NEW this year, Washington Metro DachtoberFest Foundation is hosting the WMDF Online Auction.  The Auction is opened to the public and STARTS on October 11, 2020 at 9:00AM. 

The auction will be held on in the Washington Metro DachtoberFest Fundraising Auction Facebook Group. For those Fest Fans who do not have a facebook account, WMDF is offering Auction Proxies. Contact WMDF  prior to October 7, 2020 to learn more. Make sure you put in the subject line "Auction Proxy".  All proxies must be submitted prior to commencement of the Auction on October 11, 2020.

Don't miss out!  Happy Bidding and Good Luck.

Thank you to all of the vendors who donated to the WMDF Online Auction.

Are you one of those Long Dog owners who believe their long and low pup is the absolute best dog in the world, best looking, best personality, best behaved (well maybe not best behaved) but you know what we mean. WMDF is challenging you to prove it! We want to see the absolute best photo of your Long Dogs in our 2021 Calendar. Please note: Photos of dogs in costume will not be accepted.  If you have a great photo of your pup in costume, consider entering it in the Halloweenie Costume Contest.

Celebrate the Long and Low in your life by taking part in the WMDachtoberFest2021 Long Dog Calendar Contest sponsored by Bush Veterinary Neurology Service. Just an FYI, your dog does not have to be a Long Dog to enter, we love Long and Low Wannabes just as much!

Your $5 entry fee includes 5 votes to start off your campaign. Then the race is on…tell your family, your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers and even people you don’t know, all about our contest. Email your photo to everyone in your Contacts and SHARE your photo on social media!  You are your best advocate for earned bragging rights when it's time for the "Winner's Circle" to be announced! Your pup could be on the cover of the WMDachtoberFest 2021 Long Dog Calendar!  Three simples words to victory: SHARE SHARE SHARE!

Support the mission of Washington Metro DachtoberFest Foundation by voting for your favorite pup's photo through #Donate2Vote!  Votes cost $1 each with a minimum purchase of $5.  

The winners of the ‘WMDachtoberFest Top Long Dog’ and “Favorite Long and Low Wannabe” categories will be determined by both popular vote and a panel of judges. WMDF is awarding the top 15 calendar contest winners gifts and prizes totaling more than $1200 in retail value! See “Winner’s Circle and Prizes” for more information.

Every dog has his day! Make sure your dog gets his. Buy a special day for your pup to mark her birthday, his Gotcha Day, your birthday or any other event. For only $10, we’ll put your pup’s photo on any special date in the calendar. You could even buy your furry friend a whole dang week if you were so inclined! Dates are reserved on a first-come first-served basis so don't delay!  We will ask you to provide 3 date choices, but will endeavor to provide first choice when ever possible.

We will accept any photo of your dog for Reserve-a-Date, including photos of dogs in costume. You do not have to enter the contest for your dog to have his day!  

Pre-order a WMDachtoberFest2021 Long Dog Calendar today for only $19.99 plus $5.00.  Sorry we cannot combine shipping for multiple calendar purchases. Calendars make great holiday gifts for fellow dog lovers too! 

So Let's have some fun and see some great entries! Good Luck and happy voting!

The Calendar Contest opens October 3, 2020 at 12:01am for entries and voting. Find out more.

The Contest closes October 28, 2020 at 6:00pm for entries and voting. 

Winners will be announced during WMDF Live on October 31, 2020 at 11:00am.

Reserve-A-Date and Pre-order Calendars Here 

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Do you think your dog belongs in the spotlight? Does she have a special talent or trick? Have you been told he looks just like you?  If your answer is yes, the two contests in this year’s WMDachtoberFest Woofminster Dog Show are definitely for you!  WMDF would like to invite you to experience our virtual Woofminster Dog Show!    Woofminster is unlike any dog show you've seen.  

It's easy to enter!  Pick your favorite dog trick and record it (20 seconds or less please) and/or simply snap a shot of you and your furry doppelganger and upload the video or photo to our contest site. The cost to enter either contest is only $5 or $8 for both.

Both Woofminster Contests open for submissions on October 1, 2020 and close on October 28, 2020.  Our panel of Judges will select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in both contests. A Best In Show winner (the best of the best from all contest entries) will also be proclaimed!  Commening on October 18, 2020 all entries will be posted on Facebook with #Woofminster2020 and up for public vote.  Public vote will assist the panel of judges in their selection of all winners.   First, Second and Third place winners of each contest and the Best in Show will be announced on Sunday, October 31, 2020  during WMDF Live streaming live on Facebook from 11:00am to 1:00pm. All winning participants will receive a WMDF rosette ribbon and prizes. The Best in Show winner will receive a beautiful rosette and more prizes!

The panel of Judges will also select one entry out of all submissions as Judge’s Choice which will also be announced on October 31, 2020. The Judge's Choice recipient will receive a special WMDF rosette ribbon and prizes.  

WMDachtoberFest2020 Woofminster Rosettes provided by Birch Hill Doxies

So put your dog in the WMDachtoberFest spotlight! Upload that video showing us his most impressive trick or that Photo which reveals the most “natural” physical likeness in a “odd-couple-meets-the-doublemint-twins” kind of way.  Best of Luck to all participants!

Video submissions must be no longer than 20 seconds and less than 10MB.  All video submissions must be unedited single takes.  Photo submissions must be less than 10MB.

 Register here for Woofminster

We thank our sponsors for supporting WMDachtoberFest2020.

Please patronize their businesses to show your support and thanks.

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Calling all dachshunds, corgies, bassets, more dachshunds and every other breed we lovingly call dachshund wannabes. Show off your canine pride! Tear through your wardrobe, run to the fabric store or  go out back and dig up a costume! The canine fashion world is counting on you! Take a photo of your pup in Costume, post it and share for the next 30 days! Get all of your friends to vote. Our Halloweenie Photo Contest is open to all dogs! Contest is open for voting until October 28, 2020 at 11:59pm!

Winners will be announced on October 31, 2020 between 11:00am and 1:00pm during WMDF's Live Stream Programming on Facebook. There will be four winners: the top 3 entrants who get the most votes plus a Judge’s Choice from contest submissions regardless of vote. So be sure to get going on your awesome costume design today! Winners will receive Ribbons and Gifts!

To enter the Costume contest you must join the WMDachtoberFest Halloweenie Photo Contest Facebook Group. 

We thank our sponsors for supporting WMDachtoberFest2020.

Please patronize their businesses to show your support and thanks. 

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Lucy's Dog Dudds and PetOBed

Dr. King grew up in Northern Virginia. She graduated from St. George’s University Vet School in 2006. She has practiced veterinary medicine in Maryland since 2006 and became certified in rehabilitation and physical therapy in 2011. She is currently with Paradise Animal Hospital in Catonsville, Maryland.  Dr. King is interested in neurology, ophthalmology, feline medicine, and pain management. She practiced emergency medicine and rehabilitation for five years before joining Paradise Animal Hospital. After recently losing her cat Sylvia, she only has one furry companion, a Doberman named Darby. But she has a full house with her two young sons, Robert and Isaac, her husband Daniel, and her mother who helps care for the boys.

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Joli Jarboe, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology) Neurology/Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Certificate of Training

A native of Shepherdsville, KY, Dr. Jarboe graduated from the Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. After spending a year in private practice and two years in a 24-hr referral hospital as an emergency clinician, she began a three-year neurology residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia. After completion in 1999, Dr. Jarboe stayed on as a clinical instructor overseeing the neurology/neurosurgical practice as well as providing instruction to students, interns and residents in neurology/neurosurgery. In 2001, Dr. Jarboe accepted a position at a busy multi-specialty veterinary referral hospital in Houston. In 2003, she had the opportunity to join a neurology-only veterinary practice in Las Vegas where she was involved in the training of three neurology residents; all of whom have gone on to become Diplomates in the college of veterinary internal medicine (neurology). Dr. Jarboe is a Neurologist with Bush Veterinary Neurology Service in Leesburg, VA.

Dr. Jarboe has presented lectures at both the local and national level, as well as co-authored several book chapters and scientific articles pertaining to veterinary neurology. She was the recipient of the 2003 College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University Young Achiever’s Award and also received the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award from Eastern Kentucky University Department of Agriculture’s College of Business and Technology. In 2013, Dr. Jarboe obtained her ACVIM Neurosurgery Certificate of Training. She is also the current secretary of the Veterinary Neurosurgical Society. Her passion lies in all aspects of neurosurgery with a particular interest in brain and cervical neurosurgery.

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Joli Jarboe, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology) Neurology/Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Certificate of Training

A native of Shepherdsville, KY, Dr. Jarboe graduated from the Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. After spending a year in private practice and two years in a 24-hr referral hospital as an emergency clinician, she began a three-year neurology residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia. After completion in 1999, Dr. Jarboe stayed on as a clinical instructor overseeing the neurology/neurosurgical practice as well as providing instruction to students, interns and residents in neurology/neurosurgery. In 2001, Dr. Jarboe accepted a position at a busy multi-specialty veterinary referral hospital in Houston. In 2003, she had the opportunity to join a neurology-only veterinary practice in Las Vegas where she was involved in the training of three neurology residents; all of whom have gone on to become Diplomates in the college of veterinary internal medicine (neurology). Dr. Jarboe is a Neurologist with Bush Veterinary Neurology Service in Leesburg, VA.

Dr. Jarboe has presented lectures at both the local and national level, as well as co-authored several book chapters and scientific articles pertaining to veterinary neurology. She was the recipient of the 2003 College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University Young Achiever’s Award and also received the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award from Eastern Kentucky University Department of Agriculture’s College of Business and Technology. In 2013, Dr. Jarboe obtained her ACVIM Neurosurgery Certificate of Training. She is also the current secretary of the Veterinary Neurosurgical Society. Her passion lies in all aspects of neurosurgery with a particular interest in brain and cervical neurosurgery.

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Heather Lane is a professional dog groomer and has been working in the industry for 12 years. She believes in making the grooming process fun and fear-free for the dog. Heather is certified in Puppy Handling 101, Vaccines 101, Difficult dog, Hair & Skin, Pet First Aid & CPR, Geriatric Grooming, Feline Safety Grooming, AKC Hand Stripping, AKC S.A.F.E. Handling, Salon Sanitation and COVID 19.  She is currently working on her Pet Aesthetician Certification. In her free time, Heather enjoys painting rocks, volunteering with Washington Metro DachtoberFest Foundation, and spending time with her husband, two handsome sons, and their miniature longhaired dachshund Jack.

We are #WMDachtoberFestStrong for 2020. Celebrate your love of dachshunds and all dogs with the newest WMDF t-shirt design series representing the inclusive mission of Washington Metro DachtoberFest Foundation to raise AWARENESS and EDUCATE dog owners to become proactive in their pet’s care and understand the essential importance of preventive care making pet owners better health ADVOCATES for their pets. Be sure to visit our Teespring WMDachtoberFest Store to check out our selection of Men's, Women's and Kids' Apparel, and Accessories.

 Rob considers himself an average guy who just happens to be able to communicate with those who passed. He is a medium on IGT, the Inspired Ghost Tracking Team of Hanover, Maryland.

By trade he's a meteorologist, so he tries to explain ghosts and spirits with science. He's had the ability since he was a teenager and it has improved over time. He had his first experience as a teenager when his grandfather appeared to him.

Since then, his abilities have developed to the point where he can sketch out ghosts and get names and other information. He also wound up living in a house that was haunted! In 2005, Rob's late puppy became the world's best canine communicator and inspired Rob to write his first book. His has written 4 books and is currently working on three others. His breakthrough book, "Ghosts and Spirits" provided similarities and differences between the two entities.

Rob participates in private paranormal investigations, helps ghosts cross over, and has provided countless messages from people or pets as ghosts or spirits. Each week he receives emails from around the world from grieving pet parents, and provides messages or comfort free of charge.

His books include: Pets and the Afterlife, Pets and the Afterlife 2, Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead, Ghosts and Spirits, Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation, and Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriended a Spirit. Rob's books have reached "best-seller" status on Amazon.com in various paranormal categories. All are available in paperback and E-book on Amazon.com

Rob has worked with Dachshund and Weimaraner rescues since 2008 and is a parent to a Dachshund, a Weimaraner and a Dachshund-Chihuahua mix.

Rob's Blog and Website      Facebook page: Ghosts and Spirits  

Facebook page: Rob Gutro Author Medium    Rob's  Twitter     Rob's Amazon Author Page     

Rob's YouTube Channel  

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Dr. Sarah Halpern grew up in central New Jersey, just outside of New York City. She earned her B.S. in Biology and Italian Studies from Brandeis University. She then completed her DVM and Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Her special interests include feline medicine and behavior, internal medicine, and ophthalmology. Dr. Halpern is currently a veterinarian with Paradise Animal Hospital in Catonsville, Maryland and lives in Hanover with her two cats, Mrs. Ethel P. Zabladowski (who is rarely on a first name basis with anyone) and Daisy. When not working, Dr. Halpern enjoys travelling, exploring local restaurants, and playing volleyball.

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A virtual Blessing of Pets and Animals will be celebrated on October 3, 2020. This year we have five ministers who have graciously offered their time to offer blessings both in group and Individually.  Group blessings celebration will be streamed live to Facebook Live at the top of the hour at 11:00am, 12:00pm and 1:00pm.  Individual blessings will be offered between 11:00am and 2:00pm on Zoom.

Sign up here to reserve a time for Private/Individual blessings or to take part in the individual blessing on Zoom.  Public blessing will be streaming on Facebook Live at 11:00am, 12:00pm & 1:00pm.  

All pets and faiths are welcome.

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