at this calendar thing and promised to give me some pointers on how to raise lots of money to help more animals like me!”

The contest attracted all sorts of entrants and the winners include dogs, cats and even a pot-bellied pig (who was adopted from AWLA, but now lives on a farm called “Happy Trails.”

Here are the calendar winners and the number of votes they received. Congrats to all!

• Doug: 7,049 votes
• Pickles: 4,817
• Rory: 4,352
• Mittens: 2,440
• Mak: 2,415
• Szarlotka: 2,275
• Everest: 1,706
• Bubba: 1,705
• Charlie: 1,625
• Athena: 1,476
• Molly and Chance: 1,370
• Oscar: 1,237
• Stitch: 1,201
• Zoe: 1,136

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