What will 2021 bring?

Peanut's POINT OF VIEW

Well if you are reading this, you survived 2020. A year that brought us a global pandemic that has affected our daily lives and cost over 2 million lives. While we count ourselves lucky in the midst of this pandemic, it certainly has changed our business. Three of our employees contracted the coronavirus over the past year. A majority of our events, which help raise funds for local rescues, were canceled. Our annual model contest had to be revamped for 2020 and is about to start in 2021. Below we will feature some things to look forward to in 2021 for Lowcountry Dog Magazine.

#1 Our Annual Model Contest

Starting February 1st, our annual contest to find models starts! Do you think your dog has what it takes to grace the pages of Lowcountry Dog Magazine or be in our annual print calendar? The winner of this year’s contest will be featured on the cover of our 100th issue, which comes out in August! We also will be offering model shoots to the top performing dogs to appear in our 2022 Lowcountry Dog Calendar. To make things a little different this year, we are adding a fundraising component to the contest by raising funds for both Berkeley Animal Center and Dorchester Paws. We are asking for a small $5 entry fee to enter your dog in our contest. You submit a photo of your dog and why they deserve to be a cover dog on our website. Our judges will select 50 dogs to compete from all the entries. These dogs will then get a professional shoot with Jeanne Taylor Photography at our contest sponsor, Pet Supplies Plus in Goose Creek. A $20 sitting fee will get you a digital image of your choice and also go to our total donation to the shelters. These 50 dogs’ professional images will go up for popular vote in April to choose the winners. Pet Supplies Plus- Goose Creek will then match whatever we raise from the contest to donate to the Berkeley and Dorchester Counties’ shelters. Goto lowcountrydog.com/modelcontest to learn more.

Woofstock 2021: A Lowcountry Dog Music Festival

Everyone has been excited about the return of the award-winning music festival this March with the biggest line up we have put together and returned to the beautiful Hanahan Amphitheater. Due to the pandemic and precautions in place, we have worked out with the bands to move the festival to Sunday, October 10th! All tickets purchased will be honored on the new date and we will be taking the extra time to make the festival even better! Go to woofstock2021.com for more information and to get tickets. ■