League for Animals & People of the Summit L.A.P.S.

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Our 7th annual 2010 DogTerra will be Sunday, March 7th at the Breckenridge Golf Course, Gold Run Nordic Center (Highway 9 and Tiger Run Road).
Click here for details on how you can participate for a good cause with door prizes, silent auction and a race that you can walk or run. Registration starts at 9:15 A.M. for a fun filled afternoon of ski joring, snowshoe, obstacle course, frisbee catch and more! Here are some photos from 2007 event.

Registration starts at 9:15 A.M. with dog handlers at the ready

Click here for DogTerra event registration form

out on the course, photographers mingle with coffee shop owners

Louisa Morrissey gives a ski joring clinic while everyone prepares

ski joring gets underway about 10:30 with individual starts

competitors finish with style after about 2 kilometers of ski joring

snowshoe contestants mingle at the line for nearly 2 kilometers of action

and the winners of the snowshoe portion of DogTerra 2007 are ...

volunteers huddle to invent this year's obstacle course

the Chuck-It competition was a big hit this year with the fleet of foot

and the soft Frisbee experts were showing their style

With the help of our faithful volunteers, DogTerra was held at Breckenridge's Gold Run Nordic Center on Sunday, March 4th. Thanks for everything Scott Yule, Deb Oately, Jim Sanders, Dennis Flanagan and the whole Gold Run crew for making DogTerra such a great success!

Summit County Animal Shelter
Please stop by to find a new friend, volunteer to socialize with the cats, or walk the dogs.
PetHarbor.com
This easy to search website lists adoptable animals from all over the USA and Canada.

High speed connection? Click on underlined links for hundreds of event photos!
click here for pictures from recent DogTerra events: 2005 2006 2007
click here for pictures from recent Canine 4K events: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
click here for 2009 Canine 4K Race Result Finish Times

WELCOME to our MEETINGS!
We meet at 6:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month at Abbey's Coffee in Frisco on Main Street next to BackCountry Brewery. Please join us as a member of L.A.P.S. or just come to the meeting to get aquainted. Energetic, involved people are always needed to serve as board members and to help with special events around Summit County. We look forward to hearing from you. LAPS events for dogs in Summit County includes Dog Terra, Canine 4K Feline No-Way, and Pet Photos with Santa and Grinch. Let's Go Sailing on Father's Day weekend at Dillon Marina benefits L.A.P.S. but dogs can't sail with you.

L.A.P.S. is spearheading the effort to get Dog Parks in Summit County. We need volunteers to form local committees and attend local government meetings to lobby for dog parks in your town. Please email us at laps@colorado.net if you can help with this. Left click here to view the Dog Park detail page.

E-mail us anytime: laps@colorado.net
or drop us a letter at:

League for Animals and People of the Summit (L.A.P.S.)
P.O. Box 2512 Frisco, CO 80443

To reach the Summit County Animal Shelter: (970) 668-3230