Meet dogs just like Sweetie Pie at Helping Hounds annual “Pumpkins and Pooches” event: Petsavers

Posted: Oct 5, 2019 / 09:38 AM EDT / Updated: Oct 5, 2019 / 09:38 AM EDT

(WSYR-TV) – Sweetie Pie from Helping Hounds is NewsChannel 9’s featured animal of the week!

Sweetie Pie is a six-month-old Black Lab mix who has been at the shelter for just about a week.

Suzanne Gilmour from Helping Hounds told NewsChannel 9’s Rob Hackford, that Sweetie Pie loves the water and is the perfect dog for an active family.

More information about Sweetie Pie can be found on Helping Hounds’ website and on Facebook.

Pumpkins and Pooches

You can meet Sweetie Pie along with many of Helping Hounds’ adoptable dogs Saturday, October 5 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the shelter on Kinne Street.

This is the 9th year Helping Hounds is holding “Pumpkins and Pooches.”

The event will feature a pet costume contest at 1:00 p.m., which anyone can enter for a small fee. There will also be raffles, a bake sale, food trucks and a blessing of the dogs ceremony at 12:30 p.m.

Helping Hounds is located at 6606 Kinne Road Dewitt, NY 13214.