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Published June 22, 2012, 12:00 AM

St. Croix Animal Friends raise money for shelter

Raise the Woof Walk


Raise the Woof Animal Walk participants follow the sidewalk between the Lakefront Park bathhouse and the beach.

  • Raise the Woof Animal Walk participants follow the sidewalk between the Lakefront Park bathhouse and the beach.
  • Canopies keep the Raise the Wolf Animal Walk participants dry on a soggy Saturday.
  • Jeff Chaney of Oakdale, Minn., brought his English bulldog Coco Chanel to the Raise the Woof event. Chaney had just gotten Coco from the Coco’s Heart Dog Rescue organization based in the eastern suburbs of St. Paul.
  • Members of the Hudson Heroes, a group of girls from Hudson Prairie Elementary School, accompany their principal, Susie Prather, right, in the Raise the Woof Walk. The girls, from left, are Alivia Tennant (behind the others), Hazel Wanner, Neely Swanson and Charlotte Beck-Clark.
  • Kelsey Jurek, left, brought her miniature therapy ponies – Peeka and Boo – to the walk. She was assisted by Andi Cody, center, and her daughter Caitlyn. Jurek, a Hudson High School grad, is a pre-veterinary student at UW-River Falls. She takes her ponies on visits to nursing homes, hospitals and schools.
  • Diana Neubarth, right, president of the St. Croix Animal Friends, is recognized for her dedicated service to the organization.
  • The Raise the Woof Walk gets off to a rainy start Saturday morning in Hudson’s Lakefront Park. About 75 pet owners and numerous dogs participated in the event.
  • Rhonda Schrader operates a Hudson-based business named Howling Wolf Advertures. Her giant Alaskan malamute, appropriately named Moose, kept her company at the booth promoting her business. Howling Wolf specializes in providing adventures for humans and their canine family members, according to Schrader. You can learn more about the business at www.howling-wolf-adventures.com.
  • Jeff Chaney of Oakdale, Minn., brought his English bulldog Coco Chanel to the Raise the Woof event. Chaney had just gotten Coco