Chestermere has its fair share of amazing trade shows, markets and events at the Chestermere Recreation Centre, but now it’s time for the dogs to take over. On Saturday June 18th dog experts and enthusiasts will be participating in the first ever K9 Con.
The K9 Convention will offer the opportunity to meet with other like-minded people who know and love man’s best friend. The convention offers a range of quality guest speakers on topics ranging from dog psychology to health and nutrition to training to the role of dogs in society, and lots more. There will also be a canine-based trade show where all vendors are offering products and services that improve your dog’s quality of life.
The convention is being organized by the Chestermere Therapy Dogs Society (CTDS) whose president, Steve King, said “The convention is a unique event which combines both guest speakers with a canine-based trade show: everything is about dogs. I wanted to give dog lovers the opportunity to learn about what is happening in the canine world but done in a fun, interesting way. It’s also nice to have Chestermere leading the way (again!) on this unique initiative”.
King continued saying, “The goal for this event, apart from fundraising for CTDS, is to provide people with the opportunity to learn more about man’s best friend, how they can help their own dogs lead a healthy, more meaningful life and stimulate people to action, whether through involvement with CTDS, starting agility, working towards the Canine Good Neighbour certification or any other canine related activity. My own personal goal is to have people leave the convention feeling happy, more aware of what’s happening in the canine world and feeling that the day they’ve spent with us was very worthwhile”.
This full day event will have speakers such as Megan Armstrong, Heather Forsyth, Jenn Birchall, Bob Eden, Steve King, Dr. Wendy McClelland, Pat Murray, and Dr. Carla Simon who will speak to wide variety of topics and interests on everything canine.
Aside these amazing speakers, a silent auction, trade show, agility demo over the lunch break (weather permitting), door prizes, and lunch will be provided and the opportunity to learn more about how to properly care for, feed, train and play with your dog. Although the convention is all about dogs, it’s asked that only the humans attend the event.
“We have a couple of booths still available (has to be canine based vendors). More sponsors would be good. We have yet to determine exactly how many volunteers we’re going to need on the day but mentioning needing more volunteers would be useful”, added King.
Early bird tickets are now on sale until April 30th for $60 and after that ticket prices go up to $70. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.k9con.com
“Chestermere Therapy Dogs Society believes in giving back to the community and we will do whatever we can to help facilitate that process”, added Steve King, CTDS President.
