Dan Mitchinson and his beloved "Snoopy."
A "PAW-PULAR" EVENT IS GROWING OUT IN ROSEVILLE.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, FORMER KFBK NEWS ANCHOR DAN MITCHINSON STARTED A GROUP FOR BEAGLE LOVERS. MITCHINSON AND HIS WIFE ADOPTED A "RESCUE BEAGLE" SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THEIR DOG, SNOOPY, HAD SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE IN A CAGE, OVERSEAS, AND WAS USED FOR RESEARCH, SO DIDN'T HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF SOCIAL SKILLS.
"I HAD NOTICED A FEW OTHER BEAGLES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND TOLD MY WIFE, WHAT IF WE WERE TO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ASKING IF OTHER BEAGLE OWNERS WANTED TO GET TOGETHER, AND JUST LET THEIR DOGS PLAY. SO I DID...POSTED ON NEXT DOOR AND FACEBOOK AND TWITTER....AND THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD MAYBE A DOZEN BEAGLES SHOW UP, AND EACH MONTH IT'S GROWN, AND WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND THEIR BEAGLES JOIN US NOW...AND IT'S GREAT....WE HAVE OWNERS WHO DRIVE UP FROM THE BAY AREA, OR DOWN FROM CHICO...IT'S BECOME A GREAT COMMUNITY...SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN OWN A BEAGLE, THEY JUST WANT TO COME OUT AND PLAY WITH THEM, OR HAVE QUESTIONS, OR ARE LOOKING TO ADOPT."
MEET UPS ARE USUALLY HELD THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. THE NEXT BEAGLE MEET UP IS THIS SATURDAY, AT 9AM AT 16-HUNDRED PARKSIDE WAY IN ROSEVILLE...IT'S FREE...AND YES, EVEN IF YOU DON'T OWN A BEAGLE, DAN SAYS YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING ANY OTHER BREED OF DOG TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN.