Dog Days of Summer - Blairsville, GA

29/08/2023

We can’t believe how many animal lovers and their beautiful pets attended Safe Pet Project’s Dog Days of Summer 2023!
It’s hard to believe all that cuteness was in one location. Below is just a sample. Click on the links below for even more pictures!

General Photos: https://acaciacreativeco.pixieset.com/dogdaysofsummer2023/

Clinic Photos: https://acaciacreativeco.pixieset.com/clinicdogdaysofsummer/

Big thanks to Sarah Johnson from Acacia Creative Co. for taking these amazing pictures for us.
www.acaciacreativeco.com

28/08/2023

“Thank You” to everyone who helped make Dogs Days of Summer 2023 a success.

Mayor Jim Conley remarked “Safe Pet Project has done a fine job of bringing our community volunteers, businesses and residents together to support and improve the lives of our area pets. We are proud to have the Dog Days of Summer as one of our annual Blairsvile community events.” Thank you Mayor Conley for attending. We also thank the City Hall staff and the Blairsville Police Department for all their support.

A big thank you for the months of work by the Dog Days of Summer planning committee: Sharon Keen from Keen Creations and Co., Walter Hoth from Safe Pet Project, Sarah Gazzara and Tom Shidaker from Safe Pet Project.

The vaccination clinic and microchipping were a remarkable success for the animals! Over 100 dogs and cats were microchipped and almost 300 vaccines were given. This would not have been possible without Drs Stevenson and Arnall and their team from Nottely Oaks Animal Hospital. Safe Pet Project was joined by United Community and our friends at Seasons Inn Motel & Plaza in making it possible to offer several of the vaccines for free!

Safe Pet Project volunteers did an extraordinary job of coordinating things at the event. Bailey’s Barkery and their team offered great support and provided a wonderful location for our clinic. Thank you to Sarah Olver from Cabin Coffee Co. - Blairsville, GA, Crystal Fairless from the Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce and Megan Kimsey from Grandaddy Mimm's Distilling Co. for all their help. Of course the vendors which were set up at the green space/park and Visit Downtown Blairsville are always there to support our community and our animals.

Blairsville is a town built on community. Safe Pet Project feels so blessed to be a part of this special place! Thank you again Blairsville!

26/08/2023

26/08/2023

26/08/2023

Make sure to stop at Book Bound Bookstore and say hi to Chris Negron. He will be signing his books and announce his upcoming book “Underdog City”.

25/08/2023

25/08/2023

We have received more “Miller for Mayor” t-shirts. We now have them in black and white. They are available for sale in our thrift store and they will be available as well tomorrow at the Dog Days of Summer - Blairsville, GA event. All the proceeds help us to offer free vaccines to the pets in our community, thanks to our friends from Seasons Inn Motel & Plaza.

Thanks ThreadzInk Printing for their great job printing the shirts for us.

24/08/2023

The pet parade starts at 10am. Looking out for our pets we walked the parade route at 10:15. The air temperature was 76 degrees. Walking barefoot on the blacktop was no problem. There will be bowls of ice water throughout the route. If anyone is concerned for their pet please don’t join the parade.

24/08/2023

There will be a lot of fun happening at Safe Pet Project’s Dog Days of Summer event in Downtown Blairsville, August 26th from 10am to 2pm.

The event begins at 10am with our second annual pet parade around the Historic Courthouse.

Don’t miss the free microchipping and free/low cost vaccination clinic administrated by Nottely Oaks Animal Hospital which will be held at Bailey’s Barkery; a new pet boutique opening in late September early October.

The green space/park behind Blairsville City Hall will be the location for the pet parade judging and awarding of prizes. There will be pets available for adoption, a raffle of beautiful baskets, amazing silent auction items and a photo op with you and your pet taken by a professional photographer. In addition there will be an array of "Pet Pawticipants” offering art, daycare, boarding and grooming services, dog training, animal toys, cookies and pet supplies.

See the map below created by Mountain Kate Designs for more details. Keen Creations and Co. this day wouldn’t be possible without you!

You won’t want to miss the fun and the celebration of pets! See you there.

23/08/2023

The countdown is on to this Saturday’s Dog Days of Summer event in Downtown Blairsville. Our merchants are looking forward to you and your furry friends visiting their stores. The map below shows the participating merchants at the time of printing. Since the printing, even more merchants have joined in the celebration. See you Saturday from 10am to 2pm.

23/08/2023

The Dog Days of Summer event is the perfect place to find your next furry family member. Come by between 10am and 2pm to meet animals from Safe Pet Project and Mountain Shelter Humane Society.

22/08/2023

18/08/2023

Stop by and visit our table at the Union County Farmers Market this Saturday August 19th. We will have “Miller For Mayor” t-shirts for sale plus we will have our Dog Days Of Summer raffle baskets there for you to see and purchase raffle tickets! Our Blairsville merchants have been very supportive of our Dog Days Of Summer event. Check out our Cat Items Basket, Dog Items Basket and Human Items Basket (including a beautiful Michael Kors purse)!

18/08/2023

Don’t miss this Fur Babies Celebration at The ART Studio GA. Be sure to stop by and say “Hi” to them on August 26th at the park/green space behind City Hall.

To help support our friends Safe Pet Project, The ART Studio GA will be celebrating Fur Babies all week 8/23-8/26 in the studio, during all sessions, and on Saturday at the Downtown "Dog Days of Summer" Event.
We will be painting on canvas and making stuffed fur friends, and more. Contact Melissa for more information. 706-400-8430

10/08/2023

Let's all join the parade! Bring your pup and let's show off their summer style in the Dog Days of Summer pet parade on August 26th! Go to Safe Pet Project's page for more info! 🐾

09/08/2023

The Dog Days of Summer August 26th event keeps getting better and better! Sponsorship from United Community will allow the rabies vaccines at the Dog Days of Summer clinic to be free to the community!

Now, we are excited to announce that the sale of "Miller For Mayor" t-shirts have been so successful that the proceeds allow the Distemper/Parvo vaccines at the clinic to be free to the community also! Nottely Oaks Animal Hospital is generously donating the support of their amazing staff for the clinic.

Folks please give a shout out to our friends at Seasons Inn Motel & Plaza and our friends at ThreadzInk Printing for all they have done to make the "Miller For Mayor" shirts possible!

07/08/2023

Thanks to Grandaddy Mimm's Distilling Co. and to all our friends who joined us Saturday evening for Music Bingo with a canine twist. Miller For Mayor T-shirts were sold, money was raised and everyone had a dog gone good time! The proceeds support Dog Days of Summer low cost vaccine clinic.

05/08/2023

Many thanks to our friends at The Pieces for their support of Dog Days of Summer. These beautiful original pieces are for sale at the Safe Pet Project Thrift Store. Proceeds from the sales will allow our vaccination clinic to offer low cost vaccinations to our community.

04/08/2023

Today is Shop Late First Fridays Downtown and we are having a special celebration at Safe Pet Project Thrift Store for Dog Days of Summer.

Live Music with Gavyn Thorsell from 5 to 7 pm.

Safe Pet Project Thrift Store is having 20% OFF Entire Store from 5 to 7 pm.

03/08/2023

Thanks to our friends at Grandaddy Mimm's Distilling Co.. They are the best.

DON'T FORGET

Music Bingo THIS SATURDAY at 7PM!

In honor of the Dog Days of Summer event, brought to you by Safe Pet Project, we are going to have a DOG DAYS round! Come on out and donate to these guys & know that ALL PET PRODUCTS WILL BE 15% OFF ALL DAY!

DON'T FORGET

Music Bingo THIS SATURDAY at 7PM!

In honor of the Dog Days of Summer event, brought to you by Safe Pet Project , we are going to have a DOG DAYS round! Come on out and donate to these guys & know that ALL PET PRODUCTS WILL BE 15% OFF ALL DAY!


🐾EVERYONE WEAR YOUR MILLER FOR MAYOR SHIRTS🐾

03/08/2023

You’ve heard about it! You’ve waited for it! It’s finally here! It’s the beginning of August and the beginning of the "Dog Days of Summer" in Blairsville. What’s on the Dog Days calendar for this week?

- Friday August 4th is the "First Fridays Downtown". Please shop our Downtown Merchants to help our mountain dogs and cats. Some merchants will be donating proceeds from the sale of pet related products. Some merchants will be donating a percent of sales. As a part of the First Fridays Downtown kickoff of "Dog Days of Summer", Gavyn Thorsell will be performing at our Safe Pet Project Thrift Store from 5pm to 7pm.

- On Saturday August 5th our good friends at Grandaddy Mimm's Distilling Co. will host their August evening of "Music Bingo". For all you animal lovers this will be a special bingo night. In honor of "Dog Days of Summer" they will include a round of Dog Theme Music. Plus a portion of the proceeds will benefit "Dog Days of Summer". Where else can you join your friends, have a ton of fun while supporting our area dogs and cats?

17/07/2023

Can we count on your vote? Miller for Mayor! Miller has been the icon and mascot of Downtown Blairsville for several years, watching over from his window at Seasons Inn Motel & Plaza. He has just announced that he will be running for Mayor and is looking for your support by joining his campaign crew and purchasing a "Miller for Mayor" shirt. All shirt sales proceeds will benefit Miller's 4-legged friends through the help of Safe Pet Project.
Shirts can be purchased from Safe Pet Project Thrift Store.

For those that don't know, Miller is a sweet 5 1/2 year old pit/dalmatian rescue pup.

16/07/2023

Friends let me introduce myself. I’m Miller and I have lived in Blairsville, GA three years. During this time I have made it my job to watch the activity around the historic courthouse and to become familiar with the residents and visitors of Blairsville. I will tell you that what I have seen is this town is impressive. It’s amazing. I’m proud to call Blairsville my hometown!

Today I am announcing that I have decided to run for Mayor of Blairsville. I hope you will support me by becoming a member of my Campaign Crew and by buying a “Miller For Mayor” T-shirt. I’m happy to say that the proceeds from the sale of my shirts will benefit Safe Pet Project and the “Dog Days of Summer” event on August 26th. The shirts are now available for purchase at the Safe Pet Project Thrift Store; 307 Cleveland St., Unit O (back side of the building where Enterprise Rent-A-Car is located). I invite you to watch for future announcements about my campaign.

Miller

27/06/2023

If your calendars aren’t marked for August 26th they definitely should be! That’s the "Dog Days of Summer" event in Blairsville Georgia. This event is a real collaboration on the part of businesses and individuals in our mountain community to support our pets.

United Community Bank will be sponsoring our rabies vaccines for dogs and cats so that the vaccines will be provided for FREE! Staff from Nottely Oaks Animal Hospital are giving their time to administer the rabies vaccines and also offer additional low cost vaccines.

A big “Thank You” to these wonderful folks for supporting Safe Pet Project and the pets in our community.

Watch for future announcements about additional individuals and services that will be available at the event.