Sarasota Magazine | Pug Parade 02-24-2007

The 10th annual Pug Parade was held at Adventure Park and Lakewood Ranch and proved to be fun for all, with games and doggie treats.

Photography by Rebecca Baxter

Ducky PJs	A parade-goer with her pug	Bob Plunket and a Pug Parade participant	Pug Parade grand marshall Silke Ribble
The parade begins, with pugs in tow	Devil and dog	Batman and Robin	A parade-goer with Mossy Sue
Mossy Sue	Pug No. 2	Pug No. 5, Soldier	No. 38, Maggie Waggie Ballerina
Pug No. 29	No. 43, Winslow as the Tug Pug	Tinkerbell and Peter Pan	Miranda, Deal or No Deal
Leah Gafrit, Alan and Ciara Hanbury with Duke and Honeydew: "Kiss me, I'm Irish"	Renee Tomson with Paco (No. 59) as a black belt	Hooters	Pugs No. 65 and 66, Fred and Wilma Flinstone
Capt. Lu-Jack Sparrow and Jill Chodelka	Pug No. 85	Batman and Robin	MC Bob Plunket with Rob Bryja as Batman and Spumper as Robin
A pug preens for the panel of judges	Devil and dog	Aspen Kaye and Kaitlin and Austin Sigel with Preppy Princess Pugsey	Helen Higgins with Mr. Bojangles as an iPug
Austin Sigel with a pampered pug	Pizza pug	"Kiss me, I'm Irish"	Winslow the Tug Pug and owners
Cowboy pug	A prize-winning pug	Another winner	Pug No. 72 basks in the limelight
A pug and his happy owner	MC Bob Plunket with a pair of pugs	A pug playing with a parade-goer	Chase
Becky Figuera and Chase	Duke and Honeydew: "Kiss me, I'm Irish"	Leah Gifrit and Ciara Hanbury with Duke and Honeydew	Chris Browne and PeeWee
Silke Ribble and PeeWee	Daisy and Louie	Lu Jacky	Little Bo Peep
Linda and David Vernon watch the Pug Parade as Ziggy keeps cool in the shade	Bob Plunket and PeeWee	Lola as Sleeping Beauty	PeeWee and Chris Browne
No. 6, Tough Guy	Tough Guy	Stud Muffin	A parade participant
Biker Chick	Little Bo Peep and a pug as her sheep	Pug No. 27	Jail Bird
Maggie Waggie	Judges	An iPug	iPug
Kiwi	Pug No. 47, Deal or No Deal	No. 49, Betty Boop	"Pugalicious" fairies
Pugs as fairies	No. 57	Pug No. 57	"Does this shirt make me look fat?" Riley, No. 58, with Silke Ribble
Paco as a black belt	No. 60, a clown	Ginger as Taco Bell	Lu Jack Sparrow
Nos. 95, 96 and 97, Bailey, Riley and Kennedy	Abby and Amber