WOW!! What more can I say... but WOW! What an amazing experience and our very first at that! Stray from the Heart has never walked in the parade before, and can I just say it was quite the spectacle. New York Tails Magazine (pick up your copy today at your favorite pet place) invited us to join them in a journey through the fantastic, and might I say if you have never been out to the Halloween Parade in New York City, well.. it's a sight to behold to say the least!

We had a fantastic banner (thanks Ila) just picked up that day for our events and it was easy to see our happy logo doggie coming from a distance. We also had a terrific group of volunteers come to walk with us holding signs and wearing costmes, including a couple of our furry friends all dressed up for the spookiest of holidays. I guess they felt bad about missing out on the Howl-O-Ween Ball, so they wanted to get all gussied up for a night of their own.

Thanks so much to Sheila, Joe, Ila (AKA Chewy), Sofya, Monika, Mary and "Frovis", Lisa, Love, Brian & Quinn-Doo. A special thanks to Sophia and Mocha (AKA Skunky) for dressing up in thier finest and coming out to wag their tails for the cameras and dodge that never ending sea of legs! Thanks all of you for hanging out afterwards and mixing and mingling. After all that walking it was nice to sit and chat (when the ringing in the ears stopped, at least) for a while!

Thanks also go to New York Tails Magazine for just being so awesome and really caring about all the animals in New York (and out)!

If you missed it, well at least we have photos... get ready now for next year! s

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[Clockwise from left: Love, Quinn, Ila, Sheila, Sofya, Mary, Monika, Brian, Mark, Lisa, Skunky AKA Mocha, Sophia]