One of the burfday boys; Jake & Papa Rodley
On August 14th, we found a little time in between wedding projects to attend the birthday party of our dog in-laws in Milipitas with Fisher.
We were really impressed with the new Silicon Valley Humane Society campus that opened in 2009 at 901 Ames Ave. In the shelter area, each dog available for adoption had their own room with doors, windows and raised beds instead of the typical fenced shelter setting. The cat area had communal rooms for socialization and smaller groups hung out in vertical style apartment dwellings with windows that allowed you to view them as you passed.
The facility even had a little store that featured many high quality toys, treats, food and beds for sale and all proceeds went directly to the efforts of the Humane Society.
Right outside were 2 dog parks, one for the teeny and one for the not so teeny. Next to the play areas were fenced off exercise runs that could be rented for events.
We were the first to arrive but within the next 30 minutes about 20 dogs showed up. Check out Dave's Flickr set for more pics of the furriest burfday ever.
Jake working the room