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Woofstock meet up?

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  • I am not sure if this is Gauche within the B community, but i figure it is worth a shot.

    I was wondering if any GTA Basenji owners were going to Woofstock 2012 this year? The one time we went we ran into 2 other B's and it was kinda neat. I know our little one got a big kick out of it and it was a nice day of treats, SWAG and socializing.

    Anyone else thinking of making it out this year?

    http://www.woofstock.ca/index.html

    Hope to see some of you there!

  • Not much interest in entering from the show group around here, so I did not enter. Will not be there this year. Will be getting ready for a road trip to Hillsboro, OR the following weekend for the Cascade Hound shows

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