Top Dog contest accepting contributions for location dogs till end of August – Loveland Reporter-Herald

The Fort Collins Top Dog contest has actually returned for its 3rd year, working as a fundraising event for the Northern Colorado Wildlife Center and the motivation for a brand-new can of Odell Brewing Company beer.

Every year, the contest tasks regional homeowners with entering their dogs amongst numerous other dogs. Each prospect develops an individual page where they can inform the story of that dog and gather funds for the occasion. The funds raised by each dog’s page are then contributed to the Northern Colorado Wildlife Center.

Alex Koenigsberg, among the creators of the occasion, said for many years he has actually enjoyed to see it grow and get a growing number of individuals. As of Thursday afternoon, the participant page had actually more than 60 dog entries and had raised more than $3,600.

“I want to see this thing become one of those Fort Collins institutional events,” Koenigsberg said, later on including “I really want to build this up to be something that is known across Northern Colorado.”

Tallon Nightwalker, director of the wildlife center, said Top Dog acts as the organization’s biggest charity event and the money acquired goes to continue serving rescued wildlife and informing citizens on those animals.

“Not only does it bring in these lifesaving donations our team can used to better the community and answer a very unique call for help when we get it, but it is also one of our largest gathering every year,” he said. “It is really a  great opportunity to pull our community together, all these animal lovers.”

Fundraising, which started at the start of June, will stay open till Aug. 31. The leading 15 fundraising dogs will contend at Odell Brewing Company, 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Sept. 24 and the winning dog will be included on a beer label that Odell will call after that dog. More details on the occasion itself can be discovered at focotopdog.com.