11 Pooches Compete for “Citizen Canine” Title

[Howard Hartman]

City of Gaithersburg Press Release
For Immediate Release          June 19, 2012

11 Pooches Compete for “Citizen Canine” Title

Gaithersburg, MD (June 19, 2012) Voting has begun for the City of Gaithersburg “Citizen Canine” Photo Contest. Visit the City’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/gaithersburgmd.gov to cast your vote. The photo with the most number of “Likes” will be named Gaithersburg’s Citizen Canine of the Year and will receive a $75 PetSmart gift card, with second and third place winners receiving $50 and $25 PetSmart gift cards. Voting ends July 6.

To promote visits to City parks and to celebrate the wonderful world of dogs, residents were encouraged to take photos of their leashed and licensed pooches in parks around the City and enter them for a chance to be declared “Citizen Canine of the Year.”

For more information, visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/animal or call 301-258-6310 x2324.