How to resolve AdBlock issue? SARATOGA SPRINGS — Last Sunday, Sept. 22, the seventh annual Boston Terrier Parade took place, starting in Congress Park at 11 a.m. next to the Native American Festival, then going up one side of Broadway, down the other, then turning at Phila Street and ending with an after party and silent auction at Baileys.
Moira Shortway, one of the parade’s two co-founders along with her husband, Tony, said that they first decided to make the parade to celebrate their Boston Terrier Bugs, who died in 2012.
Tony said that they did not know the exact reason Bugs died, only that it was probably cancer, and that “within a week, she wasted away.”
According to Moira, the parade started with 20 dogs in 2013. Last year, they were up to around 55. Tony said that the black, white and brown balloons were chosen due to being the coloration of Boston Terriers, mainly black and white with a few brown and brindle. He said that in fact, the parade was originally called
“Bugs’s Black and White Parade.” Moira said that the Northeastern Boston Terrier Rescue volunteers were helping them out, Advantage Press donated posters and Lazy Dog and Bensons donated treats. Tony added that they also had people helping out with sign-ins and donations.
“It makes your heart full, seeing the Bostons, knowing it’s going to a good cause,” said Holly Irving, a volunteer at the event and one of the Shortway’s friends visiting from Arizona. “And it gets bigger, every year.”
For more information, visit www.nebostonrescue.com.
